FORGOTTEN TRAIN GRAVEYARDS GEMS HIDDEN ACROSS THE UK<br />WITH PIX AND VID<br />By Shuk Yee Tsang<br />Check out this eerie footage of a train graveyard tucked away with rusting locomotives lie abandoned and swallowed by nature.<br />The haunting sites was explored by Tokyo Scott, a 21-year-old Urban explorer Sheffield, UK, explored hidden train graveyards and the Scottish Highlands and Somerset, UK.<br />Known online as Tokyo Matilda, she recently documented the decaying train station and surrounding ironworks, revealing rows of derelict engines slowly being reclaimed by moss, heather, and rust.<br />Tokyo who started exploring since she was 14, says she has a personal connection to vehicle explorations.<br />She inspired by her car-loving family including her dad, brother, and grandfather and was shocked to find so many relics left behind.<br />The mist-shrouded site, with its shattered windows, collapsing chimneys, and rotting train cars, offers an atmospheric window into the past and the fading echoes of industrial life.<br />Over the years, she estimates she’s come across over 10,000 abandoned vehicles with a collective value well over £1 million.<br />Tokyo said: "Over one million for sure, trains are worth a lot!<br />“The abandoned train station stands silent in the misty Highlands, its weathered timbers and rusting tracks slowly vanishing beneath creeping moss and heather.<br />“It was crazy how long they had been left there, that’s what surprised me the most.<br />“How they could be dumped and left to rot with no one interested in them.<br />“When we found the freight train, I love trainspotting and trains so it was a dream come true.<br />“Some people think trespass shouldn’t be allowed, but others appreciate that I’m showcasing abandoned places that will never see the light of day otherwise.”<br />END
