Settle & Carlisle Railway: Death Of A Bridge
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2016
- A sequence showing the demolition of bridge 64 on the Settle & Carlisle Railway in October 2015, following 140 years of service. Taken from Northwest Mainline Steam 2015.
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Very sad sight David, even though it was in a poor state it was still strong enough to support the heavy machine !!
Thanks Steve - I thought exactly the same, there was something very ironic about the bridge providing safe passage for its 'axeman'!
TheStephengthompson as you so rightly state if a 5-9 Ton excavation arm can cross over, then why didn't they repair it!
out of gauge for larger size containers?
It`s always sad when you see old structures like this having to be demolished. The Brickwork on the end supports was amazing. The old Goods Warehouse under Manchester Piccadilly Station is like a Brick Cathedral inside, a real sight, worth seeing.
how dare they
Marşandiz buharlı lokomatif 60 'li yıllarda çalışıyordu.
Didn’t look that much wrong with it. A bridge originally built for cattle and sheep to cross a century ago was despite everything still able to carry a huge digger without falling or bits dropping off.
Network Rail just to mean to do anything. Usual mentality just knock it down.
It might look ok on the outside but the truth usually lies inside.
I hope NR were able to recover some of the larger faced stonework, if only for repairing other structures.
A good, but very sad record David of the demolition of the bridge. As one of the other comments points out, built by the navvies with shovels and picks and lasted to the present day
Thanks Austin - always sad to see these things go, but understandable given the numbers and lack of use.
@@Linesider1 "Given the numbers and lack of use". Where have I heard that before. It was Dr Beeching wasn't it?
smitajky Yes essentially the same sentiment but hardly the same implications when applied to a single bridge as opposed to vast parts of the railway network.
Hi Dave. This was a very sad event for those of us who love The S & C. Bridge no 64, Gauber was part of contract No1 - Settle Junction-Dent Head Viaduct & awarded to John Ashwell of Kentish Town London, £343,318! His contract was cancelled 26 Oct 1871 when he fell into financial problems, the Contract being taken over by MRC. Built by navvies with pick axes & shovels; destroyed 100+ years later by 2 Diggers! There is currently no plan to replace it as it was no longer used. The remaining Long Meg signal Box was also destroyed a few years back, the last of it's type standing on the Line; another tragedy! English Heritage disappearing!
Many thanks. Long Meg box going was a bit of a disaster as far as I'm concerned - it was left to decay for years, to the extent that it was easy to make the case for its eventual demolition. It could have remained to tell part of the story of the mines - another of our videos tells part of the story: ruclips.net/video/ZE0o1OY20eQ/видео.html
During demolition, it was interesting to see the bricks and how they had lain to have supported weight for 140 years. Unfortunate that the bridge is now lost, however.
Interesting record of the demolition Dave, but a little sad too. Thanks for that. Ken
Thanks Ken, you're welcome
@@Linesider1 Yes it is sad but it could have callapsed and killed someone as a train or a railway worker was under it ;;so no body wins indeed .
Sad but fascinating to watch Dave, and well done for capturing this event for future reference...Regards...Bob
Thanks Bob - well worth 4 hours out in the cold!
What a great shame to see an old stone bridge disappear . Its a part of heritage gone Regards C&A
Indeed, although Network Rail cited the number of similar bridges on the line as a reason to not finance its restoration. I'd love to see it stay but sometimes the economics don't add up.
@@Linesider1 Then let's remove debt and taxes from the equasion. Taxes don't fund government & most go into the pockets of multi billionare bankers. See Grace Commission.
Surely the bridge could not have been in such an unsafe condition having just had a 10t excavator drive over it ! It must have been more economic to repair it than demolish it.
Sorry it's long gone now and such a shame.... just for the record a Cat 320E excavator is over 20 tons !!
Very sad to see Historic bridges being demolished!
they carnt be if there listed if somthing is listed it carnt be destroyed
Great Video, I have subscribed.
Very interesting !!
Interesting to see the inside of the structure.
Indeed - the first time it has seen the light of day for 140 years!
A very interesting video but a sad sight indeed.
Regards - Allan.
Thanks Allan, much appreciated.
Great video, but sad to see infrastructure ebing demolished because of neglect which is down to poor funding/investment/interest in historic British railway features.
Thinking of the history such as WW2 involving that bridge with soldiers using it to cross.
