Your pictures on the theme of 'railways'

We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of "railways". Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world.

A red steam train in full steam at a stationNeil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong: "Class A1 Stroudley Terrier 0-6-0T No. 72 'Fenchurch' steams up on a rainy day in June. About to set off from Sheffield Park station to East Grinstead on the Bluebell Railway in East Sussex. I was planning a day's lineside photography - but took these of the first service out on the day from the dry shelter of the platform."

A train passes over a bridge surrounded by treesSally R Kent

Sally R Kent: "The red commuter train makes its first crossing of the day over the famous Nine Arch Bridge in Kandy, Sri Lanka."

Three people drive a steam train Norman Rigby

Norman Rigby: "Three Generations on Steam. Taken at West Lancs Light Railway project, Tarleton. Volunteers restore and maintain vintage engines and run them on their own narrow gauge track."

Mountain railway in SwitzerlandMark Norrington

Mark Norrington: "The Albula line in the Swiss alps between Chur and St Moritz."

Two steam engines in an engine shedRick Woodward

Rick Woodward: "A steamy evening at Didcot engine shed."

A train passing at speedMatthew Logan

Matthew Logan: "This freight train was a blur as it passed through Patapsco Valley State Park in Ellicott City, Maryland."

Abandoned locomotives rusting in a sidingCaroline McIlvenny

Caroline McIlvenny: "Trains from abandoned copper mines in Lefke in Northern Cyprus. Once a thriving industry with railway running to the port for transportation, but now just abandoned."

An old disused railway platform covered in green plantsMark Cable

Mark Cable: "Forgotten Platform. A former railway station between Durham and Bishop Auckland."

The Flying Scotsman steam engine Mervyn Edwards

Mervyn Edwards: "The Flying Scotsman on the Watercress Line pulling out of Alresford."

A luggage trolley is piled high with casesColin Whitton

Colin Whitton: "Ready for the off at the Strathspey Steam Railway."

A High Speed Train passing under signalsBryan Ellis

Bryan Ellis: "A cross country HST at Bristol Temple Meads."

Close-up of a steam train's wheelsHowie Fletcher

Howie Fletcher: "Taken on the station at Porthmadog as the train was preparing to leave the station for Blaenau Ffestiniog."

A man stands on the footplate of a steam locomotiveJohn Barry

John Barry: "On the footplate of the North York Moors Railway, Grosmont Station."

A steam locomotive crossing a viaductMartin Price

Martin Price: "Sir Nigel Gresley crossing Aisgill viaduct on the Settle to Carlisle railway."

A steam train picks its way on tracks along the side of a mountainAllan Stewart

Allan Stewart: "Durango to Silverton Railroad carving its way through the Colorado Rockies."

A steam train on a viaductJan Shorrock

Jan Shorrock: "The Jacobite Steam Train crossing the Glenfinnan Viaduct."

A steam train arrives at a station under a rainbowChris Parry

Chris Parry: "Ffestiniog Railway train arriving back at Porthmadog Harbour underneath a rainbow."

A wooden toy train on sandDoris Enders

Doris Enders: "A wooden toy train."

The next theme is "arches" and the deadline for entries is 1 October 2024.

The pictures will be published later that week and you will be able to find them, along with other galleries, on the In Pictures section of the BBC News website.

You can upload your entries directly here or email them to yourpics@bbc.co.uk.

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