Moss on the viaduct, which carried the now defunct Clifton, Accrington and Colne line over the Irwell into and out of Radcliffe, and which is now holds the Outwood Trail walking and cycling route.
Brick tramways at the entrance to the former stables of the Glasgow and South Western Railway on Bell Street in Glasgow. Built around 1900, the tramways allowed cartwheels to move more smoothly over the otherwise cobbled stable yard. I've come across tramways made from granite slabs elsewhere in the city, but so far these are the only brick ones I've found.
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Abandoned railway bridge over the River Kelvin in Glasgow. This sort of thing always gives me post-apocalyptic survival vibes.
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Na mapce zaznaczyłem dawne (aktualnie porzucone, lub zamienione na ścieżki) torowiska kolejowe, którymi udało mi się połazić w zeszłym roku.
Przecudowna rozrywka dla takich łazików jak ja.
Teraz planuję kolejne trasy. Siedzę z mapami (online) z początków XX wieku i współczesnym widokiem sat. żeby sprawdzić co jeszcze pozostało. Większa część została zamieniona na drogi, sporo też zwyczajnie zaorano i tylko kontury na mapach lotniczych, albo rzędy drzew na linii torów pokazuja, że coś tu było.
This method of getting trains up the steep incline out of Queen Street Station continued until 1908 when cable-hauling was finally replaced by banking engines. The Avon Viaduct still forms part of the mainline route between Glasgow and Edinburgh to this day, more than 160 years after it was first built.
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The Avon Viaduct near Linlithgow. With over 20 arches and 404 metres in length, this viaduct was built in 1841 as part of Scotland's first intercity railway line connecting Haymarket Station in Edinburgh with Queen Street Station in Glasgow. A series of such viaducts, as well as embankments and tunnels, allowed the creation of an almost flat route between the two cities.
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After this event, the tunnel was sealed and a large gravel barrier was placed in front of it to stop this happening again. In the thirty years since this flood, the gravel barrier has gradually settled to the point where it is now barely noticable and if the Kelvin were to breach the same retaining wall today, the same type of event would most likely be repeated.
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Then in December 1994, the River Kelvin burst through a retaining wall just north of this entrance, sending a torrent of water through the tunnel. It eventually emerged a few miles further south, where it flooded the still-operational Exhibition Centre station before flowing across the SEC carpark and cascading into the Clyde. It took many months for the Argyle Line between Partick and Glasgow Central to re-open once more.
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