Visiting EVERY Station on the Somerset and Dorset Railway
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
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We set ourselves a task as part of one of our 'Comic Disused' series videos, to film a snippet from every station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. With that in mind we wondered if we can do this in one weekend!
This was never intended to be a video in its own right, but after starting we thought it could be fun. It was and turned into quite an adventure.
A few important notes:
1) This isn't intended to be informative and educational (that'll be the main video coming soon for the Series), just us running around Somerset and Dorset in a hectic manner!
2) With that in mind there will be the odd error... Temple Combe for example, we didn't make the lower station, completely forgot. Pylle was also tricky for us so we did a drive by and are not 100% sure if we got the "point" in the right place. Stourpaine we refered to as a Station when I think it was a halt. Etc
3) You'll also note that with the Private residences we filmed and ran, as we didn't think it was right to stand and stare for too long.
Other than that, a big thanks to those that gave advice and pointed us in the right direction on more than one occasion.
Enjoy, Paul and Rebecca
My dad was Station Master at West Pennard 1n 1960 and we lived in the station house. Great to see it after all these years, thankyou.
This had to be the oddest choice of channel subscriptions for me since I don't really have a big interest in railways but some how you two just have way of making this some of the most fascinating stuff.
Welcome aboard Evan. You don't need to be a fan of railways to hop on.
Also, its really nice to see how many old stations are still standing, leaning... been converted to something useful rather than a car park (I know a car park has its uses, mainly for parking cars or car boot sales etc)
Most enjoyable as we used to travel that line from the 1940s until closure. My first thought was that you had forgotten the original Poole Station which overlooks the Ferry Terminal but it was of course on the LSWR. And your ambition to visit every station, viaduct and tunnel was exceedingly ambitious! Many thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it Clive. I think if we would have realised how much of a task it was going to be we'd have added another day. The presumption being viaducts and tunnels a little more off the beaten track.
Rebecca: "A bit defeatist. It was a challenge" That's the spirit! Keep him motivated.
Be it the production values, the scenery, the stations, architecture or other remains that feature, I must say that this is my favourite film of yours (and that's not an easy thing to say, given that the above remarks are true of your films generally!). I'm a little late to the party, but I'm delighted to say I have subscribed! Thank you for your tremendous efforts.
Thank you, that's very kind of you to say. I'm hoping you are early to the party and there are plenty more to follow you. 😁
A pleasure to have you on board, thanks again. 😊
That's been quite a challenge, but well done for persevering. Nice choice of reading material on display!
Hi both of you, loved the film for a few reasons 1... I'm a huge fan of local history 2... I live in Wells and have been surrounded by all this railway history for 5 years. I live just about 300 meters from the old line and level crossing that the Glastonbury Rd took over the line 3... I love old maps and following an old map around a location to see what is still there (easy in Wells, come and do a walk with me) 4... enjoyed your style, you both add to the content.
Thanks once again
Brilliant video! I like to idea of how many disused stations can you visit in a day! I think 6 is the most I've never visited!
Yay - starting at Broadstone. Just up the road from me.
I used to work round the corner from the old station site.
Quite often if the M5 northbound is busy we come off at Bridgwater/Junction 24 and cut through the lanes via Hugworth, Northmoor Green to join up with the A361 at Burrow Bridge on way to Street & Bath. The lane you got stuck behind the cows in reminded me of that route? But anyway, I really enjoyed your video.
Thank you. Yes that was quite a surreal experience. Probably around 45mins!
know this was made a few years ago but I'm new to the channel. Couple of things. Firstly shame you couldn't get to finish at Green Park in Bath. Secondly I read in a book that the central Canopy from Glastonbury Station was resited to the central car park and used for undercover outdoor events, which is good news and a spectacular example. Thirdly in one of the books on the subject is was documented that the day after the closure of the line to freight, GWR sent out a diesel and a workforce to start filling up the line. The signal box at Evercreech Junction was destroyed within weeks of the closure. Lastly, the station at Templecombe is the GWR station. The S&D station was called Templecombe lower and was below the current station. There was a lot of fiddling involved to move trains from one line to another apparently. Loved this video and the viaduct and tunnels one as I live local to Shepton area
I used to live in Bath and as a kid my dad would drive us to walk the paths between the two tunnels. I remember walking along the Midford station when it was all overgrown with grass and the stones that supported the track werestill there. The tracks themselves were long gone though.
love your videos!
