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Old Railway Station in Seron


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Out by 10 and back by 1........to visit the old Railway Station in Seron, Almeria!

The line originally opened in 1894, and finally closed in 1984. 

And unlike many of these places, they've left a lot of the original elements in place including some of the tracks. 

You can also see where the locomotive turntable was, and some of the buildings have been restored.

 

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Looked pretty rough 20 years ago - nice rehab job by someone.

 

I like the old pics of places and then a new pic of the same place. There;s a guy on youtube that does this with WWII sites. Fascinating to watch.

edit: here's a link to what he does. Wish I had the patience to do videos like this. see:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n63u-iHggSA

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4 minutes ago, Pedro said:

Good stuff, Pete, I love those old functional buildings, lots of character.

I'm going to be following the line......bit by bit!

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Serón was very important to The GSSR as it was the point where millions of tons of iron ore came down from the mountains on cables to be loaded on trains to be taken to Águilas for loading on to steamers.  One can see what is left of the hoppers in some of the photos.  The genius who made all of this happen was Gustave Gillman - an Englishman who made it al happen.  See: http://www.gssr.es/slideshow2.php?Ref=ST .  It was he who took the photo above.

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