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5 Abandoned Microcars, Bubble Cars & Golf Carts
We’ve documented all manner of vehicle graveyards on this blog to date, from abandoned racing cars to forgotten fire trucks and most things in between. In this article we’re turning our attention to...
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10 Forgotten Plateways & Wagonways of Britain
(Early railways: the abandoned wagonways, plateways and dramways of Britain) When the Industrial Revolution hit Britain, it hit hard. In the blink of a generational eye, cast iron rails began...
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MV Plassy: Inisheer’s Most Photographed Shipwreck
(Image: Gareth Wray – website: garethwray.com; the rusting shipwreck of MV Plassy) Eagle-eyed observers might find the rusting hulk of the MV Plassy to be familiar. In fact, fans of TV show Father Ted...
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142059: Crashed Pacer Train Cab Hidden Beneath Manchester Victoria Station
(Image: Pete Dickinson; crashed Pacer 142059 cab beneath Manchester Victoria station) Even some of the most enthusiastic rail fans have a love/hate relationship with diesel multiple units (or DMUs),...
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The “Potholed” Runway at RAF Ascension Island
(Image: NASA. The isolated runway on Ascension Island) It’s been 35 years since Avro Vulcan B2 XM607 bombed the runway at Port Stanley Airfield on the Falkland Islands. A recent report in the...
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Dibbinsdale: Abandoned Canal Tunnel Converted into Bat Cave
(Image: Peter Craine. Abandoned canal tunnel turned bat cave) Abandoned canal tunnels may not seem like the easiest structures to repurpose, but this example on the Wirral in North West England may...
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Tomas Moravec’s Pallet Hack Allows Riders to Surf Tram Rails
(Images: Tomas Moravec via Vimeo) It’s not new (this pallet hack emerged back in 2014) but we like upcycling and thought our readers would appreciate the work of Slovakian street artist Tomas Moravec,...
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Scrap Microcars at the Bubblecar Museum, Lincolnshire
(Image: Graham Collister. Scrap microcars in Lincolnshire) Like all good vehicle museums, the Bubblecar Museum in Langrick, Lincolnshire, has its own boneyard of stripped out machines either awaiting...
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Lost T-bane: 15 Disused Stations of the Oslo Metro
(Cataloguing the disused stations of the Oslo Metro) Elisenberg, Valkyrie Plass and Volvat are all abandoned ghost stations on the underground stretches of the Oslo Metro. But as we’ll reveal here,...
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Seoullo Skygarden: From Abandoned Highway to Linear Park
(Image: MVRDV via WebUrbanist. Seoullo Skygarden) Earlier this month Urban Ghosts visited Syracuse, New York, where Interstate 81 effectively splits the downtown in half, and has fuelled a compelling...
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Forgotten Buses Linger On Inside This Derelict Depot
(Image: Robin Decay. Forgotten buses in a derelict depot) As we’ve seen in previous articles, abandoned bus stations can be highly atmospheric places, especially those characterised by grand...
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Boeing 727 Cockpit Displayed in Syracuse Airport Terminal
(Images: Urban Ghosts & Instagram. Boeing 727 cockpit at Syracuse Airport) In the passenger terminal at Syracuse Hancock International Airport in Onondaga County, New York, can be found the...
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The Belgian Steam Motor, Trialled in Chicago in 1892
(Image: Internet Archive Book Images. The Belgian Steam Motor) I’ve always loved seeing illustrations of vintage transportation, and this chunky-looking contraption caught my eye as I trawled through...
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Map Reveals Location of San Francisco’s Buried Ships
(Image: San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. New buried ships map) We’ve covered our fair share of shipwrecks on Urban Ghosts, but the opening paragraph of Greg Miller’s June 2nd article...
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The Oslo Tramway Museum (Majorstuen) in Pictures
(All images by Bjarne Melsom/YouTube. Oslo Tramway Museum) Last month we documented 15 abandoned Oslo Metro (T-bane) stations, from full rapid transit facilities to older light rail and tram stops....
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10 Disused Staten Island Railway Stations
By the 1840s, Staten Island residents recognised the need for a reliable mass transit system in order for their part of New York City to grow. Their petitions led to the incorporation of the Staten...
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Ghost Stations of the London Underground (Mapped)
(Image: Dylan Maryk. Schematic map showing the ghost stations of the London Underground) There are dozens of ghost stations across the labyrinthine London Underground network, and we’ve written about...
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Cabo Santa Maria: The Cape Verde Shipwreck
(Image: Ximonic. The shipwrecked Cabo Santa Maria transport vessel) She’s a rusting ghost of her former self, collapsing into the sea, but the shipwrecked Cabo Santa Maria is still an impressive sight...
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Disused Rails in Buccleuch Street, Melrose (Marmions Brasserie)
(Images: Urban Ghosts. Disused rails within close of Marmions Brasserie, Melrose) Yesterday, while strolling around the attractive town of Melrose, I stumbled upon a railway oddity that immediately...
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Telfer Subway: Sealed Pedestrian Passageway to Abandoned Dalry Road Station
(Image: Urban Ghosts. The Telfer Subway beneath Edinburgh’s Western Approach Road) For those walking from Dalry to Fountainbridge, in Edinburgh, a popular underpass beneath the Western Approach Road...
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