What was this bridge used for? Was it a main road or something for vehicles to travel on? There’s also grass on it as well which I assume is abandoned. Tell me more about this old bridge.
do they plan on replacing this bridge with a new one?
It's as if the real problem was one of clearance under it
question, is steam still run regularly in the UK, im from America and we dont see steam at all in some parts of the country.
@ martinator Those are all special excursion trains, perhaps a bit more common in that part of England because of scenic value. The line includes the well known Ribblehead viaduct.
Codenwarra Cove Maybe because UK has plenty of coal.
Heritage specials.
I hope they are going to keep all that Bridge masonry for some future historic scheme it would be a shame to let it go to waste
I could not do it, I could not watch the whole video.....too sad. :(
Nothing's sacred is it?
Indeed Noel, a shame to see it go but understandable.
Can you see modern bridges lasting 140 years? answers on a postcard to:ClockWorkFail
Why was the bridge demolished? Was it no longer needed for livestock transfer? And why did those trains need a diesel at the rear. Steam almost never fails so why?
The short answer to your first question is no, it was no longer used. Steam tours often have diesels attached for operational reasons (moving stock at the destination, heating or insurance, of particular relevance during the autumn months)
The 47 supplies the electric train heating feed for the coaches (which you certainly need up there in autumn & winter!) The farm track over the bridge hadn't been used for years and has been blocked off further up, so the bean counters decided it wasn't economic to repair it (frost & water damage to the stone work occurred several years prior to its demolition)
Heartbreaking. What a sad state of affairs when such a historic structure gets removed because it is cheaper to destroy than repair. Hopefully they will put up a really ugly concrete and steel structure in it's place.
It is a shame but when the bridge wasn't used, it was hard to build a case to finance its repair. A replacement is not being provided.
Bit sad, but hey ho. Needs must
All the people here crying about a derelict, damaged, and disused bridge being demolished need to take a step back and see that nothing of real value was lost.
Repairing & maintaining it creates more jobs IDIOT!
It is disgusting that there was little if any publicity to the public available about this historic bridge to us in London are so we are unlawfully robbed of our chance of visiting the bridge before its demise, with the info unlawfully kept from us and it is well out of order that the due demolition was wrongfully kept quiet here in London, so unlawfully preventing people here visiting it before it went. This is as usual due to the continued gross incompetence of so many Authorities, Companies, People and Organisations, with the now rife total lack of information of interesting things we all want to know about. Yet unlawful brainwashing television untruthful adverts are unlawfully forced on us with info we do not want o know about. We live in a Crazy society.
bad form, 140 year old structure torn apart, same happens here in Ireland 😥
@mandy if the bridge had a grade 1 or grade 2 listing NR wouldnt of been able to destroy it
Totally unnecessary. Result of a lack of maintenance brought on by privitisation.
To answer some of the more uneducated responses on here;
1) It did not last 140 years without regular maintenance.
2) You are not prepared to pay for it so why should others be expected to
3) It's size was designed for the railways of old and it is structures like these that limit the loading gauge of the whole route - if you want to see this line stay open and used more then things like this need to go.
1) It did last 140 years without regular maintenance.
You seriously think that? I'm glad you're not a builder if you think mortar is structurally sound after 140 years without maintenance, besides, you think that is 140 years of growth? [ 4:00 ]
I'm glad though you don't appear to disagree with the other points I raised.
2) point 2 raised. This is what was said in the 80s about the whole line.With that sort of opinion ,the line wouldnt even be open today( with your loading gauge). One thing is for sure if you had a sledgehammer and had to knock bridge 64 down it would take you at least 140 years. Have some respect for the men who built it in the first place.
I have plenty of respect for the people who built it, I find it offensive that you suggest I don't based on the clear fact that is no longer needed.
You're comparing a biased economical report on the long term viability of a national railway link to a completely disused overbridge. I think that you need to get your head examined if you're serious about that. I will also point out that maintenance (including structure maintenance) is a part of railway viability and thus removing structures that require regular checks and maintenance (again, you clearly don't know what you're talking about if you think no-one has so much as checked this structure in the last 140 years) is only going to ensure the long term viability of this section of our railway network.
The money supply has expanded by several hundred times since Beaching but then again, it's all owed back with interest ( creating even more debt) & bankruptsy built right into the system so, " TA HELL WITH HISTORY, hay ?"
Two men working, eight watching. No wonder train travel is so costly. It was demolished as repair would have seen the line out of use for several days and cost substantially more than demolition. Shame.
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