Right, finally got myself five minutes to sit down and take in your latest offering, and it's just under 6 minutes to the first sleeper - great effort as I do enjoy finding a sleeper when I'm out and about!! I love the fact that these old railways are being put to good use as walking/cycling routes, however, I would still prefer to walk on the old track bed not a concrete strip, but I do see why it's done. Looking forward to further episodes of the series.
I was on this line the other night taking my daughters newly converted ebike from barnsley to maltby crossing the viaduct in the dark , always wanted to know more about this line as i have cycled various parts , very much looking forwards to the rest of the videos in this series
@@WobblyRunner i literally bumped into two coppers looking for someone dodgy on the viaduct , it was new edlington that scared me in the dark it's twined with west Beirut lol
its always weird watching someone else walk paths i have been riding my bike on since i was 6, .....their was a bridge over Broomhouse Lane at one point, but they knocked it down about 2005ish i think, cant for the life of me think why, because they made the old Edlington "slag heap" into a nature reserve of sorts at the same time also that bridge was an arch since i was little in the late 80s/early 90s, and its actually had some work done to it in the last few years if i am remembering right
Very interesting Paul The large casting is the cover off an oil axlebox from a wagon. The bridge over the A1M was demolished in the 90s I seem to recall. It was a blue plate girder one obviously built when the road was built in 1961 being a very early motorway Strangely is at the St Catherine's end of the line the route indicator is still in place on a signal for the line but the points are long gone. That old map was interesting, I had no idea the Dearne valley passed to the LMS in 1923 Looking forward to the rest of the series
Cheers for the info Russ. That answers a lot of questions. I have no recolection of that A1 bridge despite probably passing under there many times. I know the signal you're referring to. I tried to get a glimpse of it when I was in Potteric Carr, but couldnt get near it.
Looks like an axle box cover , a brass bar would have poked up through the slot on the top to indicate the amount of ware on the axle box , it would have been held on with bolts in the slot at ether side , probably an old wooden bodied private owner coal wagon as railway owned ones usualy had the initials in raised letters GC LNER ect of the owning railway
Yeh..that bridge over Sheffield Road...sure i remember back in the 1980's a lot of work being done to it... looks like some of the original blue bricks are still evident..but the top and sides were strengthened
@@WobblyRunner me too... went over the viaduct.. but turned back at the end and didn't get as far as that bridge..we were knackered as we'd walked all the way down from Pickburn on the H&B Denaby branch.. i didn't know you could still get under it until watching your vid.. cheers mate 👏👍
Late to the party I know... I knew the brick work on that arch looks like its less than 5 years old with how good condition/clean/ etc but looking on google earths historic satellite you can see that bridge was definitely an arch in December 2002, so that "clean brick" is at least 20 years old!
its been an arch even longer actually, i remember it being one when i was little in the late 80s/early 90s, but its also has had some work done to it in the last few years if i am remembering right, so no i dont think that brickwork is 20 years old, only 5 or so, its definitely had work done
Right, finally got myself five minutes to sit down and take in your latest offering, and it's just under 6 minutes to the first sleeper - great effort as I do enjoy finding a sleeper when I'm out and about!! I love the fact that these old railways are being put to good use as walking/cycling routes, however, I would still prefer to walk on the old track bed not a concrete strip, but I do see why it's done. Looking forward to further episodes of the series.
I fully agree. This one's not been closed long but it was probably the most unenjoyable one I've done in a long time
Thank you for another brilliant video 👍
👍🙂
Great explore must walk over that viaduct one day but the deep cutting was fantastic to see 👍
👍I would loved to have seen the full cutting before it was infilled.
I was on this line the other night taking my daughters newly converted ebike from barnsley to maltby crossing the viaduct in the dark , always wanted to know more about this line as i have cycled various parts , very much looking forwards to the rest of the videos in this series
👍😊. You're braver than me venturing out there at night.
@@WobblyRunner i literally bumped into two coppers looking for someone dodgy on the viaduct , it was new edlington that scared me in the dark it's twined with west Beirut lol
@mickd6942 😄 sounds about right. It was an eye opener in the day time.
Well presented Paul. We've cycled this route many times down to Yorkshire Main. Looking forward to the next two vids...John
Cheers John
its always weird watching someone else walk paths i have been riding my bike on since i was 6, .....their was a bridge over Broomhouse Lane at one point, but they knocked it down about 2005ish i think, cant for the life of me think why, because they made the old Edlington "slag heap" into a nature reserve of sorts at the same time
also that bridge was an arch since i was little in the late 80s/early 90s, and its actually had some work done to it in the last few years if i am remembering right
1st save this for BIG SCREEN when there out Christmas shopping cheers Paul 🍻 👍
😁
I love a new series me! No idea what that metal item is but it looked heavy and a great find. Roll on part 2 😊
Shame that metal thing didnt fit in the rucksack :D
if this is the dearne valley line there was a halt at highgate that did certainly did have some kind of passenger service or excursions into the 1950s
👍
Very interesting Paul
The large casting is the cover off an oil axlebox from a wagon. The bridge over the A1M was demolished in the 90s I seem to recall. It was a blue plate girder one obviously built when the road was built in 1961 being a very early motorway
Strangely is at the St Catherine's end of the line the route indicator is still in place on a signal for the line but the points are long gone.
That old map was interesting, I had no idea the Dearne valley passed to the LMS in 1923
Looking forward to the rest of the series
Cheers for the info Russ. That answers a lot of questions. I have no recolection of that A1 bridge despite probably passing under there many times.
I know the signal you're referring to. I tried to get a glimpse of it when I was in Potteric Carr, but couldnt get near it.
Faaab!!
👍🍻
Looks like an axle box cover , a brass bar would have poked up through the slot on the top to indicate the amount of ware on the axle box , it would have been held on with bolts in the slot at ether side , probably an old wooden bodied private owner coal wagon as railway owned ones usualy had the initials in raised letters GC LNER ect of the owning railway
I should have known really. I've painted enough on my model railway 😄
Yeh..that bridge over Sheffield Road...sure i remember back in the 1980's a lot of work being done to it... looks like some of the original blue bricks are still evident..but the top and sides were strengthened
Cheers Brian.👍 I wonder why they didn't just infill under the bridge given how much more of the cutting is infilled. Glad they didn't though.
@@WobblyRunner me too... went over the viaduct.. but turned back at the end and didn't get as far as that bridge..we were knackered as we'd walked all the way down from Pickburn on the H&B Denaby branch.. i didn't know you could still get under it until watching your vid.. cheers mate 👏👍
@@brians78s94 wow that's a fair walk from Pickburn
@@WobblyRunner indeed..it was nearly 30 years ago..was still relatively youngish then.. no way could i do it now.. :(
@@brians78s94 we did indeed .. i been there a couple of times in recent years too
Late to the party I know...
I knew the brick work on that arch looks like its less than 5 years old with how good condition/clean/ etc but looking on google earths historic satellite you can see that bridge was definitely an arch in December 2002, so that "clean brick" is at least 20 years old!
its been an arch even longer actually, i remember it being one when i was little in the late 80s/early 90s, but its also has had some work done to it in the last few years if i am remembering right, so no i dont think that brickwork is 20 years old, only 5 or so, its definitely had work done
Nice 1 Paul ya found a gap in the rubbish weather we been having.
Pics on Facebook chat 👍
👍👍👍👍👍
@@WobblyRunner look at both bridge's on chat.