Railroads

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."

A jewel of early electric boosterism once again charms Connecticut's historic "Hat City."

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

Several times a year, during low tide, two pairs of historic train tracks are revealed on this New Jersey beach.

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.

The designer of this railway tunnel added a birthday present for himself.

A working model of a pressure-driven, high-speed rail whizzes around a private vineyard.

This unincorporated community in western Ohio got its peculiar name from John "Daddy" Baker.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.

One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.

For one day every month Barcelona's Estació de França transforms into a market for model trains.

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

An abandoned jewel of a ballroom on the top floor of Australia’s busiest rail station echoes with the sounds of a bygone era.

The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.

The former home of a railway legend and the site of a gigantic labyrinth.