I love the effort and enthusiasm you put into all your videos. Doesn't it make you feel sad that all the work that went into building these railways has been forsaken nowadays? When you stand in such places, close your eyes you can almost feel as if you're back there.
The interesting bit was the other side the road and down the incline - where it then becomes a horse drawn tramway. If your doing the charnwood railway don't forget the canal at gracedieu as well. It's obvious when you walk through it and the railway uses it as trackback over towards Shepshed. And of course there was a tramway at the other end in Loughborough too!
Cracking video as always, lived in Coalville till recently and used to explore that exact area with my kids. The boundary fence is about 3 years old, before you used to be able to walk right up to Mantle Lane which is obviously not a good thing to do. There's loads to explore round Coalville - south you can follow the line to Ellistown colliery and eventually on to the Battlefield line, also the Charnwood railway and Grace Dieu viaduct is lovely, the Snibstone colliery branch has had redevelopment in recent years and the Swannington incline (where the track in this vid would lead to) is of historical importance. Nearby you also have the old Melbourne line (lots to see there) and various tramways etc.
Great video Ant! Your enthusiasm for the subject shines through. Never fails to amaze me what is left just waiting to be discovered. How quickly Mother Nature covers over what man leaves behind!
I worked in Coalville for 12 years travelling along the A42 and A511 so must have driven past there thousands of times but never knew it was there. As always a fantastic informative and well narrated video. Thank you 😀
Interesting, but a bit more attention on the actual rails would add more to the video. The first bits of rail, the point-work, are flat bottomed of around 110lb per yard cross section and the bits at 9m52s are bullhead, perhaps 90 to 95lb per yard of an earlier vintage. The chair dated 1892 is will within the possible date range for this track but may be of a lighter cross-section. The rail would have been secured in the chair with a wooden "key" made of oak. The concrete sleepers at 11:06 look like early Dowmacs with pre-stressed steel reinforcing and fitted for flat bottomed rail secured with "Pandrol" clips. At 11:35 you're back on bullhead with cast chairs on wooden sleepers. The oak keys would have been hammered into place on the outer face of the rails. The missing set of points at 14:50 might have been recovered for re-use in another location.
Being an Ashby lad, to answer your question, the A511 Coalville bypass was built in the 80's and was sliced through the long redundant trackbed, so no bridge
So much history, so little time.... Ant, it's people like you that are keeping local and regional history alive. Thanks for your time, work "walking" and posting.
Another superb production Ant. On the rail chairs the company initials should be there too - might be nice to show these as well as the date. I was amazed by how much is still on that site.
Thank you for today’s video. Always interesting and informative on what we view. Another trek back in time. Thanks again for the time and effort involved with this journey. See you on the next, Ant. Cheers mate! 🇬🇧👍🙂🇺🇸
Another great explore . Amazing how old some of the findings are. Excellent filming and drone views. Thank you Ant. Didn’t look a very nice day but you were so enthusiastic despite the weather. Well done
Yet another fascinating video Ant…Well done! Ever thought about investigating the remains of the old Cranwell Line that ran between Sleaford and RAF Cranwell from the 1920’s until 1957?
Really enjoyed this, thank you, really fascinating, if you’re ever in North Wales, the old Point of Ayr Colliery site is worth a look, lots of sidings and rail left to see.
Love this will all nature taking over and trees between the rails, some of those dates are unreal just incredible that this is all still here to see! Definitely good time of year to do that explore.
Great video. Amazing how much of the track has just been left. Near where I live a narrow gauge railway was abandoned in 1935. When out walking I often notice bits of the old narrow gauge rail being used as a fence posts.
I think the fences are very recent - Still talk of opening the Leicester Burton line ( in view of scrapping some HS2) , although there has been talk of this since the 1980s😢 The nearby Cliffe hill narrow gauge has some track visible & structures still 😊
Whenever you do anything rail connected, look at the Web of the rail. Every 15ft or so will be stamped with the date of manufacture, and possibly the steelworks where it was made. British rail is quite bendy, but some Indian rails are made of cast or Pig-iron, and are more brittle. Which explains why it could be bent around that tree.
