S.N.C.B Train Graveyard

Hidden far from public view, the thousands of tons of locomotive engines sit quietly shielded by trees. Forgotten in time slowly rusting away. A graveyard of trains which once provided their services to the Belgium rail network.

In total there must be around 50 of these steel beasts scattered about, some in the workshops and some still on the tracks where they were finally delived to rust in peace.

From Shunters to standard Diesel engines to heavy industrial engines there is quite a nice selection of locomotives and each one with its own unique name and history.

Some of their names include, Cordoba, Artemis, Cobra, Echo, Cosmos, Bolero, and Bamako, why they was named I cant answer but it made a pleasing experience and gave each engine a sense of identity rather than the number system operated by train companies in the UK.

Inside them was as interesting as there giant rusting shells. Paper work which ranged from accident reports to maintenance schedules left in situ contributed a bit more to their individuality.

A real time capsule this one and a very rare find by our fellow European Explorers.

Sadly we didnt have as much time as I think we would of liked here but with only a few days on the continent and a list of explores the size of a book there is only so much time you can allocate to each site.

The most impressive thing I think we all agreed on though was how intact the place was. The engines themselves had only really suffered minor cosmetic damage but that was only to a few which were still on the tracks.

A very unique explore in its own right this one and very interesting. Just a shame we dont have sites like these over in the UK.