Trains

The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

Historical trolley restoration and operation at History San Jose, Kelly Park.

Concrete balls on wires constructed to stop train surfing in Indonesia.

Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.

Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.

On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.

Pittsburgh's literal underground railroad.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.

1898 German railroad depot museum with working engines, steam train excursions, and hands-on displays.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

Fantastic stories on a miniature railroad.