Clydach for me please. as a Welshman!!! Please keep these vids coming as it is the best thing to get anyone through this lock down. All your work is an inspiration, thank you for posting.
Lob Ghyll embsay- Ilkley line. We had a brilliant swing a very long length of old rope and a stick, wouldn't dare do it now. Addingham will be on your stations list but there's not much to see. This 5 arched wonder well makes up for it. Got to mention Ribble head as well.
Hi Paul and Rebecca. My favourite was No. 4 Cadishead Viaduct. It's in such a lovely location, and really quite interesting to see and explore 👍. There's also genuinely a lot of history in the area too. Stay safe, GWR
Another great video! My favorite out of those ten is Low Gill Viaduct as I've been watching since I was 2 years old as at features in the opening of "The Train Now Departing". A railway worth exploring is the Plym Valley Railway near Plymouth as you've got the heritage railway from Marsh Mills to Plym Bridge but if you keep walking there's some rather modest but still impressive viaducts in a beautiful woodland setting.
This was wonderfully put together. Love viaducts, both currently in use and abandoned. On this list, I really like the Charlton and Lune Viaducts. My favorite viaduct in general is the Glenfinnan Viaduct, I'm a big Harry Potter fan.
Nice viaduct just outside Whitby, (when Whitby had 2 stations). It connected Whitby Town, (low-level) with the line down to Scarborough, which was on a high level. Video explains - ua-cam.com/video/izDLbr5Agao/v-deo.html
Try the larpool viaduct at whitby 13 brick built arches 120 feet high to carry a single track on the middlesborough to Scarborough line which I have actually been over in a dmu(101)from whitby to Scarborough
Great video, one huge naughty chap point though which I can't let pass as you even dared to say it twice... it's the Manchester SHIP Canal - not "shipping". Just about every Northern history buff will be baying for your blood on that blooper.. My favourite? Low Gill which really should be number 1 on an all-time list of abandoned viaducts...
Some more viaducts that are worth looking at Healey Dell on the Rochdale Bacup line a 105 foot high structure in a nature reserve. Can be walked over Bollington Viaduct on the Marple Macclesfield line now part of the Middlewood way footpath Some viaducts on the Ramsbottom (Stubbins junction) Accrington line just by the East Lancashire railway. One near Irwell Vale has been recently opened as a cycleway/
If I had to choose one Belah (site of) it's remoteness, designed by Thomas Bouch, & the record breaking size of the thing. I'd just like to stand on the remaining parapets & be blown away by the size of the void this leviathan left behind. besides it needs more You tube coverage.
Viaducts are the best thing on disused railways followed by tunnels. Stations rarely survive in a disused state. Cwm Prysor Viaduct between Bala Junction and Blaenau Ffestiniog gets my vote. Its not only the viaduct but the track is cut into the side of a cliff.
Great video guys, may I suggest you look at the friargate line in Derby. The Friargate bridge and Station can still be found on Friargate it's self. Plus you can get to see the Bennerley viaduct over the Erewash Valley.
Low Gill for me. Not knowing the area I came across it quite by accident on a beautiful summers evening walk. A majestic piece of architecture standing proud in the landscape and adding to its beauty and within a stones throw of the mainline.
Maesycwmmer Well there's alot in south wales but that's my local and thankyou for showing us more P.S stay away from talgarth at night haha freaky never again
Shankend viaduct just south of hawick on the waverley route is worth a look. Really stands out when coming over the tops by car. Very imposing structure. And of course, could possibly come back into use again if the line reopens back to carlisle. A mini ribblehead. Keep up the good work.
Another vote for the Chappel viaduct,still in use on the Marks Tey to Sudbury line.I know it's not abandoned but it is amazing and as a bonus there is a wartime pill box and anti tank blocks underneath it as it was part of a stop line. There is an information board near by which tells you among other things how many million bricks were used to build it.
