Gotuwala Nine Arch Viaduct, Sri Lanka

This viaduct was built at Gotuwala between the two railway stations - Ella and Demodara on the Colombo to Badulla Main Railroad during  the British Colonial period is the largest in Sri Lanka. Located almost 3100 feet above the sea level, this 99.6ft high bridge is called "Ahas namaye palama" (Nine skies bridge) in Sinhala. When one stands underneath it and looks up there is a beautiful sight of 'nine skies' through the nine arches, hence the Sinhala name. This bridge is also called 'The Bridge in the sky' due to the sheer hight. This massive bridge is built entirely of solid rocks, bricks and cement without using a single piece of steel. The bridge was finally commissioned in 1921. One end of this curved 9 arch bridge is a tunnel, in one of my pictures the tunnel is visible (click here). There is a popular story to say that when construction work was commenced on the bridge, the World War 1 broke-out and the steel consignment assigned for this site was seized and was used for war related projects. When the work came to a standstill the locals came forward and build the bridge with solid stone bricks and cement without steel.

Preserved Steam Locomotive, Estonia

A preserved steam locomotive at the Haapsalu Railway Museum in Estonia.  The locomotive is  L-1646 built in Kolomna 1951.

Bracelona - Manresa Railways, Spain.

Ahlstrom Diesel Electric Locomotive Class 825CV on the Bracelona - Manresa  Railway  passes through a bridge over the river between stations Liobregat Monistrol and Castellbell.

Steam Locomotive O149 - Parowóz, Belgium.

Steam Locomotive 0149 Parowóz ,  The train with old engine enters the Schipdonk Canal Rail Bridge at Balgerhoeke in Belgium.This railway bridge was built in 1947. It is a vertical lifting bridge.

Steam Locomotive TKh 5387 "General Maczek", Belgium.

Steam Locomotive TKh 5387 named “General Maczek” was  was built in 1959 in Poland and worked there until 1990 as a switch engine in a cement yard. In 1994 the locomotive was taken over  by the NLR (Northampton & Lamport Railway) of Brittan and in 2000 restored to be used as a tourist train with the NLR for 2 years. In 2006 she was taken over by the Maldegem Steam Center, a heritage railway located in northern Belgium. She is back in service after a further restoration as a heritage steam train in Maldegem.