Five Disused Railway Finds
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- In this video we visit five disused railway finds in Manchester. These five abandoned structures of railway architecture are in a remarkable condition and although abandoned I had to urban explore Urbex Manchester to find them. They are great examples of Railway Architecture. An old railway turntable, and old engine shed an old station building and an abandoned railway tunnel are amongst some of the gems we find. We look around an abandoned railway on an old disused railway. #abandonedrailway #urbexmanchester #disusedstation
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If your watching early. It takes RUclips a short time to process it into HD quality 👍
Didn't matter. I fully enjoyed it regardless.
Martin you'll get the "360p squad" comments - I hate that shit!
☺🎉 another great video
m8 you are going to be forever known as frank carson because you have a canny nac of making not so interesting things interesting (its the way ya tel em) i have found every 1 of your vidz to be interesting
Hi Martin, Rainhill are celebrating the 190th anniversary of the Rainhill trials next week, just a heads up, www.rainhill190.org.uk message me if you turn up, I'll do yous a brew.
I just find disused railways incredibly sad to see. What was once a hive of activity is now gone forever. They seem to have an hauntingly romantic atmosphere about them if you know what I mean
Yes Paul, I know exactly what you mean,
Yep, it's heartbreaking to think that people sweated blood to build all this infrastructure, only for it to be abandoned and neglected. The nastier side of "Progress"... 😢
Yes, Once a hive of activity, now gone forever. This is the approaching future for us British people as we are set to become a minority in our own land. So sad that this Globalist push is hell bent on destroying Western Nations with Forced Diversity. Exploring old buildings is a way of escape from doing our duty to defend our land. Enjoyed the video and the music, tks.
@@gordonmillar998 You sound like the kind of person that blames everything that goes wrong in life on "the immigrants". Sad.
@@gordonmillar998 Its nothing to do with diversity... its the rich deciding they cannot make money from it anymore... so abandon it.
Stunning ! , the shallow pits are “ rake out pits “ for the ash and clinker to drop into without setting fire to wooden sleepers . Well done mate !
Thanks very much 👍
What is ash and clinker ?
The turntable pit wow! Beautiful words from you capturing the history and yes a gem for sure! All the hard work and time over the years it was used providing service and jobs to so many people! Glad you can can still see it and all the other spots you shared! That engine house is in good nick considering! It should be saved and restored!Thanks again!
I agree would love to see it saved
I used be a member of Dinting Railway centre in the mid ‘70’s. Spent some time caretaking the Cheltenham when it was a wreck. Now it’s in full steam again.
The centre closed as the land owner raised the ground rent so high it was unaffordable, he wanted to put some sort of car circuit on the land and in effect, forced it to close.
The ruined station building you explored was at one time a BR access to the centre, when that track was in use. It was also used as a refreshment room in the early days.
There was also a (new) 6 track display shed between the old shed and the station building, but that was demolished soon after closure.
The sidings were originally used as coaling station and holding area for the banking loco’s for trains going up to the Woodhead tunnel.
I can remember it when it was all in use. Great days!
Ahh thank you for the info. Such a shame the rents were increased
I love your enthusiasm and clear joy at discovering all these hidden gems. You make this so interesting and narrate it so well. Keeps me interested and many others. Great vlogs
Thank you Colin much appreciated. I do love a good find 👍
Fascinating! The engine shed was the icing on the cake
If I won the lottery that engine shed would be on my list, the full Grand Designs but with rail track still running through the "living room" Glass full height opening doors each end, just move the sofa when the 9:30 from Paddington comes through ! Great Video Martin, Thanks!
shall we set up.a crowdfunding page :) better still who would.own it nowadays? i no someone at english heritage i could chase up...
According to a report from Nov 2016, it was bought around 2010 by a group of solicitors for £150,000 who want to raze it to the ground and build houses. Their application was turned down, but someone on here says it is now going ahead! The only way to save it would be to get the engine shed listed!
@@mikehatton9540 im sadly not that clued up to even no where to start but i dont mind dropping to details over the H.E and (im yorkshire ) pass details of anyone with more knowledge of the area.. quick land registry application will find owners... or... also...search any other adjoining land etc.. speak to owners get them to block aoplication or crowdfund and buy it off solicitors...suprised it was so cheap as must me a decent plot...