I was always impressed by brickwork at Horbury Bridge and Crigglestone viaducts. Horbury Bridge goo.gl/maps/5EWi1gZTrE6jHMZ98 Crigglestone goo.gl/maps/4rj9JwMpyKbNh9vz5
Viaducts on abandoned railways? In Scotland I have to say Glenogle, on the old Callender & Oban railway. And the Spey Viaduct, across the mouth of the Spey. Plus the North Esk bridge on the Inverbervie branch.
@@pwhitewick you should also look out for the Connel Bridge, at Connel Ferry, where the line to Ballachulish used to branch off from thr line to Oban. Not technically abondoned, it was historically shared by a single track railway and one narrow road lane for cars . . . After the Ballachulish branch was closed, it became a road bridge.
Great video, hope your both well. When your next in north Wales, and if you haven't been already, visit the Cwm Prysor viaduct west of Bala on the road to Trawsfynydd. Stay safe 👍
Paul and Rebecca, it's a hard choice, my personal favourite viaduct was the Belah viaduct on the Tebay to Darlington line. It was built by Sir Thomas Bouch, his finest work. Unfortunately it was demolished in the early 60's. All viaducts are things of beauty, so many have been lost. Keep safe Paul and Rebecca.
A hugely enjoyable episode and I had a sneak feeling that your no.1 choice would be the one you chose. I can't wait to explore it for myself. A great video - thank you!
Loved the short film, l remember seeing the Low gill viaduct on the open credits of the BBC programme in the 80's, The train now Departing, haunting sequence and music of the train disappearing, sad.
Cadishead Viaduct would be Number 1 for me on this list as I grew up in Cadishead in the early 70's and remember the trains running on the low level line to the Tar Works sidings as well as the many ships going backwards and forwards on the Manchester Ship Canal. Now living in Basingstoke so also appreciate your more "local" coverage as well. Keep up the excellent videos. Simon.
Has to be the Lowgill viaduct,everytime I pass this on the M6 I have to slow down and just marvel at this stunning piece of railway history,for me second only to the Glenfinnan viaduct.. Excellent video and narration,every viaduct is or has been special to someone..
How about 'whitewicks top ten railway structures'? You've covered viaducts perhaps next you could do tunnels then stations then the most spectacular railway cuttings etc etc. I guess that might mean a lot of work for you with video editing but I'd love to see the results and if they're anything like the viaduct top ten you've just done I reckon they'd be brilliant. This might then take us up to the time when you'll be able to get out again and start ticking off those stations!!
well did you go and look at Pensford viaduct (Bristol) with the view from the top looking down on to the village and church is wonderful well thanks for the vlog all the best Swifty
I’d like to say Cadishead for the following reasons 1: it was where I was first introduced to you in Martin’s show. 2: he only touched on the amount of interesting railway infrastructure there is around it. 😁👍👊
As a Civil Engineer who just about remembers his structures lectures your understanding of physics and the reasoning for the form of the Viaducts is spot on. My father was given a private commission back in the mid-1970s to build a viaduct for a sit-on model railway near the village of Bredon in WORCS. He spent weeks planning and building it from mini blue engineering bricks using techniques that he hadn't used since he'd been an apprentice back in Northern Ireland. Underlines the skills and intelligence needed by good tradesmen when it comes to working again the forces of nature.
I can remember walking over Ham Hill viaduct with my grandson one Saturday morning, nearly twenty years ago. The Mendip Hunt came over at the same time. We had already walked through the Windsor Hill tunnels. Sad that they have closed them fairly recently.
Loving that our Ham Woods viaduct hit the number one spot and Charlton Rd was in your top ten. Ingleton area along with Clydach Gorge I also no well since they too are great caving areas.
I love your channel with all the history of the railways Your channel looks very professional well done It’s amazing how many different lines stations we had before the doctor got rid of them Keep up the great work All the best Paul
Next time in South Wales take a look at Walnut Tree tunnel just north of Cardiff. The disused tunnel has been broken into by the local quarry and makes a spectacular sight. It's like you cut a stick of rock in half and can see the full geography of the tunnel.
