The missing Viaduct and the signal box.
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- In this video we visit a railway viaduct now abandoned most of it is missing. On this urbex video we visit the Belah viaduct. In Cumbria on the Barnard castle to Tebay line or the Stainmore line. There is an abandoned viaduct the Belah viaduct once the tallest viaduct in England it was constructed by Thomas Bouch. This cast and wrought Iron giant stood above the Belah viaduct. We also visit the abandoned signal box on this disused railway. We also visit the Merrygill and Podgill viaducts. Great Limestone viaducts in the Eden valley. This video shows off British Railway engineering and architecture at its best from the 19th century. Thanks to www.forgottenrelics.co.uk for the info
Since i'm a kid i've always loved the old British arquitecture, i don't live in england, i'm from mexico, Thomas and friends was part of my childhood and man it is beautifiul to see all these things in real life, and seeing them abandoned, forgotten, lost... they just give me a warm feeling inside.
Wow, i felt so related to this, thomas the tank engine is my childhood and watching this video reminds me of that.
Thanks to www.forgottenrelics.co.uk for most of the info for this video. The drone amzn.to/3erGuII The camera used amzn.to/34Qz8v9
The elevation change is deceptive.
This might be of interest, from about five minutes in ruclips.net/video/KXObLbUn2gc/видео.html
8:39 Oh lovely camera work!!!!!
8:57 Damn Martin you've done it again!!
Another 2 seconds of air time would've made for perfection.
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Made me wait 👍👍
some info here also edenviaducts.org.uk/
but no mention of the now missing Belah viaduct,
Must admit I thought you was looking for a stone viaduct ....
Would love to be able to visit the many places you visit but very difficult when I am on the other side of the world, cheers, Garry from Down-Under
Excellent stuff, you do know,Patrick Dickinson would have ran over that terrain, cooked a three course meal and stayed the night 😂
Like yourself and many others here I am in awe at the endeavours of the engineers and builders of bygone eras in creating these structures and I share your romantic notions in the sheer beauty of these incredible buildings. As you say there is something quite poetic in the appearance on the natural surrounding landscape quite apart from the vision of group of workman turning up with some pretty primitive tools in the middle of nowhere to create these structures. Thanks so much for sharing your continuing relentless pursuits, I seem to have been following your exploits forever and absolutely love your enthusiasm, keep it up Martin and well done.
I am a 3rd generation Native Born American with English/British Heritage. My ancetors Emigrated to the US around 1850ish? I greatly enjoy learning about Great Britain and the UK. I found your channel days ago and am thoroughly enjoying your excellent work. Truly Professional Quality and Cinematography. Looking forward to future videos.
Martin, thank you for another of your wonderful atmospheric videos. I am trying to picture the sheer effort and difficulty in building that line before modern construction equipment and the bleakness of the existence of the signalmen at Belah box in all weathers. Your passion for the subject stands out like a beacon that we don’t see on mainstream TV channels.
Amazing Stuff....we build it... then it become obsolete.. then we pull it down.... great video keeping History alive....
Keep filming through the new Lockdown, Martin. Sunday evenings wouldn't be as enjoyable without your videos.
Do my best
@@MartinZero I mean technically walking is exercise so you aren't doing any wrong 🤔
This can also be classed as ‘your job’, and one you can’t do from home.
He is essential to a lot of people! 🙂
I liked your comment because I hope you read this response before it's removed. I'd like to know why your government is even having a lockdown. Considering that they downgraded this virus on March 19, 2020. I know because I've seen the notification by going to your government's official HCID government website. And your government never even notified the public just yet on acting like they considered it a pandemic.
EDIT: I had to take screenshots of it it because I couldn't download it without allowing cookies to be installed in my phone so they could track my internet searches!
a beatuful country with a lot of history,it was Always a pleasure crossing the channel with my lorry(Household goods)and i enjoyed every trip over there,from southampton to Newcastle and a lot of city's between!belgian greetings!
