Last coal train from Silverdale Colliery.mpg

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  • Опубликовано: 4 дек 2024
  • 'Mainline' branded 60 078 'Slioch' is seen performing the last rites for rail-bourne coal from North Staffordshire's last deep mine, Silverdale. The colliery closed at the end of 1998, though I've a feeling that I recorded this in the following year as stock-piles were removed. The video is quite considerably edited as the whole performance took some time. Unfortunately, after the '60' had succeeded in lifting the train out of the confines of the loop at the pit, and into the tunnel, it was basically down hill from there on so there's no spectacular sound. The first scenes are in and around the colliery, then the train's seen passing through the long closed Keele station. Later at the former Madeley Road station (where a train crew building was situated) we see the loco run round in preparation for the curving descent of the 'Madeley Chord' line to gain access to the West Coast Main line. The last shot show the train heading North on the down 'slow'. The eagle eyed might spot a class 37 heading south with a Birmingham or Stafford bound regional railways service from the N.Wales coast.

Комментарии • 17

  • @MrCubajoe
    @MrCubajoe 11 лет назад +7

    The first pit i worked at and the last pit, worked a few pits but this one holds special memories for me, jesus h christ bringing a lump in my throat.....

  • @johnfellows2867
    @johnfellows2867 6 лет назад +3

    My uncle was a Stoke 5D driver and regularly worked this line to Market Drayton in the 1950's.

  • @tombaker1222
    @tombaker1222 13 лет назад +2

    I've lived in Silverdale for a while now. Strange how much has changed in so short a time!

  • @tomstickland
    @tomstickland 5 лет назад +4

    I walked this line last week. Both tunnels were open and the track is there as far as the second tunnel. It's no longer connected to the main line.

    • @radioman1170
      @radioman1170 5 лет назад +1

      Is the lamp still on 'Red'? I believe the rail connection is severed just by the little extra siding?

    • @AshleySmith-su5mv
      @AshleySmith-su5mv 3 года назад

      @@radioman1170 if you mean the chord by madeley then yeah it’s still on red 👍🏻

  • @AB-up8dh
    @AB-up8dh 4 года назад +2

    So sad it's disappeared

  • @michellemc965
    @michellemc965 12 лет назад +1

    i remember the mines, my dad worked there cuz i lived in parksite most my childhood,

  • @danielhaddon1453
    @danielhaddon1453 7 лет назад +2

    I'm from silverdale and we use to ride the coal trains all over ? Climb in when they stopped lol : ) The Pit is a horrible house estate now ! And the train tracks are a Cycle path ! Or more commonly know to the locals as DOGSHIT ALLY !

  • @officialmcdeath
    @officialmcdeath 3 года назад

    Thanks for catching this! Just wondering if you or anyone can shed light on the operating practice at the loading track: from everything I've seen, wagons were filled in 2 passes rather than one, what was the technical rationale for that, please? \m/

  • @andrewphillips9391
    @andrewphillips9391 8 лет назад

    went in here on a railtour at the end of 1998

  • @StaffsTransport
    @StaffsTransport 5 лет назад

    Brilliant

  • @banksroadmodernimage7358
    @banksroadmodernimage7358 9 лет назад

    Nice video😀

  • @558vulcanxh
    @558vulcanxh 9 лет назад +3

    Well done Renownvidz, really interesting,pity you had no acess down the chord to the WCML.
    Silverdale would have been open longer if these Miners had stayed loyal to their Union and stayed solid with their Yorkshire Brothers.

    • @chrisbuxton1958
      @chrisbuxton1958 9 лет назад +8

      Loyal to their union? You mean doing what Scargill & the Yorkshiremen dictated, without a strike ballot? Funny how history gets re-written.

    • @owenevans83
      @owenevans83 7 лет назад +2

      558vulcanxh shows how little you know.