That pointwork was probably lifted and reused elsewhere. One set of points is much more valuable than hundreds of metres of track. I wouldn't be surprised if a heritage railway got their hands on it.
Superb video, as always. I wonder how you find these places? Lovely atmospheric music, too. I particularly liked that lovely little bridge. Thanks so much, Ant.
Pointwork was expensive and BR maintained a database of points that had the same layout pattern as other points so very likely they whipped the points out to install elsewhere after resleepering. Its quite an amazing thing they do in making points and crossovers, all laid out precisely to a plan before despatch to the installation site. Also would also hazard a guess that those tracks aren't the original ones, BR did often cycle knackered mainline tracks and tracks lifted from sidings into high wear places such as coal yards so would think those old lines could be 2nd, 3rd or 4th hand from elsewhere off that region.
Hi ant the fence is about 2 years old so yes new ! Before that you could walk on all the sidings there ! Think it’s put up in readiness for the new passenger service coming to Coalville
Another great video full of knowledge and made with such enthusiasm but I have to ask where does all your information come from and are you ever at home.. brilliant stuff many thanks Ant.
Hi Ant, nice little tour with lots of rails. The production year was an impressive reference. Btw, will you ever finish the Isle of White coastline tour, I think your clips ended half way? I'd love to see the Needles ...
1896 was quite impressive wasn't it I was stunned. There's an issue with a corrupted SD card for what would be Part 3. Part 4 and 5 is fine. I'm hoping to go back next month and do that 6 mile stretch again
I know they would have been heavy, but a couple of those old "chairs" would have come home with.me. 1892...amazing. Very enjoyable as always. Crazy how we always leave things lying around. All the best.
They will no doubt be swept aside without a second thought in some future building or clearance scheme, there is history all around us if we care to look
It is a real shame that these railway lines were bustling with activity and abandoned nature takes over and slowly covers it over like a warm blanket thanks much to Beachie and his railroad pitchfork🙄🤥😮😳😯🤡
Fantastic finds, I get the feeling the track recovery was done on a Friday and they downed tools early to go to the pub! I imagine there’s a few places on that line to explore maybe, Lounge, Moira and Drakelaw Power Station to name a few. To get an idea of Coalville Mantle Lane in 1990 watch the end of this video ! It’s not mine I should say…. ua-cam.com/video/xATA2d43MSw/v-deo.htmlsi=BnLui24kC9rOIkUW
Take it health and safety wasn't even mentioned in taking the railway and sleeper away . And the public to full over them or even worse be impaled by them
By far the best channel doing these kinds of explores!
So very kind indeed Stuart thank you 😊
I love the effort and enthusiasm you put into all your videos.
Doesn't it make you feel sad that all the work that went into building these railways has been forsaken nowadays? When you stand in such places, close your eyes you can almost feel as if you're back there.
The interesting bit was the other side the road and down the incline - where it then becomes a horse drawn tramway. If your doing the charnwood railway don't forget the canal at gracedieu as well. It's obvious when you walk through it and the railway uses it as trackback over towards Shepshed. And of course there was a tramway at the other end in Loughborough too!
Cracking video as always, lived in Coalville till recently and used to explore that exact area with my kids. The boundary fence is about 3 years old, before you used to be able to walk right up to Mantle Lane which is obviously not a good thing to do. There's loads to explore round Coalville - south you can follow the line to Ellistown colliery and eventually on to the Battlefield line, also the Charnwood railway and Grace Dieu viaduct is lovely, the Snibstone colliery branch has had redevelopment in recent years and the Swannington incline (where the track in this vid would lead to) is of historical importance. Nearby you also have the old Melbourne line (lots to see there) and various tramways etc.
