East Flanders
One of the last reminders of railway line 77A between Lokeren and Zelzate floats above the Moervaart in Moerbeke.
Railways
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Hainaut
Namur
This rusty steam locomotive was once the workhorse of the long-gone SAFEA factory in Houdeng-Gougnies near La Louvière.
Brussels
In a remote corner of the Maritime Station, a former freight station in Brussels, a water tower in the Art Nouveau style was built to refuel steam locomotives with water.
Walloon Brabant
The Estrée viaduct stretches 27 meters above Chaussée d'Alsemberg, an abandoned railway bridge over which no trains have passed for more than forty years.
Liège
The former railway line 39 plunges from Welkenraedt station through valleys and zinc mines to the Three-country point.
Hainaut
The former railway line 87 plunges from Tournai over the language border in Ronse to Bassilly in Hainaut.
Brussels
A wooden door surmounted by the Belgian coat of arms and the slogan 'L'Union fait la Force' conceals the royal salon, a separate waiting area for the king in Brussels Central Station.
Brussels
In 2001, European leaders of state and government gathered in the royal castle of Laeken. With their meeting, King Leopold II's hundred-year-old dream became a reality: to turn Laeken into a Palace of Nations, home to international conferences.
Namur
In the early twentieth century, a water tower was erected near the Treignes border station to supply the steam locomotives running between Charleroi and the French border.
Namur
Mariembourg station, today the terminus of railway line 132 between Charleroi and the Belgian-French border, has a spacious water tower in store.
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