Before 2000, there was a scheme to re-build the Kirkby-Stephen East - Stainmore Summit section of this line as an extension of the embryonic Eden Valley Railway heritage line, which is intending to re-open the Appleby East - Warcop - Kirkby-Stephen section as a preserved line. This would have involved re-building Belah viaduct in modern steel to the original design, re-building the dynamited Mousegill Viaduct and Skenrith bridge, which took the line over the River Eden East of Kirkby Stephen East station. But it failed at the time due to the Millennium Commission rejecting their bid for funding. I have no idea if the idea is still being entertained by the Stainmore Railway company, which is restoring Kirkby-Stephen East station as part of the Eden Valley Railway project, but what a preserved line this would make.........! Steam trains climbing up the side of the Eden Valley, over a succession of spectacular viaducts, with a dramatic view over the valley for most of the journey to Stainmore Summit........
Sounds great but a massive undertaking
I've just read in a railway magazine, an up to date one as of October 2020, that Network Rail and Grand Central were looking into connecting Blackpool with the ECML again but have binned it due to the turn-down in traffic because of the CoVid 19 Virus, staycationning aside. It was also possibly due to the enormity of the task. I will, re-read the article and put a link in if possible to the details. Strange reading that then seeing this video. No way could Martin have known about the proposals, now binned.
Unbelievable. Had the Belah viaduct not have been demolished, it would now be in use even as just a walking/cycling route.
What this country had, and let vanish so easily......
@@simontay4851 the maintenance costs of the viaduct were the primary cause for the closure of this line almost 60 years ago.
Thanks Martin, such a welcome tonic. Your hard earned efforts are much appreciated.
Thank you.
Thanks very much Ian
I don’t want to sound soppy but I love the romanticism of this video. Hope you’re able to keep making your videos during lockdown. Take care.
You dont sound soppy Julia I thought the romanticism of the place was wonderful
I thought it was great too, beautifully eerie and poetical romantic- I could imagine spending hours there and like how beautiful to like camp even, to wake to the view of Belah one.
YES IT IS MAYBE MARTINS BEST EVER FILM IN MY VIEW
@@rayindahay ‘of
Those abutments and associated stone work look absolutely beautiful. Fantastic shot Martin
It’s a stunning part of the world and a great location. So tragic that the viaduct was destroyed with so much haste.
Yeah imagine it still standing 👌
The iron used would have been sold off and made a tidy sum, no doubt.
J0hNF_UK - it would have been used for the failing U.K. car industry almost certainly, as most of our scrapped battleships where used for at the same time. These cars where so poor they also found themselves scrapped very rapidly, and most of the metal was shipped overseas to the east to go in to products we bought back.
PLEASE!! .. use your head.. The viaduct was no long fit for purpose, out lived it's usefulness .. what do you expect .. spending vast amounts to keep it maintained just so you can go all weepy over it in 2020, when all that steel could have been used for other things. Same with the Battleships and Tanks etc after ww2 - what is the point in having all that raw material sat there doing nothing , when industry sorely needed it .
You really think given our current climate/resource problems NOW.. that fields and fields of rotted, rusty ww2 aircraft, Tanks etc would make an impressive sight in 2020- all those resources just left to rot away .. just because you get all weepy that they had the nerve to get rid of an old iron viaduct... please. Thankfully more resourceful people then you made the decision to recycle all that steel/rubber etc after the war - rather then park them all up "cos it is historic innit"
@@kittyhawk9707 Sounds like you came here with the sole intention of giving folks a hard time. You are perfectly entitled to your opinion, as are they, but ramming your vitriol down folks throats is un-necessary and rude. A bit of common courtesy, coupled with a reasoned arguement, shouldn't be too much to ask.
I used to watch your channel just because of the Manchester history videos .now I'm enjoying everything else ,I never thought I would watch videos of bridges etc keep up good work.