@@steelcitydomains2356 I'm in North Wales for my sins! 😉 I got the info via the link I posted earlier to Martin from 28dayslater.co.uk.
"the full Grand Designs but with rail track still running through the "living room" Glass full height opening doors each end," I had exactly the same thought! :)
I like your words at the turntable. I feel they are from some kind of old souls.
Came across this vid by pure chance & found it interesting & fascinating! I am 67 an in a wheelchair, but it felt like I was right there with you! You certainly have a skill of encapsulating your audience an making them feel part of the video. When I was a kid in 50’s/60’s I was fascinated by steam trains, an used to spend my summer holidays watching them on my local line in Childwall (on the then countrified outskirts of Liverpool). Also used to holiday in Llanberis (at foot of Snowdon, North Wales), where I would spend most of my days watching the slate quarry steam trains, which ran directly behind the farmhouse we stayed at. Those were the days when the trains would double up as delivery men, an drop off dozen eggs, some bacon, an fresh milk to Mrs Roberts - or Mrs Owens coat, newly in from the Caernarfon shop!! A couple of the drivers would even invite me to ride on the engine for couple 100yds up the line then drop me off as they took the winding incline up to the slate quarry up in the mountains. Those were the special days (before H&S, timetables, ‘time=money’ days), which sadly will never be seen again - but will live in my heart/memory. I have now subscribed, an can’t wait to see your forthcoming videos, an spend time looking back at your previous ones! Thank You Martin - you’ve made an old man very happy!! (An nostalgic!) 👍🏻👏🏻
Hello Ken thank you for your comment and kind words. Your memories sound fantastic, I bet it was great riding those Locomotives. I have a few more videos to come that you may enjoy. Thanks for subscribing best regards Martin 👍
Love the abandoned railway stuff
Great vid, loved Dinting engine shed. Glad you managed to get to Godley on a glorious sunny day, told you its worth a visit.
Absolutely stunning! Thank you for taking us there with you!
Thanks very much
Very atmospheric, I'm so glad you went back to find the engine shed. Top marks!!
It was so heart warming to see the old dinting station again. I miss glossop and Hyde. I've moved away since and miss these places so much. Since lock down I can't visit anymore.
My neck of the woods, I did a video there about the local urban legends, ghost train. It's just recently been cleared that turn table.
Perfect Sunday evening viewing 👍
Martin, my wife and I visited Manchester today and had a great day tracking down the ‘trap door’ and also dukes tunnel on the Medlock. Thanks for your great videos.
Ahh thats brilliant really glad you enjoyed
I'm also proper chuffed that you found the engine shed!
I wouldn't have thought anything like that would have survived.
Martin, thanks so very much for the wonderful video so professionally done, without too much narration. I was so pleased you went back and found the engine house. As you filmed it I was reminded of the way the Titanic slowly revealed itself on the ocean floor, first the bow and handrails, then the remains of the rest of that magnificent ship comes into view. I wonder if a the turntable those 'inspection pits' weren't ash pits to dump the firebox of the locomotives. Seems to me the men working under there would have to be awfully short to do any real work. If the pit was filled with ash the engine could be pulled back off the pit allowing it to be cleaned out by the engine house crew. Just a thought. Cheers from the Amtrak main line in Pennsylvania! I look forward to your next foray into the past!
Thank you very much for the info, and yes I loved finding the engine house. Greetings to Pennsylvania
Another great video. Really enjoyed watching it. That turntable was FANTASTIC. Beautifully preserved given the time is has been abandoned.
Hi Alan thanks, yes I think they are gonna try and restore it best they can
This is a great video and thank you for producing it. All those buildings at one time used to have people working in them trying to create a life for themselves and their families. Those fireplaces at one time would have kept the cold weather at bay for workers and passengers alike. I remember in my very early teens huddling by a such a fire with my fellow walkers, after a day walking, at Hope station in Derbyshire waiting for the train back to Sheffield. I know things have to move on but something does get lost in the improvements.
Yes your right Michael, and thank you
Seeing the turntable...one is transported back in time, thinking about the men who worked there, perhaps a generation or two, father, son, grandfather even...going to work every day, doing their tasks...never imagining a time when their workplace would be gone.So sad.
Yes it is kind of sad really
That was amazing definitely worth the walk back it should be saved thanks so much for going back some of the turn table Wes done by hand people get out and push it around but love it all
Nice video. It’s great to see these old installations and what time and nature has done. Thanks for posting this.