Great video Ant! Your enthusiasm for the subject shines through. Never fails to amaze me what is left just waiting to be discovered. How quickly Mother Nature covers over what man leaves behind!
I worked in Coalville for 12 years travelling along the A42 and A511 so must have driven past there thousands of times but never knew it was there. As always a fantastic informative and well narrated video. Thank you 😀
A lot of hard work and risk has been taken, to get us such an unique video. Full marks to the creator and the channel.
Fascinating how old they are and still in situ, if you look the bit that was missing at 14:49 it went from bullhead to flat bottom rails.
Interesting that you found those old Railway Tracks -specially with the Dated Chairs!!! 🤔😮🚂🚂🚂
It's incredible the track hasn't been taken for scrap. Rarely see track as ancient as that.
Great little explore
There'll probably be a few of those rail chairs in peoples gardens soon too 😉
@@TrekkingExploration Absolutely! They do have an asthetic appear, more rounded than later designs. I used to have a 1917 Great Central one.
You can't take rail for scrap these days unless you have the right certificate etc' to stop scallys from doing it
Interesting, but a bit more attention on the actual rails would add more to the video.
The first bits of rail, the point-work, are flat bottomed of around 110lb per yard cross section and the bits at 9m52s are bullhead, perhaps 90 to 95lb per yard of an earlier vintage.
The chair dated 1892 is will within the possible date range for this track but may be of a lighter cross-section. The rail would have been secured in the chair with a wooden "key" made of oak.
The concrete sleepers at 11:06 look like early Dowmacs with pre-stressed steel reinforcing and fitted for flat bottomed rail secured with "Pandrol" clips.
At 11:35 you're back on bullhead with cast chairs on wooden sleepers. The oak keys would have been hammered into place on the outer face of the rails.
The missing set of points at 14:50 might have been recovered for re-use in another location.
Being an Ashby lad, to answer your question, the A511 Coalville bypass was built in the 80's and was sliced through the long redundant trackbed, so no bridge
So much history, so little time.... Ant, it's people like you that are keeping local and regional history alive. Thanks for your time, work "walking" and posting.
I'm glad you enjoyed it as always Mike thank you ☺️
Another super bit of sleuthing, what a heck of a yard that must have been. All that track still basically in situ, amazing. Cheers Ant👍👍👍
Cheers Bob. There's plenty to go back and do there too.
Another superb production Ant. On the rail chairs the company initials should be there too - might be nice to show these as well as the date. I was amazed by how much is still on that site.
Thank you for today’s video. Always interesting and informative on what we view. Another trek back in time. Thanks again for the time and effort involved with this journey. See you on the next, Ant. Cheers mate! 🇬🇧👍🙂🇺🇸
Thanks very much as always Martin
@@TrekkingExploration You’re quite welcome, as I said, they are always enjoyable. Marty
Great video and brilliant that the fishplates have the dates on. I assume they cut the points out for reuse. 👏🏻💪🏻
Another great explore . Amazing how old some of the findings are. Excellent filming and drone views. Thank you Ant. Didn’t look a very nice day but you were so enthusiastic despite the weather. Well done
Excellent content for a video and well presented with enthusiasm
Fantastic video thanks Ant. Love the railway stuff, it’s rather exciting. Thanks for taking me along. Please take care
I perticuley like the railway vids you do, suprized there's so much still there
Especially so easy to walk around too. Thanks very much
It’s extraordinary to see so much bullhead rail just left and almost forgotten about. Bit spooky, somehow. But still resembling track.
Yet another fascinating video Ant…Well done!
Ever thought about investigating the remains of the old Cranwell Line that ran between Sleaford and RAF Cranwell from the 1920’s until 1957?
I'd like to have one of those "points sections" embedded in my rear terrace. Wouldn't that be cool... who would know it was missing. Great find, Ant.
Even some of those rail chairs to begin... Bit by bit get yourself a garden railway 🤣
Really enjoyed this, thank you, really fascinating, if you’re ever in North Wales, the old Point of Ayr Colliery site is worth a look, lots of sidings and rail left to see.