Thoroughly enjoyed this (and the others I've seen), just 5 weeks ago my son and I did Bailey Gate to Binegar as a day out. You were very very close with Evercreech New. The footpath you walked along ran over the south end of the station and at the point just before the path went into the field is where the station was. As you face the field with a fence on your right and the path dips down there is a low wall with some railings running at 90 degrees to the path. THOSE are the railings for the edge of the northbound platform. At 13.54 there are large wooden fence panels behind you, that was the trackbed there now someone's garden, on the other side of the path is now houses.
Incidently, back in the mid 1970's my dad took my elder brother Danny and I up the S&D from our home in Wareham looking at the stations and we called into Templecombe on the LSWR station. We went into the goods shed and I found the large Southern green station sign "TEMPLEC" no "OMBE" as it was in two parts. Unfortunately I couldn't snaffle it as there was no way we could get it in dad's Truimph Herald car so I left it behind. I often wonder what happened to it.
Great films.
Thanks Jules. That certainly helps with the location. 👍👍👍
How have i only just found your fantasic channel, wonderful array of amazing videos, new subscriber here 😍
Welcome aboard!
An incredible challenge. Well done. Really admire the hard work you did for this video.
Thanks Andrew. It's a fun but exhausting hobby
The line passing beneath Midford viaduct is the former GWR Limpley Stoke - Camerton branch, closed in the early 1950s. Before it was lifted however, Ealing Studios immortalised it as the Titfield branch line in "The Titfield Thunderbolt," with the film's classic opening shot showing a Bullied Pacific on the S&D line, passing right above the GWR 0-4-2T 1401, Wisbech and Upwell Tram carriage, cattle van and GWR Toad brake van forming the Titfield branch train which emerge from beneath the viaduct at the same moment. Midford station can be clearly seen on the hillside above. Monkton Coombe station on the Camerton branch played Titfield station, but it has been demolished now.
I've only recently stumbled across, and subscribed to, your channel. I love the presentational style and the fact that the videos are at once informative, interesting and funny. Also, across all the videos I've seen so far, its great to see some footage of our beautiful countryside. I also like the early morning sky shots.
Railways I'd be interested in seeing would include
*Aberaeorn Branch
*Newcastle Emlyn branch
*Isle of Wight Railway
*Durham Barnard Castle etc
*Tavistock to Launceston
Keep up the good work I look forward to each new video like it was a novel! 😊
Thanks for the lovely comment. Very kind. We have pretty much all those lines to do as soon as possible. A good mix for sure. Much appreciated.
Great video, I followed recommendation from Martin Zero channel. I lived in Bournemouth 1986-87 and remember seeing disused railway station in the New Forest (Pub/Restaurant) with a carriage on the car park .
Hi, really enjoy all your videos but this one was absolutely fab! Must have been quite an effort but a brilliant pictorial record and great to see that some halts/stations are still intact. Thanks again:)
Thanks Ian. If I could make them all in this style I would as it's very rewarding. It's certainly given us something to think about.
This brought back some lovely memories of doing more or less the same thing a few years back :)
I've been interested in the S&DJR for many a year- ever since seeing Ivo Peters' photographs and cine films features on "The Train Now Departing" in the '80s. I went looking for the stations, tunnels and viaducts on the northern section (Bath Green Park- Evercreech Jcn) in June 2005. I do remember standing in someone's garden (for about 10 seconds- I know, it is private property) at Wellow. Found both portals of Devonshire tunnel before it was reopened as the cycleway. Fascinating and your video inspires me to revisit (I live "oop North!"). I think a lot will have changed and I'm pleased to see that a lot of the infrastructure still exists.
Thanks Stephen. We are going to revisit soon and do a video on the tunnels and Viaducts.