Thanks very much Corey
Magical. Like exploring some fantasy kingdom. Beautiful mixture of nature and man-made things from some long-gone civilization. Mesmerizing.
Thank you, yes am glad you enjoyed
So many great human feats, the 1800's had brought us.
So amazing how it is all but utterly forgotten, and worse, vandalized.
What does this say about us, as a race?
I love your videos - thank you for making them. I wish someone would make videos like this for the Sheffield area.
Check out WobblyRunner for Sheff based disused railway vids
Martin you sir are a credit to how a video should be shot,i have watched several of your videos so far ,and your camera work commentary and choice of music,far outshine many you tubers,and your subject matters are so well researched and explained during the course of your films, you sir deserve a BAFTA for rediscovering Great British treasures, do not stop you are infectious
Thank you very much Kevin your very kind
Martin that lump of concrete you spotted through the fence at Godly is one of the bases that carried the overhead power lines. The electrified part of the track stopped just before the turntable. I used to play on that line back in the 80's and i believe it finally closed around 1981. it was very complete back then and still had the tracks.
For a one man show, you do a fantastic job. Of mix video and still. Blending that picture of the map into real time. As we use to say. “Far out man.”
Ha thanks very much. yep Iam basically a one man show
Top marks to you sir for really gripping and interesting videos of a bygone age. Keep up the good work!
Gorgeous architechture on the shed.
great video great music great bloke . remember the tommys lined up at reddish after withdrawl all the very best from wigan
Yeah I saw em lined up in July 81
Nice job mate.
As a kid living on Mottram Road in Hyde circa 1960 I could watch and hear the steam goods trains on the Godley loop from our house. Used to play in Pop's hollow, and Bears wood, which lay in the bisected valley, there was a foot bridge. Used to go to school in Altrincham, it took an hour from Newton for Hyde, which had a waiting room with coal fire and catering.
Sounds great John. I bet that waiting room was great
Another fantastic load of finds. Cheers Andy from Sydney.
Thanks Andy, best regards to Sydney
I would turn that engine shed into a home in a minute !!! gorgeous thanks for this ,,
You should do it Stephanie, I could visit for tea 😃
There's two hours gone. Stopping and starting and following along on Google maps. Brilliant :)
Ha, great stuff Peter
I remember going there in the 70s ,inside the shed were 63601 and others and class 76's on the main line aaah those were the days,a brilliant upload
Thanks very much. Sadly I never saw it as it was
Ditto Daystate,.....
Roj R10 hunter in camo ! : )
Amazing, Thank you for a look at what people buiolt by hand mostly in those day, No crains to speak of, No lifts no Automation to help, Just men at working. !!!
I would be standing in those gems 💎 and thinking 🤔 imaging all the sights and sounds going on all those years past ….. 😞
Engine house is just awesome
Only found your videos today. I live abroad and now feel homesick for English countryside and railway history. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Patrick. Glad you found the videos 👍
Brilliant love your humor just enjoyable all round many thanks
Thank you
Remember riding the footplate of a tank engine at Dinting Railway Museum as a kid around 1970 and putting pennies on the rails to get squashed (what would elf n safety say?).
As much as I hate showering indiscriminate compliments, the photography, music and production are first rate and convey the emotion of all that history. Thanks Martin.
Thank you very much Nick. I think I used to put pennys on our track near me
Just think of all the people working there at Dinting station. Making the fire in winter in that lovely fireplace. Great job Martin. If your ever exploring in Yorkshire give a shout, would love to join you.
Yes I do love a nice open Fire. yes I'd like to come over there sometime
This is surprisingly soothing to watch
Thank you, it was a joy to film
VERY interesting video ! Always nice to see what was and get a sense of history. Well done !
Yes it was lovely to film. Thank you
This video was as fascinating as it was gorgeous. Good on you.
Fantastic again! Such a shame we cast so much of this aside without thought! Took me back to visiting my Gran in Scotland. She lived just down the road from an Station like that one must have looked when active. She always hoped we would find some coal along the track. She would give us a bucket to fill. It was always good hard black coal from the rails!
