Railroads

The site of the notorious Great Train Robbery of £2.6 million, one of the biggest heists in English history.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

This former railroad bridge was named after the great river that once flowed below it.

A repurposed railway tunnel with otherworldly acoustic characteristics.

A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.

The largest park in Lviv is surrounded by a network of disused rail tracks.

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

This old train trestle and collapsed tunnel once allowed the railroad to negotiate the steep slopes of the Colorado Rockies.

The abandoned railway bridge stands hidden in the farmland of rural Cumbria.

This quaint funicular has been ferrying people up and down an English valley since the Victorian era.

Canada's oldest railway tunnel is illuminated in a rainbow of color as it passes under the streets of this small city.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

This Gothic castle-like portal is a testament to the amazing craftsmanship of the navvies who built the railway tunnel.

Reminders of the Battle of Berlin still scar the railway.