Great video! I wish it was possible to see more of the station houses or have more now and then shots. Keep the good work up
Thanks Dominic. We have started to try and show a few more before and after shots but it's a careful balance of not standing outside someone's house pointing a camera at it. Getting there. 👍👍
I attended Clayesmore inCharlton Marshall in ‘71-‘73 and used to run through the halt. We lived in Blandford Forum and can remember the railway arches being blown up/down.
THE best ever steam railway DVD covers this great line, it costs £19-99 and is entitled ''Branch Line To Burnham''.
It is superbly narrated by the brilliant Mike Arlett. Very strongly recommended - it brings the line to life - well worth buying!
Thanks Greg.
Excellent video, most impressive that you managed all of those stations in one weekend! Glad you made it to the station where I was brought up - Shoscombe and Single Hill Halt. My parents used to own the house on the corner, along with the stable and the paddock that the station was sited on and I spent many hours playing all along the old railway line.
My grandfather bought a lot of the old railway land from Foxcote to Single Hill (including the viaduct at Foxcote, near the site of the Radstock crash). . The viaduct was bought from BR, I believe on the proviso that the arch over the road was knocked down, with the intention of my grandparents turning it into a house which they started in the early 2000's. They unfortunately weren't able to finish it due to ill health but my cousin and her husband were able to buy it from the estate and finish it, still living there now. It's a shame that I can't post pictures as we've got some lovely ones somewhere of the ponds and gardens that my grandparents maintained in the fields near the viaduct.
Thanks for a great video reminding me of those times. Perhaps a more in depth series chronicling the north section, the Burnham section and the the southern section? Assuming you've not already of course, as I've not looked through all your videos yet!
Thanks Tommo and thanks for sharing. We are on lots of other social media platforms so do feel free to share anything you want with us there.
2:36 ...Broadstone station was in that dip where the sports centre and tennis courts now resides. From there, the Somerset & Dorset Railway then went right through that golf course to the north west of the station.
Also at that station was the old Southampton and Dorchester Railway. To the south of the station most of that trackbed is now a main road with the last half a mile towards the junction with the existing London to Weymouth railway being covered by numerous light industrial buildings. To the North of Broadstone the trackbed is a cycleway and walkway to Merley and beyond. The railway bridge across the river at Wimborne was demolished long ago.
Thank for the information Florence
Thanks for that, I've got the Slow & Dirty bug again!!! Funny how these station names cling to the grey matter, there was some sort of magic on this line, brings a tear to a grown mans' eyes to see it now 😭😢
Fantastic vid Paul. I can't imagine how long it must've taken for the planning for this. Nice to see that some are being repurposed or even turned into heritage centres. Really enjoyed seeing the different areas of the countryside. The video was really well put together and can't wait to see more. Just goes to show, we really do live in a lovely part of the country. Best wishes to all, Alan Sartain.
Thanks Alan. We enjoyed this one a lot. Given us a little more inspiration for future videos.
This would be a reasonably busy line if it were open today.
13:20 My great-great-great grandfather was stationmaster at Glastonbury in 1880-ish, and before that Burnham. I know very little about him, but I infer that he was promoted after the Radstock rail crash to replace those who'd not done their jobs and caused the crash. Shame there's so little left at Glastonbury. Anyway, love the channel, keep it up!
Thank you and thanks for sharing that. Always good to hear personal links to these lines. 👍
Have watched several RUclips articles about this beautiful branch line containing period footage. While doing so & using "Old Maps Online" & "Google maps" I have tried to find current station/feature locations so I really enjoyed your article.
Really enjoyable video, The interaction between you and your wife is brilliant!
Thanks Alan. Glad you enjoyed it. Loads more random videos planned so keep watching 👍👍
Great learning about canal pumps,hope all your problems are sorted, and you are back 100%.
Absolutely loved this video. I liv in bridgwater myself and am a big follower of the s&d line from bridgwater onward. I also live not more than 400m away from part of the track which runs along with 2 girls school willow down..
in just over 2 week myself and 3 mate are cycling from bridgwater to Shepton mallet following the line as close as possible visiting all the remaining bridges and what is left of any station (which I no most dont assist in more).. also walking Britain's lost railways is a good one on catch up channel 5. look forward to more
Nicely done both of you. Martin Zero alerted me to your presence. Your other viewer may be interested to know that the BBC iPlayer has a 1963 documentary available about the Evercreech Jn to Burnham on Sea branch line, presented by John Betjeman.