Great stuff, yes its rare these days to find such gems
top notch video martin , well done for your exploration antics through the brambles it paid off in the end
Thanks Peter and yes I encountered a few brambles 😀
Brilliant video Martin,wow what a great piece of railway history,it's a shame the old station building has been left to rot,the old engine shed looks an amazing building,and the viaduct wow what a piece of engineering just stunning, I've seen other viaducts with different brick work because they have been widened from single to double track 😀
Thanks Shaun, yes I think they strengthened the viaduct
Once again very interesting. You may find that the pits next to the turntable were ash or firedropper's pits, used to drop ash and clinker when an engine came in off the road. The bent bit of steel next to the pit looks like the handle of a firedropper's shovel.
Thanks Robert, yes I wondered about that piece of steel,
Hi martin i live near grotton, Mossley and you can see the other end of the grotton tunnel by going on Stockport Road in grasscroft and looking of the bridge, which used to be grasscroft Station before joining the main line to Huddersfield!! Nice vid mate as always 😏
Thanks Drew. I think I looked at getting to it that way but access looks difficult
The pits at the turntable site are probably ash pits, for catching the waste from the engines fireboxes. I used to watch this happening when I was a kid, it was scary but really impressive with big red sparks of hot slag falling from the engine.
Thanks Derek and that sounds great
Such a lonely and kinda eerie music as you went into the turntable...You think like I do...seems like alot of work that has gone into the building..and use of that track,...and to think only a FEW people know about it...or remember it...and when those few are gone...(died) it will be totally unknown then...it get me to thinking what a wast it is for people to die and fade away...does anyone else get what Im saying?
Yes it was an awesome place to find, also very poignant
Fantastic Video. Loved the music and the way you put the video together. What I would give to have a time machine sat next to that old engine shed. The History there is fantastic, just a pity these buildings cannot be preserved. Brilliant.
Used to go to Dinting centre in the 70;s they had Jubilee Bahamas and Royal Scot Scots Guardsman there plus some small engines, nostalgic times!.
Great stuff Norman 👍
Those days were Excellent days.
Stunning film. Well done.
Thank you Matt
Amazing places you keep finding Martin once busy and full of people now quiet derelict and reclaimed by nature
Yes we always come across the industrial reclaimed. Its a nice mix
Well done Martin for a really good video, you're right, these places give a glimpse of history for us to appreciate 👍
Thank you Doug
Excellent finds! FYi the two pits by the turntables are more likely ash pits rather than inspection pits, where the cinders from the firebox could be dumped out, rather than inspection pits which would be deeper so that engineers could stand upright to work on the engines :)
Yeah I realise now Gareth and thanks
Cheers Martin, A great film
I have given your films a bit of a rest for 6 months, (don't like toooo much of a good thing) but got the bug again now after this one, just great stuff.
Thanks Neil. Welcome back 👍
23:30 - waiting room
As a kid I played all round there, little did we really know the significance of it all, just old railway buildings etc. Got to save all these wonderful structures to share for the future!
Yes your right, you never imagine that they could be lost forever
Absolutely amazing Martin and thank you for sharing this with us.
Thanks very much Andrew
Briliant mate,love the engine shed.
Thank you, yes its a gem
Great video Martin...really enjoyed watching it. I've been a railway enthusiast for years and there's something absolutely fascinating about exploring old disused railway structures... sort of a haunting nostalgic feeling, as you say, a tangible reminder of the past. Lovely music as well. Many thanks for posting, going to watch all your other videos now !
Thanks Ian, glad you enjoyed and thanks so much
Well done Martin on another classic find, the engine shed looks absolutely mint and what seems to be Midland style architecture in the shed or were they all like that I dont know, the loco depot in Kirkby was knocked down pretty swiftly when the steaamers went. Oh and a word about the musical accompanyment you seem to be able to catch the tone of the event just right if you have composed that yourself you are in the wrong job. Brilliant.
Hi Mick, thanks very much. Yes lovely music but alas I didnt write it
I love your list of actors .
Amazing video, watched it again this morning. I'm made up for you finding that shed and I'm so happy you managed to check out my recommendation AND the sun was out too :)
Hi Brian, yes did you mention Dinting ? It was all down to you then ?
@@MartinZero yeah I'm Pulpy, didn't realise I was signed into my personal account 😁
Thanks for another great video!
Thank you Jacob
great video - next time you are over this way look around at Gamesley sidings / Mottram yard.
Now a walking trail, with various concrete / rails / platform hidden in woods.