Thanks very much I've just taken note of that 🙂
Top notch Ant,keep em coming,thanks
Thanks very much Simon
Love this will all nature taking over and trees between the rails, some of those dates are unreal just incredible that this is all still here to see! Definitely good time of year to do that explore.
Thanks very much for watching. They are definitely incredible dates
@@TrekkingExplorationThe sound of the buffers clanging and Locomotives working would certainly enhance your message 👍🚂
Great video. Amazing how much of the track has just been left. Near where I live a narrow gauge railway was abandoned in 1935. When out walking I often notice bits of the old narrow gauge rail being used as a fence posts.
Would that be the Lynton & Barnstaple n.g. line?
No, the Glyn Valley Tramway in North Wales - 1873 to 1935@@746laurie
Brilliant video again Ant!
I would presume some of those tracks are still classed as active, hence the green fence.👍🙂
Thanks very much Ian. That single track looks like it is maintained
Great video Ant.Thank you.
Thanks very much 🙏
I think the fences are very recent - Still talk of opening the Leicester Burton line ( in view of scrapping some HS2) , although there has been talk of this since the 1980s😢
The nearby Cliffe hill narrow gauge has some track visible & structures still 😊
Several years ago I did a photo shoot in that location, there was no green fence at that time and I was able to walk a considerable distance further.
Great explore Ant, kind of spooky when mother nature decides the permanent way isn't so permanent, fascinating footage. Thanks Ant
Thanks very much Gary. It really is.
Go to Spring Lane, there is some extant track both sides of the road.
another great find Ant always very informative what you find Cheers mate.
Thanks very much for watching Andrew
Thanks Ant, great snippet of history and ye wow how old was them rail chairs, amazing….
Thanks very much Phil. They are indeed quite a surprise
Whenever you do anything rail connected, look at the Web of the rail. Every 15ft or so will be stamped with the date of manufacture, and possibly the steelworks where it was made. British rail is quite bendy, but some Indian rails are made of cast or Pig-iron, and are more brittle. Which explains why it could be bent around that tree.
Fascinating! Thanks for that Ant
Cheers Michael
That pointwork was probably lifted and reused elsewhere. One set of points is much more valuable than hundreds of metres of track. I wouldn't be surprised if a heritage railway got their hands on it.
Top video mate,regards ken
Superb video, as always. I wonder how you find these places? Lovely atmospheric music, too. I particularly liked that lovely little bridge. Thanks so much, Ant.
Cheers Simon much appreciated. Since doing this there is more to go back to
Superb video , just goes to show there are still disused yards just rotting away
I keep trying to find them 😊
Well Ant enjoyed watching this one very interesting.
Superb thanks very much 😊
Pointwork was expensive and BR maintained a database of points that had the same layout pattern as other points so very likely they whipped the points out to install elsewhere after resleepering. Its quite an amazing thing they do in making points and crossovers, all laid out precisely to a plan before despatch to the installation site. Also would also hazard a guess that those tracks aren't the original ones, BR did often cycle knackered mainline tracks and tracks lifted from sidings into high wear places such as coal yards so would think those old lines could be 2nd, 3rd or 4th hand from elsewhere off that region.
hi check out rock ferry to birkenhesd docks there are tunnels to monks ferry and woodside that can be walked through nearly in full. interesting walk
Made my evening thanks Ant
Cheers Stuart thanks very much ☺️
Hi ant the fence is about 2 years old so yes new ! Before that you could walk on all the sidings there ! Think it’s put up in readiness for the new passenger service coming to Coalville
I think the fence went in before the pandemic, but unsure on exact year.
Excellent, thank you!
Thanks very much Angela
Somewhere in that area, according to old maps, there are two tunnels that was once part of a horse and cart railway, I believe.
I think that'll be ticknall?