I should have mentioned, it's called Let's Imagine.
Thank you Garry. I have a feeling we watched that soon after filming. Glad you are enjoying the channel.
Very good trip, enjoyed that. I am not steam oriented but I`ve always had a soft spot for the S & D so this hit the spot.
I love the S&D . Good to see the station sites . Was going to do it myself one day , it’s just making the time . Long way to go from Oxfordshire though.
Great video. A cross country run along the old track and through the derelict Midsomer Norton station as part of my education. in the 1970s. I think that's where I got the s+d bug from.
One of the best films you have ever made. Congratulations
I worked with a man named Ron who’s father was an engine driver on the S and D JR and every summer Ron would spend his holiday walking the railway and report back on what he had seen. Then in 1985 he never came back to the North East of England as he had died on his beloved railway RIP Ron
Very enjoyable video. Never tire of seeing and visiting the remains of the S&D
Thanks Stephen. I feel we too will be regulars now!
@@pwhitewick Once it's in the blood, that's it :-)
Hello there. When the Sainsbury’s and the McDonald’s in Bridgwater was built I was involved with cutting the railway lines up from beneath the road bed. In the video you are standing on the line to Bridgwater docks, the station( being from Bridgwater and rapidly becoming an old git) you were looking for was situated on the other side of the Sainsbury’s petrol station roughly in line with the divider handrail.
FYI between Bridgwater and Highbridge was another S&D station -Dunball although for some reason it is rare to see it marked on maps, even local produced ones. It served the wharf and mainly what was called locally “the jam mines” in reality the salt mines. Sadly most of it disappeared during the construction of the motorway.
Keep up the good and interesting work.
Sorry to contradict, but Dunball was on the GWR main line between Bridgwater and Highbridge, not the S & D. So, Paul and Rebecca, you didn't miss it! The line to Dunball wharf came off by the old GWR station, which had offset up- and down-line platforms. The site is still there but no platforms or buildings now. There are still the tracks of several sidings laid in the concrete roadway at the wharf, which is on the other side of the old A38 road in a new industrial site, but there is a public footpath through the site.
Well done, very good effort but would like to see the more interesting stations in more detail so please don’t rush the rest of the uk 😀
Cheers. Yup this was our first #EveryDisusedStation video when we didn't know we were doing the challenge. Subsequently we've slowed down a lot!
Ah the good old Slow & Dirty as it used to called by its many "fans" (?!). I very well remember a family holiday on the IoW when we travelled by train down to Poole from Bath Green Park.
Happy days !!
That's brilliant Stephen.
Loved it - absolutely brilliant and so interesting - thank you
Thank you Carolyn
Well done for achieving all those stations during the weekend.
Cheers Don. That was quite some weekend!
16:47 you look like the chap off the fast show... Jesses tips... “this week I are be mostly visitin... Zummerzet an Dorrrrrrrrrzzzetttt” .... via GLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSTONBURRREEEEE.... OOOH AHHH
Lol.
not a lot left of once a great railway well done in finding parts of it👍
Only just come across your videos and this is superb. I've cycled through the two tunnels greenway but sadly that's all I've ever travelled on the S&D. A terrible piece of legalised vandalism, if only it were still open today. I'm looking forward to many hours of viewing, please keep them coming.
Thanks Donald. I hope you enjoy the others too.
I Went to Templecombe station back in the late 90s,so I think it was a shame you didn't show a bit more of it.I still enjoyed the video.
Thank You for showing the "Real Railways"of Somerset. Jealous..........LOL. managed to travel the Minehead Preserved back in 2011. Keep up the good work
Thanks Andrew.
What a fantastic way to spend the weekend. Thanks. Mind you, daughter number two started talking at one point and I missed Wellow. I had to wind back three times to find it.
Great job. Must try it one day. Or rather, one weekend. Is the puncture a mandatory part of the weekend?