Simply stunning photography and a reminder of how great this country was to engineer such structures. Just subscribed and will go through all your other work. Thanks for your efforts to bring this history alive.
Kudos for getting such steady drone footage with the windy conditions.
Fascinating as always. It’s a great shame that so much history has either gone or is left to crumble.
The engineering, especially given the tools available at the time, was simply phenomenal.
Yes they must have used a few plumbobs
@@MartinZero I expect several labourers were called Bob! 😉😆
All that infrastructure cast aside in an instant. New infrastructure being built to save 20 minutes travel time for £100 billion......... isn't life strange?
oh please.. did you not hear that the viaduct was getting too weak to support the double loco trains. hence it was no longer fit for purpose. Progress happens and things get old and outlive their use .. guess you still yearn for everybody to drive model T's with all the NON safety aspects that would entail.. BUT of course they are old so it worth the risk and modern vehicles are simply the devils spawn in a technically progressive world. You can have your model T .. I will stick with my Astra .
@@kittyhawk9707
Or you could be open-minded enough to see the value of both your new car and a Model T,
And that model T is going to be on the road long after you your new car is long gone.
Martin, you romantic townie, that was bloody brilliant. Thanks for making the effort to go back, that was a beautiful vid, moving music and one of your best factual history lessons👍🏻❤
Thanks very much Bob
For those interested in the line watch a marvellous BTC film called "Snow Drift at Bleath Gill" circa 1954, it's on youtube. Also I was on the last train over the Stainmoor to and from Darlington. Believe it or not the engines (double headed) ran out of steam on the return leg, so we arrived home around midnight.
Ian Dixon.
Thanks for the recommendation Ian
That wasn't the only time the line was blocked by snow. It happen every few winters.
One of the volunteers at Locomotion [Shildon] a few years ago had a connection. His father worked on clearing the drift in the film. Away for three weeks, no phoning home. Such events were not rare . . .
So great that one of the old doors is still there on the signal box building . thanks for doing this video!!
Thanks Christopher was a great place to visit I'll never forget it
There is a branch of civil engineering called soil mechanics.... The engineers would have taken core samples at different depths of the ground, and subjected them to stress analysis.. They would have known the weight of the stone bridge, and designed the foundations with sufficient depth and area to carry the load, which includes rail traffic and safety factors as well... Nowadays, soil mechanics us a device called a triaxial cell.... The cylindrical sample is placed within a membrane sleeve surrounded by pressurised water (called pore pressure) Then load is measured & applied from above until the sample fails.. They then know the load bearing capacity of the ground they plan to build the bridge..
Cheers John
When I was studying Civil Engineering at Wigan Tech many years ago we used to do that test in the soils lab in the basement of the Library Street building. Great fun plotting the results.
There's a LOT of granite up there, I'm suspecting they didn't need to dig too deep tbh.
Hi, John if I've understood you correctly, does that mean they can ultimately place foundations in earth with confidence, and not have to go all the way down until they find rock? Thanks :)
@@hamster-wh3ws Sorry for delay - Yes that is correct, in the same way our houses are built onto footings, usual only a few feet deep, without having to reach bedrock... Obviously, the load from the average house is nowhere near the same as a structural mass of a bridge with a fully laden engine & wagons, not forgetting an additional factor of safe working load.... Another set of criteria they have to take into consideration, is the stress that the stonework can carry... i.e. If you had some granite blocks 100cm cubed, you can only pile so many one on top of another before the ones at the bottom fail spectacularly... Nowadays, most bridges are made from concrete. When mixing the concrete, they test pour samples into cube moulds either 100mm or 150mm. When cured, the concrete cubes are crushed to destruction and readings taken... This is why I have so much respect for people like Isambard Kingdom Brunel who was designing & building things in the 19th century..
Your fascination for the way things used to be is infectious! You really communicate it so well - it strikes deep. I only just discovered your amazing channel. Thanks, Martin!