Another great video full of knowledge and made with such enthusiasm but I have to ask where does all your information come from and are you ever at home.. brilliant stuff many thanks Ant.
I read up on places at home so I am there sometimes 😄
Thanks very much for watching
what a excellent fine sleeper shoes dated 1896 track I bet it was busy yard hope you can walk on the other side of the fence and what you can fine 👍
Cool video Ant 👍
Thanks very much 😊
CAN VIEW OVER AND OVER AGAIN
Can’t believe the ‘salvage’ crew hasn’t been in for all the metal laying about
Amazing! 132 year old Sheffield steel no doubt!
I was very surprised and there were quite a lot
Hi Ant, nice little tour with lots of rails. The production year was an impressive reference. Btw, will you ever finish the Isle of White coastline tour, I think your clips ended half way? I'd love to see the Needles ...
1896 was quite impressive wasn't it I was stunned. There's an issue with a corrupted SD card for what would be Part 3. Part 4 and 5 is fine. I'm hoping to go back next month and do that 6 mile stretch again
Great thanks. Thats a pity with the faulty SD card.
Interesting - severed connections!
I know they would have been heavy, but a couple of those old "chairs" would have come home with.me. 1892...amazing. Very enjoyable as always. Crazy how we always leave things lying around. All the best.
I bet a few will end up in gardens now.... Rather that than eventually scrap
Just an idea, Ant, some of those chairs, etc, would be good for you to auction on a certain site to help subsidise the channel.
It's a nice Idea but.... I'll just let people go get them for themselves 😉
Thank you for watching
They will no doubt be swept aside without a second thought in some future building or clearance scheme, there is history all around us if we care to look
I think so too especially when the other tracks alongside are deemed no further use permanently
Interesting.
Stone trains still upto mantle Lane from the Leicester direction
Ah so that single clear track is still used
@@TrekkingExplorationthere's two tracks at the level crossing in Coalville.
Ant, did you make it to the tunnel just the other side of the A42 at Ashby about 2 mile away?
Ho yes I did that one in 2020 😊
Good lad, I missed that😮
Usual top quality
Thanks very much 😊
How come the scrap man's not had it away with all that track ¿?
Coalville All niter, 78, crikey, remindful of blueys all nite long.....
@Steven Picker
It is a real shame that these railway lines were bustling with activity and abandoned nature takes over and slowly covers it over like a warm blanket thanks much to Beachie and his railroad pitchfork🙄🤥😮😳😯🤡
Ant when walking in tree growth like you do all the time wear safety glasses.
They are dirt cheap and you can get them with reading glass lenses.
Looks like Steptoe's gold mine. With all this iron/steel work why does RailTrack keep asking for money?
Fantastic finds, I get the feeling the track recovery was done on a Friday and they downed tools early to go to the pub! I imagine there’s a few places on that line to explore maybe, Lounge, Moira and Drakelaw Power Station to name a few.
To get an idea of Coalville Mantle Lane in 1990 watch the end of this video ! It’s not mine I should say….
ua-cam.com/video/xATA2d43MSw/v-deo.htmlsi=BnLui24kC9rOIkUW
Oh and of course this belter from Open Day itself by Roy Harrison!
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and just like that its all gone
Oh dr beaching ya naughty naughty man
Maybe removed the points to use at another location.
Yes maybe in the active yard area
Im a member of a heritage railway and redundant points such as these are gold dust and would see another lease of life. Great vid Ant as always 👍🏼
Take it health and safety wasn't even mentioned in taking the railway and sleeper away . And the public to full over them or even worse be impaled by them
It is peculiar how it's just been left to walk around
and it have someone eye out before long
Which side of Coalville is this??
Right next to McDonald's
@@TrekkingExploration don't know where McDonald's is
@@markwebster7128 The Whitwick/Swannington side of town but the land behind the Costa/Aldi/Screwfix/Harlow's down to the Mantle Lane bridge.
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Thanks for watching