Bob
Affirmative
Superb discovery, and pleasant reminder of non-Covid times! Thanks Paul & Rebecca 🙂
Thanks from New Zealand such a interesting video
5:49 I've really enjoyed the result of the effort that you've put in to all the other videos of yours that I've watched. But this one suffers from being more about crossing off on a list and less about, for instance, in Stalbridge here on Station Road in the entrance to the building supplies site, the track still there in the road marking the old level crossing.
Somehow despite all the clues on the map and despite you being oh so close, I suspect that time pressures got in the way of accuracy and simply looking around.
Not one of your best, no matter your disclaimers and (incomplete) addendum in the description. Harrumph!
P. S. And as for Highbridge and Burnham, the GWR part of the station is still there and open! And Bridgwater only got one e whilst I'm in this mood. Poor show you two.
To be fair..... this was maybe the 10th video we ever made.
@@pwhitewick That's what I thought. Thank you for getting back to me.
Practice makes perfect!
What lovely name s these stations had. It puts me in mind of the work of, I think, John Betjemins writing when the railways were closed.
Just looking at this again, at Corfe Mullen rather than point over your shoulder a more accurate direction would be to point DOWN as the platform remains in situ buried under 30 odd feet of infill. That was one I never visited before the cutting was infilled.
When Broadstone closed my elder brother "acquired" a platform 1 sign!
30ft down!.... Wow. There is always the assumption that it's the level you are stood on unless it's obvious.
@@pwhitewick I've done a bit more digging and what is called Corfe Halt Close is not actually where the halt was, it was on the opposite (east) side of the road (I blame my elder brother as he said it was on the side where the close is). But if you look here
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/index.cfm#zoom=16&lat=50.7856&lon=-2.0083&layers=193&b=1
and here and scroll down just over half way
www.trainweb.org/railwest/railco/sdjr/cmj.html
it gives a great photo between two bridges as indicated on the above map link and a better description of the platform which may be no longer there judging by other photos available on Google.
Brilliant whistle stop tour to wet the appetite
Very Good & I bet you had fun doing it .Did you not see Midsomer Norton Station at all? its well worth a visit. Also the walk or cycle from Midford to the two tunnels which are well worth a walk through & Bath Green Park station a must
Thanks Mike. We took a very very brief look at Midsomer Norton however as time was pressing we thought better to make a day or afternoon of it instead. The two tunnels and some viaducts will be sure to be in a future video 👍
On YT - absolutely essential viewing is ''Michael Palin introduces 'Branch Line Railway' '' which ties in with this vid.
Excellent vid. Tough challenge.Puncture? Ironic, if only we had some means of getting from A to B on an iron road along branch lines.Progress eh!
Ironic indeed Neil. Especially in this neck of the woods!
Great video as always. Have you considered visiting the site of Monkton Combe which was "Titfield" in the "Titfield Thunderbolt" movie? Apparently it's not too far from Bath.
Ah this could be a halt that was on the line that travels under the S&D at Midford?
pwhitewick You’re right, it was on that line. The site is under a school tennis court now.
The railway station at Glastonbury most of the track for the branch to edington and high ridge is still accessible and walk/cycleable.
Nice video thanks for including our station ( shillingstone ) that we are restoring we have a steam up on the 22nd June ,traction engines and lots of vintage stuff + a bar and hot food and music .a lot has happened since your vist so come down if you can you will be very welcome
Thanks Terry. It was a fleeting visit back then for obvious reasons. I'm not sure what our plan is next weekend but we would love to take you up on your invite at some point this summer. 👍👍👍
Dear Childline, Our Mum and Dad promised to take us out for a Maccy D. Naturally we were excited, but then they dragged us out of bed when it was still the middle of the night. Then they forced us to sit in the car all day, and wouldn't let us get out, while they drove all over Dorset and Somerset. We did finally get the Happy Meal we were promised, but I didn't get the toy I wanted, and then we had to spend the rest of the day sitting tied up in the back of the car again.
They tried to catch us with the same trick on the day after, so I pretended I was ill, but Mum and Dad tied us to our beds at home whilst they went out for hours and hours. Please help!