WOW! To look at these huge, beautiful pieces of stone and brick work just sitting there and not being used for something boggles the mind! At the very least they can be used as hiking and biking trails, though I think the one over the Manchester ship canal could be converted into a motorway while still retaining it's original look.
What a great overview of the many forgotten landmarks of the countryside. My favouite is Hinkley viaduct near Winchester near where i live - I was intrigued what it was growing up and have had many nice walks along it since.
The Hockley one is my favourite - just becuase I grew up near Winchester and ran along the DN&S line to keep fit. The old line can still be seen and the walk from Shawford to Winchester along the Itchen Navigation has a pathway alongside the line around St Catherine's Hill. One of my favourite walks which ends up just beside a riverside pub.
May I suggest the complex of former passenger and freight lines that shuttle (or used to) in the Dearne Valley, there are a number of abandoned viaducts and other railway infrastructure in the Stairfoot, Monk Bretton, Cudworth and Smithies area of Barnsley, not to mention the semi abandoned canal, and other industrial and mining infrastructure. As a child growing up in the area I remember 6 bridges and viaducts that surrounded both Stairfoot and Monk Bretton Roundabouts. There are also a number of Beeching Era abandoned lines, and the former Cudworth shuttle which ran steam throughout its life into the 1950s along a long viaduct.....
Another great video Paul & Rebecca - cheers 👍👍And reminders of happier times when we could roam around the country without restrictions ! I think I would probably choose the Lune viaduct as my personal No. 1 - the sheer slenderness of the pillars is simply stunning ! 😎👍👍
Very amazing video well done and keep up the great work and what about the Manchester Bury Bolton line amazing 13 arches Viaduct drink water country park and I hope you and your family keep safe and well
@@pwhitewick that is one platform left at Ringley Road and you can actually get on top of the Archway cos there's a hole in the fence and it's a very stunning beautiful views from the top
Great video as normal. Near me is Waterrow Viaduct, metal part removed, next to a beautiful Iron Age Hillfort. ST053245 in the Taunton to Bampton line, and a nice tunnel nearby the Bathealton Tunnel. (You can enter😎) ST063125 Then Uplyme Viaduct between Axminster and Lyme Regis SY317924 Then Treffry Viaduct at Luxulyan, Cornwall. SX056572. Cheers Guys👍👍👍
Brilliant yet again, well done. When you can get out and about again, between Whitestone & Bridge rule station and Bude there is a lovely viaduct before Hele ridge on the Bude branch, from Halwill junction to Bude. Worth a look. Stay safe, steve
Another one enjoyed during "Lock Down". When we come out of this please still take care!. Have you had any ideas of going over the channel to see what happened there?
I think you need to visit and cover the Paulinskill Viaduct in NJ (USA) [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulinskill_Viaduct]. Part of the Lackawanna Cutoff [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lackawanna_Cut-Off], the Paulinskill Viaduct was the largest reinforced concrete structure in the world when it was built. ;)
What about the Monsal Viaduct on the Monsal Trail, Derbyshie - Perhaps we can meet up (When this lock-down thingy is over!!!) & I can show you it & tell you a bit about it!!! -I live quite near the Monsal Trail & I used to cycle a lot on it (but with this Lock down - not so much now :( !!!)
Oh I also nearly forgot the Millers Dale Viaduct (Also along the M. T.) between the Millers Dale Lime Kilns & Millers Dale Station itself (The Biggest Station in the WORLD - ok that was a bit of a white lie - may not be the biggest Station in the World but it is the Biggest Station along the M. T. !!!) He he Good Video b. t. w. - Stay safe :)
P.s. Also when this is over, You can both stay @ the Monsal Head Hotel (Just so happens where I work(ed) can't at the mo - b/c of this Lock-down thing :( !!!) The Hotel is just situated just above the Monsal Viaduct & you will be able to see it from The Hotel front facing Bedrooms!!!