Thanks very much Mark
You do all the hard work so we don’t have too and we are all very grateful for that Martin . Still around till 1963 , that’s amazing ! And seeing those other 2 beautiful viaducts makes me proud to be a bricklayer 👌🏼🧱👍🏼
If the belah viaduct had been built of stone as well, it would probably still be standing.
@@simontay4851 Definitely 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
Yeah deffo, what a place
@@MartinZero 👌🏼🧱👍🏽
One of the best railway docs I’ve seen for a while 👍
Belah viaduct, and the similar Deepdale viaduct East of Stainmore summit, were both designed by Thomas Bouch, who also designed the famous, or infamous original Tay bridge in Scotland. His career was ruined by the collapse of that bridge in a storm in 1879, which was unfair in ways as the contractors were also to blame for the Tay bridge's collapse. Cement was poured wet into the cast iron support columns, which then cracked as it hardened..... Much of Bouch's Tay bridge is still in use, as most of the girders (but not the central 'high girder' section which collapsed into the river) were re-used in the present Tay bridge. The foundations of the old bridge are still visible beside the new bridge as well.
Cheers Christopher
Yes the iron work imperfect castings were filled with bees wax and painted over by the contractors. Imperfect design (no wind bracing) but poorly executed too. Yes a lot of Bouch's work was good so its a pity he's mainly remembered for the Tay Bridge.
There was also a design-flaw in the 'construction strength' calculations on his part ........ which, at the time, might've possibly been overlooked.
'Maximum permissible forces' on the entire structure included extra-heavy trains (incl. double-heading, lengthy freights, etc.) AND included the pressure of extreme wind-shear (coming in at all angles), where flat, upright surfaces would create MOST resistance to the winds' strength and be the MOST dangerous. This was all fine and accounted for ........ but for one fatal missing calculation, namely that of the ADDITIONAL RESISTANCE at the height of the storm, with the worst possible wind WHILST A TRAIN WAS CROSSING, i.e. the train's flat sides ADDED to the overall resistance. This seems to've been the straw that broke the bridge's back.
@@richardberechula2942 - Thanks interesting.
is that that bridge where that train (i think only a mere 10 feet off the water) crashed into the frigid water and alot of people drowned and there were like onlookers on land who tried to help with boats but the water was so cold most didn't make it? :( i watched a program on history channel bout that, it said alot of the bad publicity had to do with so many bodies that ended up floating and washing ashore, which pictures of, made for sweeping headlines in the newspapers. It left the public shocked and disgusted, an a public cry for someone's head to roll demanding who to blame
Oh the value of coal. I certainly miss mining it!
No-one would dream of build viaducts/structures like Belah and Podgill "by hand" today.
Rapidly advancing technology seems to be forcing us backwards in some respects.
I too wonder who first said: "Why don't we", "What if we" and "stick your shovel there to start".
Loved the bit about the abutments that are like "Banished lovers, that once held cast iron hands and calling to each other, forever longing", nice words Martin.
Well done yet again Sir!
Thanks very much Joe
It was so enjoyable if it was not for you it my have been forgotten. All the engineering and labor - such a beautiful place . Ghosts abound in this lost place. Thank you 🙏🏽
Gary sounds like the kind of friend you need if you're determined to go see these things: mad enough to go with you but sensible enough to know when to say enough is enough.👍
Yep, I dont think he was impressed
Stunning work there fellas!
The music is very evocative, lending itself to the absolutely beautiful, but bleak terrain.
Our forefathers who designed & built these railways & structures will always hold a great fascination for me, no computers just pencil & paper .....
Sad that today they lie idle.
Cheers John B👍😷
Took the words right out of my mouth !!! Couldnt agree more.
Stunning vid and interesting background info as always thanks Martin your vids just get better and better.
Amazing thanks
Roj
Once again, brilliant! I used to have to drive 44 tonners up to Kirby Thore across that terrain across from Scotch Corner on the A1 in all weathers and can testify to the wildness !