Seriously though; excellent whistle-stop tour of the S&DJR. Well done!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
That was pay back for locking Mummy in the toilet
Great video showing the lost stations from my part of the world. Couple of things though, Bridgwater doesn't have an e in the middle of it unlike the canal and hall in Manchester, and Pyll is actually pronounced Pil by locals. 👍
Might you take a little more time showing the stations / viaducts / tunnels, etc? This is marvelous - but I find myself wanting to really take in the various finds on the line!
Then again, I haven’t made it through all your videos (I came to you through Martin Zero!), so, perhaps, I should watch on before I comment further!
Keep up the terrific work! You’re inspiring me to trace the old lines in my own city / suburbs / neighboring countryside!
Thank you, yup keep watching as we changed the style after a few videos into the playlist. We basically decided we couldn't keep up this place of doing 30 stations in a weekend, so come episode 4ish we slowed things day.
That said you might like our other playlists such as "Remote Disused" (which focuses on just in station, or "Abandoned tunnels"...(Does what it says in the tin).
Would love to know your thoughts as you like through more videos. 😊👍
PS I had the same problem working with video. I found that, if I look through the lens / on the screen and really concentrate on the slow panorama, taking note of interesting features in real time as though I am seeing it for the first time all over again really helped me - enormously. YMMV, of course - and this is just a suggestion.
Keep on keeping on! You are doing something that is not only interesting - but will serve as a historical record. I admire your work greatly!
(I’m in the region of the United States usually referred to as the MidSouth. Rail in this are dates to the 1840s, so watching you do this helps me figure out how I want to go about documenting it as well!)
Here... here... here... here... here... here... here... is a great video love the 'preview' video of the next 'Comic Disused series', I noticed that you plugged put Geoff and Vickie's book into the video, but just wondering what happened to Bath Green Park? I will admit a little disappointed not to see Bath Green Park in the video but the rest of the stations or sites were pretty impressive to see, really liked Masbury how disused and overgrown it was
Cheers Simon. Bath Green park had to be missed owing to time constraints but it's certainly still on the list and we can aim to do it some justice next time 👍
When I was a t school in about 1979 part of an O-level course was to make a film .Much of the shooting was done at the derelict Glastonbury station .It was a lovely old station .I was sorry to see last time I was down there (about 2006)that it was gone .I believe that part of the canopy was rescued and now covers a car park in Glastonbury.
Ah quite possibly but unfortunately we didn't see it!
the canopy for Glastonbury is in St Johns carpark in town. the road you mentioned, if you were pointing where i think you were, is the route the line took
Great work good to see the line again when I walked it it a few years back it took me four days nearly killed my ended up with shin splints what we do for a disused railway line! (Over 25 miles a day!) Still my favorite disused railway line though.
This nearly killed me and I drove!....
You guys are great together
Champion effort. Perhaps follow this with best pubs of the S&D?
I'm a lightweight... If not make it past Broadstone!
Well technically Templecombe is not on the S&DJR. As it’s on the Southern main line to Waterloo. The procedure was a train approaching from Bath was pulled back into the station after driving past the junction the. Departing to the south. Northbound trains went straight in and then pulled back before being released onto the Northern lines.
At Midford they fitted automatic pouch exchange for the drop to single line and there were reports of the train knocking the pouch into the pub roof. :)
My wife always corrects me on the Good/Well thing, too. :)
Firstly can I congratulate you on your standing and pointing at stations/car parks/random buildings. Secondly, all the stations sounds familiar, maybe someone should try it for all the main line stations. Keep up the good work you two/three/four (delete as applicable)
I think it could work!...
Sorry by Midsomer Norton you didn't cover as it was reconstructed and is operational PLUS Radstock there were 2 stations neither of which were done on their correct positions , I am a railway enthusiast and it would be great if you included all this in an update
Many thanks
Thanks for putting this in miles 😊😊😊
Always a pleasure
Is there anyway to flip the playlist order around? It's playing newest to oldest for this EDS playlist making a little harder to watch chronologically Looking forward to finishing this series!
Gosh Rebecca..."I'm Cold..." just what my wife would say when I suggest a day's fly-fishing...and all without stepping outside the door. And we live in Australia of all places....