For viaducts on disused railway lines you both need to come to just outside of Gateshead and explore the Derwent Walk from Swalwell up to Consett in County Durham, The line has three viaducts in the space of around five miles and it's also cycle friendly from start to journeys end. A little further on from Consett on the Waskerley line, there is Hownsgill viaduct which stands at 150 foot. Hownsgill Viaduct en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hownsgill_Viaduct#/media/File:Hownsgill_Railway_Viaduct.jpg
Thanks for a little tour out and about when we are stuck indoors. There’s a great disused line to explore around Whitby North Yorkshire. Remains of the dismantled viaduct at Sandsend with the old station now a private residence and a pair of tunnels just up the coast but access to these is limited but I believe people have been in them. Further down the coast there is a intact viaduct in Whitby across the river Esk, below is the line that is still in use often by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. The track bed continues down the coast as a cycle track passing station buildings and Ravenscar the town that never was, the town was planned and indeed laid out into streets with few builds ever being built. The remains of the streets are still there complete with drain gulleys and kerbs.
Cullingworth in West Yorkshire , Larpool Viaduct in North Yorkshire and the perfectly formed Kielder Viaduct in Northumberland at the North end of Kielder Water , a beautiful Skew arched viaduct . Edlingham Viaduct in Northumberland on the old Cornhill branch is also worth a look .
Hi Paul, great video as always. Might I suggest the Kings Mill viaduct near to Sutton In Ashfield. Not the most impressive height or length wise, but significant in that it’s the oldest railway viaduct in England, built in 1817 for the Mansfield & Pinxton Railway. This was originally a horse drawn railway, bringing coal into Mansfield from the Cromford Canal, and was purchased by the Midland Railway in 1847 when it was used by Steam engines.
Living in Newcastle, our ECML viaducts are still in use (Durham and the Royal Border spring to mind but there are many more), and are therefore cared for. I also can't forget the King Edward VII bridge over the Tyne - it has multiple spans and is therefore a viaduct. According to Wikipedia (which is obviously correct!?) it is known as the last great railway bridge. I don't really know of any that are disused around here. Is there still one over the Tyne at Hexham going up to Riccarton Junction - or was it pulled down? I think it was. Sorry, that wasn't much help. I really do hope the viaducts you showed are listed - if not they should be. We seem to be very casual about our industrial heritage in this country which I find rather sad. All down to money I guess. BTW I'm enjoying the Railway Tales you're doing in these mad times. Thank you Paul and Rebecca. Mike
You're bang on about the scenery and many fascinating structures in the Clydach Gorge (work on the pronunciation!). If you're that way or on the Heads of Valleys try the 9 Arches viaduct at Blaen-y-Cwm, currently one of many which is part of the National Cycle Network. Love your videos of all the assorted structures, both those I know well and those completely new to me.
the old uppingham to seaton line off the stamford to rugby line with the 82 span harrington viaduct that is still in use today is well worth a visit when you can get out and about
Conisborough South Yorkshire has a 14 arch blue brick viaduct built 1909 also Cadeby tunnel is almost next to it. Both abandoned and you can walk through the tunnel and over the viaduct.
Hi guys you should walk the port line in Dumfries and Galloway from Dumfries to Stranraer and Portpatrick to Stranraer they are two great railways there was also a line from Stranraer to Cairnryan in ww2 to the 1950s goodbye for how clive in N Ireland
These viaducts are amazing examples of engineering, all beautifully constructed mostly by hand labor! They absolutely should be preserved, both for historic and esthetic values. As always, this video was well edited and accompanied by appropriate music. I'm constantly surprised at the amount of undeveloped land that you tramp through. In the UK, cities and towns are mostly concentrated centers, and you have expanses of rich agricultural land, but in such a relatively small country I don't expect so many acres that are unused. And I like it.
What's your favourite Viaduct? Convince us to go see it when Lockdown is over!
