Drowning railways

"God's railway," the engineering miracle designed by the great British engineer I. K. Brunel, which runs to the English counties of Devon and Cornwall, is threatened by rising sea levels. Some of the most scenic stretches of the line, along the magnificent south coast of Devon, are succumbing to advancing seas and worsening storms caused by global warming.

Other rail lines in the UK are similarly threatened, all among the nation's most picturesque. Tourists viewing these lovely areas now have the added pleasure of witnessing the ominous workings of climate change. One wonders how many will reflect upon the irony that the trains themselves contributed to the phenomenon that literally undermines them.