Visited a few of those sites when living in Somerset/Dorset between 83 and 99, but did a better job of Wincanton than you, but thats easier when walking from a bus. Ah, the memories
Superb, thank you! We live in Wells; having been put right on local pronunciation more than once, I can offer the fact that Pylle is pronounced somewhat mysteriously, as 'Pill'. Just sayin'.
one epic journey
Great video, but where was the visit to the locations of the former Wells stations?
Coming very soon!!
Good info and enjoyed watching. Only negative, there’s no ‘e’ in Bridgwater!
I think you need to revisit Shillingstone station a lot has changed since you filmed this.
We would love to .
Very Good video, very interesting!!
Llangefni to Amlwch railway. They were clearing it. Anglesey north wales. Track is still there. X
Fantastic - looked damn cold, as per Rebecca's comment.
Probably another dumb question, and I'm sorry if it's answered in another video of yours I haven't seen yet... I notice the kids in the back seat, how do they feel about travelling to see historic railway sites? Are they interested?
Not a dumb question at all. Generally they enjoy getting out and having an explore. But they are kids so sometimes they get a tad bored!
Great video, but you missed Bath Green Park station!
Pop over to our Bath Two Tunnels Video and you'll see it in all its glory
great bit of product placement for @allthestations at 8:18 there
Haha... I'll send the bill along later 😉. Don't forget Ian Marchants a tad later in the video! 😁
Shillingstone Station. My local. Was there yesterday.
Only been once! Would love to come again.
A wonderful adventure :)
My Great Grandfather worked on the Evercreech Junction station and we have the benches and a workmans shed from Keinton Mandeville station. Also, Pylle is pronounced Pill not, Pilly.
i have so many questions!!
What is the music you used?
How did you find these stations? (Google is useless for 99% of them.)
Did you get out at every station? :-D
What did the kids think?
What map/s did you use to find them?
What's that book?
I want you to go back to like, most of them! Especially Masbury! So cute!
Also: I have those 2 books (Railway Adventure & Parallel Lines) as well! Based on the advice of 2 other pretty well known railfans. :-D
Erm...... Well that's a whole bunch of questions! Drop us an email at whitewickpaul at gmail.com and we will fill in all the blanks!
For the music, try Shazam. It picked all the tracks for me - Zaku-Chan, Cospe, Staffan Carlen, Velvet Moon...
Andover huh? Perhaps in a couple of years you can start a series on disused shopping centres
Too true!
You can't visit the site of the S&D station at Templecombe because the site is occupied by a List-X defence contractor. Super secret-squirrel! All the station buildings have disappeared under a cluster of uninspiring concrete and metal industrial sheds. The former engine shed is still there however. Other than that the side is practically unrecognisable.
That was a huge challenge as the roads in Somerset aren't suited to speed, even when there isn't a herd of cows to hold you up, and it was a serious navigational challenge as well. Did you use Mac Hawkins book as a then and now reference?
As you can see I thoroughly enjoyed this. What did you do to bribe your kids to keep quiet 'Are we there yet?'
There used to be a display of photos and a plan of the sidings and sheds in the site security main gate building.
@@FBJ1964 That's interesting. I don't remember seeing it. I guess you are also a secret squirrel. I have found there are more and much sweeter nuts elsewhere.
Did wonder if you were going to include Bath Green Park, but as it was a Midland Station, guess that's way you excluded it. Although loved the challenge, hope you will revisit one or two locations again.
Thanks Mark. Don't tell anyone but we excluded it on this occasion because we were shattered.... As you suggest plenty of opportunity to come back, we would like to look at the tunnels here too as well as some of the viaducts.
@@pwhitewick Yes, I was looking forward to Green Park, but never mind. Think it was a Supermarket last time I was there, but that was at least 20 years ago
@@harleancarpenter8043 yup, we are going to do green park when we do the Tunnels I think.
Hi guys Christina here, can I ask what that lovely music was ..haunting.." little by little you hurt me now" played during the Burnham/Bason Bridge segment?
Hey Christina. Really sorry we didn't make a note at the time. If you download the app Shazam, it will tell you what the track is. Hope that helps.
Hey guys the music is LBL by Cospe..perfect for the big skies of the Somerset levels and the poignancy of bramble covered remains of platforms.
@@christinaburton9297 ah wonderful. That rings a bell now!