Clydach for me please. as a Welshman!!! Please keep these vids coming as it is the best thing to get anyone through this lock down. All your work is an inspiration, thank you for posting.
Whalley vizduct nr clitheroe which can be seen on the A59 and its on the Clitheroe to Blackburn line
London Bridge to Deptford - longest viaduct in the world...
Lob Ghyll embsay- Ilkley line. We had a brilliant swing a very long length of old rope and a stick, wouldn't dare do it now. Addingham will be on your stations list but there's not much to see. This 5 arched wonder well makes up for it. Got to mention Ribble head as well.
Conisbrough, near Doncaster.
It's hard to fathom the incredible feats of engineering these beautiful testimonies to the human spirit are. Great video.
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Hi Paul and Rebecca.
My favourite was No. 4 Cadishead Viaduct. It's in such a lovely location, and really quite interesting to see and explore 👍. There's also genuinely a lot of history in the area too.
Stay safe, GWR
Another great video! My favorite out of those ten is Low Gill Viaduct as I've been watching since I was 2 years old as at features in the opening of "The Train Now Departing". A railway worth exploring is the Plym Valley Railway near Plymouth as you've got the heritage railway from Marsh Mills to Plym Bridge but if you keep walking there's some rather modest but still impressive viaducts in a beautiful woodland setting.
This was wonderfully put together. Love viaducts, both currently in use and abandoned. On this list, I really like the Charlton and Lune Viaducts. My favorite viaduct in general is the Glenfinnan Viaduct, I'm a big Harry Potter fan.
Have you been to Monsal head viaduct nr Bakewell in Derbyshire great videos thanks atb from paul
We have been once at the very start of our film making. Lovely area
PS. Hewenden viaduct on the former GNR Queensbury lines should be up there. Amazing curved structure.
Nice viaduct just outside Whitby, (when Whitby had 2 stations). It connected Whitby Town, (low-level) with the line down to Scarborough, which was on a high level. Video explains - ua-cam.com/video/izDLbr5Agao/v-deo.html
I'll have to add Cannington Viaduct near Lyme Regis. Just make sure you let me know when you visit so I can join you...
Try the larpool viaduct at whitby 13 brick built arches 120 feet high to carry a single track on the middlesborough to Scarborough line which I have actually been over in a dmu(101)from whitby to Scarborough
Great video, as ever, from you two. There's an abandoned (750m long) viaduct slap bang in the centre of Leeds.
Great video, one huge naughty chap point though which I can't let pass as you even dared to say it twice... it's the Manchester SHIP Canal - not "shipping". Just about every Northern history buff will be baying for your blood on that blooper..
My favourite? Low Gill which really should be number 1 on an all-time list of abandoned viaducts...
Favourites are Cadishead, Welland, Larpool and John of Gaunt . Thanks for this.
Some more viaducts that are worth looking at
Healey Dell on the Rochdale Bacup line a 105 foot high structure in a nature reserve. Can be walked over
Bollington Viaduct on the Marple Macclesfield line now part of the Middlewood way footpath
Some viaducts on the Ramsbottom (Stubbins junction) Accrington line just by the East Lancashire railway. One near Irwell Vale has been recently opened as a cycleway/
My favorite viaduct is the old wooden viaduct at Wickham Bishops in Essex, it's on the river blackwater rail trail from Witham to Maldon
If I had to choose one Belah (site of) it's remoteness, designed by Thomas Bouch, & the record breaking size of the thing. I'd just like to stand on the remaining parapets & be blown away by the size of the void this leviathan left behind. besides it needs more You tube coverage.
Viaducts are the best thing on disused railways followed by tunnels. Stations rarely survive in a disused state. Cwm Prysor Viaduct between Bala Junction and Blaenau Ffestiniog gets my vote. Its not only the viaduct but the track is cut into the side of a cliff.
Great video guys, may I suggest you look at the friargate line in Derby. The Friargate bridge and Station can still be found on Friargate it's self. Plus you can get to see the Bennerley viaduct over the Erewash Valley.