Martin that was an excellent video, rain, poetry and all. It was definitely in the middle of no where, Meriden, Kansas
14:30 "The two stone abutments are now forced to stare at each other across the valley. Like banished lovers that once held cast iron hands, they call to each other, forever longing."
A magical line. You are a wordsmith!
Absolutely brilliant. Very interesting, thank you for walking and filming it.
Thank you Debz glad you enjoyed
Loved this video Martin, something very atmospheric about the Cumbrian countryside and the old relics left behind, especially the viaduct towers as silent guardians of a long forgotten past. Brilliant documentary as always :-).
Thanks Steve, yes silent guardians, I like it
Magnificent View & History Lesson thanks Martin.
Great Work.
Had a feeling it might be somewhere up around Kirby Stephen from the clues. A great area to social distance on a bicycle up around Barras , Tan Hill etc #bleak
Yes, unlikely to see anyone up there apart from a Red Squirrel
@@MartinZero just looked on a map. Had no idea the old railway from tebay went that way . I did think that the stone walls where you turn up to the tan hill at Barras looked railway-like when I went through recently . When I race time trials on my bike in Yorkshire or around Kirby Stephen way , quite a few of the landmarks I use to break the course up in my mind are railway related. viaducts in the hills, , bridges , old stations.
Wow what an amazing mix of engineering and history. So sad to see the signal box in such a state
Everything looks totally out of place. Ghostly even. Lives lived, lives lost, blood sweat and tears poured into this project names now lost to history. Thank you for this.
Life’s circle.
I think it should be preserved
18:15 The Old Signalbox, fascinating to see this structure still stands albeit in a derelict state. I worked the remote Reedham and Somerleyton Swing Bridges in East Anglia from 1990 until 2011 as a signalman and I can tell you it was a very lonely job working in the middle of nowhere.
Great vid once again.👍👍👍
Noticed that Cow down below, looking up at that crazy Human, thinking, "what is that doing up there!". Well done. We do appreciate your efforts on every production. My Dad was a Plate layer (50s & 60s), I have it as his occupation on my Birth Certificate! So proud.
I wouldn't say your visit to the 'uninteresting' abutment side of the Belah viaduct was in vain. I'd been looking across to the other side in your second visit to the 'interesting' abutment side and thought I could see the cutting. So I was pleased to be able to see it closer up. And that was a super bit of romantic impromptu poetry concerning both sides staring at each other for all time! I liked the actual poem too! Imagine manning that signal box. Wow! All in all, a much appreciated, very interesting video!
"who the hell would build a railway across the moors"
West Highland: *looks away*
Ha, brilliant 👍
The tartarians, Old world remains repurpose by moguls like us, who lack skills and imagination. Lol
Thanks for the brilliant video of Beulah viaduct Martin, Thomas Bouche,s next job was the Forth rail bridge, but lost the job after the Tay bridge failure, this resulted in a massively over engineered bridge we have now as they had to ensure a collapse never happened again.
Were you on your way to Barnard Castle to test your eyesight?
I never actually went there 😃
Another great video Martin. I hadn't seen this viaduct and when I saw it I was reminded of the Crumlin Viaduct in South Wales. My late friend Alex, used to tell me stories of driving over this tall viaduct at Crumlin and feeling it slightly swaying in a strong wind !
Would have been impressive to see a steam train on it
I bet it was awesome Chris
Well done for making this one. Fascinating. Back in the 50's I made a point of travelling over this route when it was still possible to do so. The first occasion was on the 3-17 pm Penrith - Darlington and our engine ran short of steam on the climb up from Kirkby Stephen, having to stop at Barras station for a 10 min blow -up. Your film brought it all back.
Wow thats a good memory to have Ian. Not many can say they went over the viaduct
@@MartinZero We railway enthusiasts keep notes!
