#railhistory
LightNews LightNews
tmwatts.bsky.social
Random Photo of the Day
It’s cold out and my back is sore so keeping close to home and looking at my train layout 😊
#ModelRailroad #HOscale
#NickelPlate #AbbottYard #BuffaloNY #RailHistory #ModelTrains #RailwayModelling
#iPhonePhotography
recreating Nickel Plate’s Abbott Yard, Buffalo, NY in H.O. scale
December 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
ottawaensis.bsky.social
Grand Trunk Station, hand-coloured postcard
1912 or shortly thereafter
apt613.ca/capital-hist...
#Ottawa #history #railhistory
renamed Union Station 1920, replaced by the Ottawa Station on Tremblay Rd in 1966 — for a time the Conference Centre, presently housing the Senate
December 13, 2025 at 11:04 AM
businesshistoryc.bsky.social
TOMORROW – live on YouTube!

Join us for a conversation with Al Churella, author of The Pennsylvania Railroad, Volume 3: The Long Decline, 1933–1968. Hosted by Mark Rose and Marc Levinson.

🗓 October 10, 2025 – 9 a.m. ET
📍 On YouTube www.youtube.com/@businesshis...

#Bizhis #RailHistory
October 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
ottawaensis.bsky.social
railroad geekery, Eastern Ontario
relict rail bridge a Jessup's Falls
#Ontario #railhistory
October 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
dannylucas.bsky.social
A steam train pauses in Syracuse, NY — 1936. A snapshot of America’s rail era: lifelines for passengers, freight, and local economies during the interwar years. #RailHistory #Syracuse #VintagePhoto
September 23, 2025 at 4:36 AM
eastangliabylines.co.uk
A new era for Essex rail! 🚂 A brand new station opens on 26th October, in the 200th anniversary year of the world's first passenger train. #RailHistory #Essex
First for a century: new Essex train station to open
The Eastern main line is to open its first new rail station for a century – in time for the 200-year anniversary of passenger trains
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
northernmichiganhistory.com
🚢 On this day in history: The Chief Wawatam sailed for the last time on Aug 21, 1984, ending 73 years of ferry service across the Straits. 💨🌊 #GreatLakesHistory #MichiganMaritime #OnThisDay #ChiefWawatam #RailHistory #StraitsOfMackinac #MaritimeMonday
🔗 northernmichiganhistory.com/the-final-vo...
The Final Voyage of the Chief Wawatam | Northern Michigan History
On August 21, 1984, the Chief Wawatam made her final voyage, ending over 70 years of coal-fired ferry service across the Straits of Mackinac.
northernmichiganhistory.com
August 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
archive.org
🚆 Summer travel means road, air & rail. Amtrak's been online since 1995. By 1997 it was offering digital ticketing for U.S. train travel.

See how it began with the #WaybackMachine ➡️ web.archive.org/web/20250000...

#railhistory #travel #summertravel
Image with text at the top that reads: Wayback Machine Then and Now. Below are Wayback Machine captures of the amtrak.com website from December 19, 1996, alongside a capture of the same site from June 24, 2025.
June 26, 2025 at 9:47 PM
openhistoricalmap.org
The more modern branch of #OpenRailwayMap has started double-tracking #OpenStreetMap and #OpenHistoricalMap data. Finally – appreciate #AbandonedRailways in the proper setting!

forum.openhistoricalmap.org/t/openrailwa...