Thanks Andrew and I might just do that
What an absolutely fascinating video, I love to discover stuff like old disused railway lines, and especially since getting into model railways, looking for abandoned lines to perhaps recreate, thanks for sharing. 😁
Thanks Alex much appreciated
Troy and his mates lmfao. Nice finds bud! :) Enjoyed the video. The turntable really was quite stunning.
Thank you, yeah they were great finds
Banging chap , love the turn table
Cheers Ivan
REALLY enjoyed this video! Here today it's cold, dark, and rainy, so your video was an outstanding get-away! The maps really put me there, in my mind. The music was nice too, not that it isn't usually, but encouraged contemplation. Towards the end your sound blended seamlessly with my real-world sounds of an approaching train singing out it's horn! Thanks Martin, I needed it!
Thanks very much. Am glad you enjoyed 👌
Another great video!
Another great video Martin enjoyed 👌👌👌
Thank you Brian
Very nice video. Thank you
Man you saved the best for last , that engine house should be saved wow
Yes I was so happy with that find 😀
There's an old, disused turntable in my wife's hometown in Poland. It still has the bridge thing on it and if you stand in a certain spot it magnifies your voice like a satellite dish.
Thats sounds good 👌
Love the Videos , and the History / Thank You
Thanks Michael
I was a secondman based at Newton Heath and was sent to be a rider out on a Bahamas class from Manchester Victoria to the museum , to apply the parking brake if there was an issue about 1979 - 80 as far as I remember that date. The building was in a much better condition in those days.
Yeah I wish I had seen the place back then
@@MartinZero I can still see it when passing through Dinting station, better after the leaves have fallen though. Yes I recall an awful lot of places that have gone now, Used to turn right at Gorton Station and come out at Throstles nest , for the freightliner terminal at Old Trafford.
Excellent video Martin 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks Steve 👍
Fantastic!
Thanks Jim
If you're getting the train from Glossop you can see the Dinting engine shed from the train. If you're heading towards Manchester look forward from the left side of the train before the train gets to Dinting.
Ahh interesting Andrew
Fabulous. Keep up the good work......
Thanks Scott
You missed out on Dinting as a kid Martin, I went a couple of times and really enjoyed the steam locos pulling you along. Such a shame it's like it is!
Great vid!
i can,t add much(Ken should write a book)i,ve been to dinting a couple of times in the 80s,didn,t recognise anything in your vid,feels like i,ve gone forward a thousand years in a time machine .It,s odd to see it like that.Favorate thing? the turntable.thanks Mike.
Thanks Mike, yes I saw a video and the place is unrecognisable
Great video, that engine shed needs saving !!
It certainly does Niall.
Superb that Martin, lad.
Thank you
Thankyou ever so much for this video. Makes an ex-pat homesick with damp eyes, but then I remember the brambles, the nettles and the mud :) Horses on the other hand shit everywhere BTW.
Ha , brilliant, glad you enjoyed
I checked out the website he mentioned and looked up historical stations and lines in my local area. Some places I know that had stations took me by suprise!
Yeah great site that isnt it
What a great video. I often find these type of videos can be a turn off due to not giving much detail or editing etc.
No lie this has to be one of the best edited and put together videos on abandoned railways I've seen on RUclips. Gripping from start to finish.
Thank you very much. I really appreciate that
The Delph station at the end of the donkey line is still there, it's a private residence now though. You can still see the platforms from the main road.
Ahh ok never knew. I should maybe try n find it
@@MartinZero Delph New Rd
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Well done sir 👍 well done indeed
Thank you very much
Hi Martin. I’m trying to figure out what your background is. I’ve ruled out Vet & Entomologist give how quickly I watched you run from the bee hive and a couple of horses. Maybe you’re a civil engineer or geologist . . . Hmm, or a History teacher? I go it - you’re a great videographer who truly enjoys sharing wonderful, unique topics with the rest of the world. Thank you for another great vlog 👍😉😀
Thank you Susan your very kind 😃👍
The railway sumps at the turntable may look a bit shallow but when you take into consideration that there was the tracks and the wheels there would have been plenty of room to work under the trains especially considering that there wouldn't have been as much stuff under the engines when they were steam unlike the ones now which is mostly electrical stuff under the engines
Yep your quite right. Plus many have mentioned they were for dumping the ash from the loco 👍
You should go on the one show , and show what you do , its brilliant , keep it up 👍
Thank you very much Hannah