Barnie Castle is apparently a great place to have your eyes checked if your a politician at least. haha
😃👍
Touched by the poetic flavor enhancing a classic entertainment quality rarely savored in this medium.
Loved the pic of the men at work extending the viaduct..the area is truly stunning, It is hard to imagine that structure was once there.. thanks again for showing places that I wouldn't get to see unless I went myself..
Thanks very much Jo
I'd never have the pleasure of seeing this area of the world if it weren't for you Martin, Thank you for trekking up there and taking these wonderful videos! It's much appreciated.
14:04 even the horses were looking at you in disbelief, thinking what’s the numpty doing up here on a day like this?🤣
I know, they werent impressed
Nice photos in the plate layers hut. Sad about the signal box. Podgill viaduct 😍
“Too far out in the wilds.” Lmao! That’s cute. Ever been to Texas?
Slightly different Terrain eh cock ?
What's the infrastructure like over there?!
Its all relative 👍
Your Texas morning commute would be a day's travel in English traffic.
hahaha, try the northwoods of Maine, we got 17 million acres of rugged forest and swamp. Only 1 hi-way.
Cumbria is nice unless you go off track and then its like walking through rat traps....if theres an early snow it would be dicey, miserable at least. England is small , civilized and cozy, looks like you could walk most of it, until you try walking it.
I love the poetry and music on this video Martin 😊 Thank you
Thank you Sue, me as well
ah, November, start of the glorious tee-shirt season
Not here 😃
So very interesting and polished presentation thank you from NZ
Your getting very lyrical in your old age.. for ever longing.
I always have been. 😀
Outstanding Video Martin. I can’t help thinking of life for the signalmen that manned the box there, it must have been really bleak.
If you want to avoid the reflections as you had inside the cabin, buy/use a circular polarizing filter (CPL). That would give you the opportunity to get rid of those reflections. It's also a great tool by filming/photography at a water side or near/towards buildings with a lot of glass.
Thanks very much
Awesome explore, in a way doing it during Fall made it better. The Autumn colours are beautiful so I'm glad you stuck through this to make the video, I could never get out there with my health now so I could never see it so thank you.
Yeah must admit autumn colours were nice
I love how the cow is checking you out.
Hmmm cant trust a cow in a field
Where was this part I didn't see any
Super as always Martin, love your videos! You are also an very good landscape photographer :-) That shot of the rainbow over the viaduct remains and the fabulous open moorland in that stunning light WOW!. Fabulous Martin, many thanks. Drove up the M6 countless times, stopping at Tebay services and never knew what was a few miles to the East on that open moorland....
First for once! 👍😆👍
Nice one Phil
Great video I always enjoy your videos, I learned so much about England that isn't taught in any school that I know of anywhere! Makes history very interesting to learn!
Another outstanding video Martin, I keep saying this but thanks so much for making the effort to visit these places - twice! If only some of these structures could talk, what stories they could tell...
Yeah amazing place
Maybe decendants of the people that built it could be contacted some how. They could tell some stories.
Using that railmapsonline I managed to find that there is a lost junction near me. It was between the great central railway (dis) and the Nuneaton to Leicester line (existing). You would never have known it was there because there is a viaduct near and the embankment of the junction is mostly gone. There is only a small bit of tree line to mark it. Thank you Martin. Great video
Thanks very much, glad it helped
I’m so early I need a coffee! ☕️
Enjoy 😃👍
As always, a great and very informative video. Thanks for all your efforts and stay safe.
I can't help but feel that someone should make an effort to renovate that signal box.
It would be nice
@@MartinZero it’d make a nice weekend retreat for you mate! 😉
Oh yes, this wet, cold, grey day just got a bit more warm and sunny! I thank you!
Thank you John
Wow! Wonderful stuff Martin and so poignant. The bleakness of the landscape and the determination of the men to push the railway through, just incredible. A great video, thanks so much.