openrailwaymap.fly.dev

#RailMap #RailHistory
OpenRailwayMap adds OpenHistoricalMap
The next generation of OpenRailwayMap now sources its historical railway data from OpenHistoricalMap. ORM’s Infrastructure layer sports a new date filter. When you set it to any year in the past, the ...
forum.openhistoricalmap.org
April 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
cymrurails.bsky.social
On this day, 25th March 1807, the Swansea and Mumbles Railway became the world's first fare-paying passenger railway! #WelshHistory #RailHistory #Swansea (1/5)
March 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
sealionpress.co.uk
Originally posted by @alternatehistorian.bsky.social and reproduced with permission: Allen W. McDonnell studies a #WhatIf involving #Canada and #RailHistory : what if the #PacificGreatEasternRailway had been rescued? #AlternateHistory #Railway #Railroad www.sealionpress.co.uk/post/what-if...
What if the Pacific Great Eastern Railway had been rescued?
By Allen W. McDonnellThis article was originally posted on Today in Alternate History (twitter) and the original article can be found there. Please check that blog for more like this.The Pacific Great...
www.sealionpress.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
dorotapawlak.bsky.social
Built as a train trestle 145 feet over Koksilah River, Kinsol Trestle is now used by hikers and bikers. #railway #abandoned #train #visuals #hiking #trestle #railhistory #urbex #hikingtrail
February 4, 2025 at 2:59 AM
bnsfrailway.bsky.social
From its muddy beginnings, Temple, Texas, grew to a bustling hub of rail, medical care and agriculture. Read more about the town’s big role as part of the BNSF network and rail history: bit.ly/40BgByt

#Temple #Texas #railhistory #BNSF
January 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
coloradophotos.bsky.social
DPL Archive post: https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1036755 #Colorado #RailHistory #1920s
January 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
bnsfrailway.bsky.social
Our Northtown facility in Minneapolis marks 50 years since its first railcar rolled down the hump. Home to 500 employees, it processes about 1,500 cars daily as a key gateway for agricultural and industrial products.

More: bit.ly/4giYPGg

#BNSF #RailHistory #Minneapolis #FreightRail
January 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
bnsfrailway.bsky.social
James J. Hill's vision for developing Oregon through rail transportation led to the creation of the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway (SP&S) in 1905. Despite rugged terrain, opposition and World War I, SP&S helped drive growth in the Pacific Northwest. bit.ly/4iZp7zP

#BNSF #railhistory #PNW
January 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
stormbear.bsky.social
Gears Of Industry Past

#natgeoyourshot #yourshotphotographer #photography #art #artist #artwork #queer #queerart #queerartist #pride #queerhard #nikon #nikonz8 #travelphotography #landscapephotography #landscape #railhistory #railphotography #bnw #california #hwy395 #bishop
December 21, 2024 at 9:08 PM
oliveroliveroliver.bsky.social
Before and after in Holt, #Norfolk: once a busy railway line on the Midland & Great Northern route, now the A148 road. A striking transformation from tracks to tarmac! #Norfolk #RailHistory #Holt
November 24, 2024 at 5:58 AM
scientistsoph.bsky.social
Excited to see that RWLD has joined Bluesky! Long may the #RailHistory and #LabourHistory discussions continue...
rwldproject.bsky.social OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social · Nov 11
Welcome to the 'Railway Work, Life & Death' project BlueSky account!

Check our expanding database of British & Irish railway worker accidents, covering the later 19th & early 20th centuries - all free!

Currently over 48,000 cases, with more to come.

railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
Posed 1930s accident prevention photo, showing a worker standing between tracks, about to be hit by a steam train approaching unseen from behind. Posed 1920s safety photo, showing a driver near the front of a steam loco as it was moving, warning of the dangers of leaving the cab whilst the engine was travelling. Posed 1920s safety photo showing a worker having stumbled and fallen in front of a train, as he tried to cross the line. Infographic showing the number of workers killed and injured on Britain and Ireland's railways and whose accidents were investigated, between 1911 and 1915. This was the first run of data we produced, of around 4000 cases, now hugely expanded.
November 11, 2024 at 4:18 PM
cdx-foto.bsky.social
Explore an abandoned rail depot and its history in this new 10-minute film. Filmed on a rainy December morning, with rain pouring through the holes in the roof, reverberating in the vast space.

#industrial #postindustrial #decay #ruin #rail #railhistory #railarchitecture #audiovisual #film
Sz. Berlin ± Panic - Destilacija [RMZ-24]
This film was first shown as part of the Sz. Berlin exhibition "Disposizione schematica / RZR-22" at DKC Lamparna, Labin in December 2022. It re-engineers an...
www.youtube.com
May 23, 2024 at 7:12 AM