I fully understand where you are coming from. I used to walk derelict lines around Nottingham and the atmosphere around these places can't be described. Ghosts of our railway past. I managed to photograph much of what I found before it was gone.
Can you imagine the peace and quiet? Wow......
Wow! Sorry you had to walk all that way, but what an awesome viaduct part behind you! Also the valley you spanned to see the other one!
That whole viaduct before you sent the drone, and the little recesses, very cool!
Thanks Marc, it was actually a very lovely place
Well it sucks that the trip wasn't so great, but the place looks amazing and right up your alley, Martin. I would love to go see this place. Also, great video love the drone shots also. I love that lighthouse-like last homely house.
brilliant Martin, i enjoyed that history, many thanks 👍
Love it gents, thanks for making the journey. (Twice!). Reminds me of the remote Loch Skerrow a few more miles north!
Wow thats great. Another great informative video. All the best from lancashire.
That Cumbrian scenery is so beautiful. Thanks for a lovely adventure guys.
Always fascinating stuff Martin. That viaduct would have been a sight to see with a train going over. And to be on that train in the wind would have been a scary ride.
Yeah it would have been great Stephen
Well done Martin, another very informative video. Keep up the good work. 👍👍😎
Another great Video Martin me and the wife have binged watched all your videos over the last few weeks. Thanks for bringing a bit of light in to our lives at this crazy time. Signed a very happy Geordie. Take Care Martin and stay safe
Beautiful video and a beautiful location.
Yes great video, some of the defunct railway wonders of the pennines.
So many competing railway companies in the nineteenth century built their own routes, but sadly came along Dr Beeching to bring an end to no longer viable routes, or so we were told.
Belah viaduct was expensive to upkeep and needed regular checks due to the age of it's structure.
Maybe if it had been built of stone it would have been better and lasted longer than the metal one did.
Plenty more old relics to explore.
Thanks for sharing.😉👍
I love the feeling of adventure watching you two being there. Thanks for that.
Fantastic yet again Martin 😊
As I started watching this video. I wondered why I was bothering. I thought I would be bored to death. I was quite wrong. Instead I found it very interesting, and thoroughly entertaining. I thought the mixture of history, and romanticism was pitch perfect.
You do a wonderful job of keeping history alive..Always looking forward to your next one..
The drone footage is mesmerising. And poetry? You're spoiling us Martin.
Thank you. So windy up there I was reluctant to get the drone out but so glad I did
Great video as always. Thanks for the effort you put into your channel.
A wonderfully evocative video, which captures the splendid isolation of this former engineering iconl. Like the canal navvies before them, the railway navvies moved mountains (of earth) to achieve the seemingly impossible. Your reading of the poem (hidden in the steelwork), was the icing on the cake! Well done Martin!
Absolutely brilliant vid mate. Just this forgotten relics of a age gone by, standing defiant. Even the stone of what is left of the belah. A testament to the people that built them.
As usual a brilliant video Martin thanks.
Thanks Graham
Great job Martin , is very cool when you are able to show pictures of how it looked in the past . Well done . Stay safe , we getting another lockdown !!
Thanks Victor
The isolation working in that place back in the day must have been overwhelming.
I don't know what it is but I just love your videos. I'm so into this. When I was young I lived next to a viaduct (see my pic) in lightcliffe, west Yorkshire. Still in service on the Bradford to Halifax line. Stunningly beautiful area. Then nearby is the old pickle line. Or what's left of it.
My missus watches soap operas, I prefer this by a million miles.
Thankyou 😊
Fantastic. Brought back many happy memories for me as used to holiday up there for a few years a while ago when my dogs were just out of the puppy stage and walked all round there and on the viaduct. Think one of my photos still shows up on Google maps. Magnificent engineering and poignant remains.
What a excellent video Martin....you've got to admire the Victorian engineering on them viaduct 👍
Thanks very much Paul
Brilliant, well done with the views, do a vid about old manchester department stores, i used to work in Lewis's, there's got to be something interesting