Cwm Prysor Viaduct (Blaen-y-Cwm Viaduct) - near Trawsfynydd on the Bala & Festiniog Railway. Fantastic vids as always - keep it up and thanks!
Low Gill for me. Not knowing the area I came across it quite by accident on a beautiful summers evening walk. A majestic piece of architecture standing proud in the landscape and adding to its beauty and within a stones throw of the mainline.
Maesycwmmer
Well there's alot in south wales but that's my local and thankyou for showing us more
P.S stay away from talgarth at night haha freaky never again
Shankend viaduct just south of hawick on the waverley route is worth a look. Really stands out when coming over the tops by car. Very imposing structure. And of course, could possibly come back into use again if the line reopens back to carlisle. A mini ribblehead. Keep up the good work.
Another vote for the Chappel viaduct,still in use on the Marks Tey to Sudbury line.I know it's not abandoned but it is amazing and as a bonus there is a wartime pill box and anti tank blocks underneath it as it was part of a stop line. There is an information board near by which tells you among other things how many million bricks were used to build it.
Bilston Glen Viaduct south of Edinburgh is worth a visit.
There are some very powerful viaducts in inner cities that have never been used. Birmingham in particular has an excellent example....
Yes. Very good point, we haven't really consider inner city locations. Much to see.
Are you talking about Duddleston Viaduct near Bordesley Station?
@@sr6424 Or the one's near the Science Industry Museum???
@@sr6424 Hi Simon. I'm not sure of the viaducts name, but it is clearly visible from the raised approach to Moor Street station.....
Fantastic film you two, you got my favourite at number 2! Stay safe and well😎
I was always impressed by brickwork at Horbury Bridge and Crigglestone viaducts.
Horbury Bridge
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Crigglestone
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Thanks John. I'll check those out
excellent video as always keep it up - hope your safe x
Numbers 3 bridge in the middle, 6 just absolutely stunning and 2 it’s sheer size.
Viaducts on abandoned railways?
In Scotland I have to say Glenogle, on the old Callender & Oban railway. And the Spey Viaduct, across the mouth of the Spey. Plus the North Esk bridge on the Inverbervie branch.
Thanks Anthony, we cannot wait to get back up to Scotland again!
@@pwhitewick you should also look out for the Connel Bridge, at Connel Ferry, where the line to Ballachulish used to branch off from thr line to Oban.
Not technically abondoned, it was historically shared by a single track railway and one narrow road lane for cars . . . After the Ballachulish branch was closed, it became a road bridge.
Great video, hope your both well. When your next in north Wales, and if you haven't been already, visit the Cwm Prysor viaduct west of Bala on the road to Trawsfynydd. Stay safe 👍
Great to see all four viaducts on the Ingleton branch made it to your top 10.
You must check out Millers Dale twin viaduct on the old Midland line through the Peak District.
Now part of the Monsal trail.
Paul and Rebecca, it's a hard choice, my personal favourite viaduct was the Belah viaduct on the Tebay to Darlington line.
It was built by Sir Thomas Bouch, his finest work. Unfortunately it was demolished in the early 60's.
All viaducts are things of beauty, so many have been lost.
Keep safe Paul and Rebecca.
A hugely enjoyable episode and I had a sneak feeling that your no.1 choice would be the one you chose. I can't wait to explore it for myself. A great video - thank you!
Loved the short film, l remember seeing the Low gill viaduct on the open credits of the BBC programme in the 80's, The train now Departing, haunting sequence and music of the train disappearing, sad.
Cadishead Viaduct would be Number 1 for me on this list as I grew up in Cadishead in the early 70's and remember the trains running on the low level line to the Tar Works sidings as well as the many ships going backwards and forwards on the Manchester Ship Canal. Now living in Basingstoke so also appreciate your more "local" coverage as well. Keep up the excellent videos. Simon.
Ah good stuff. Yup Cadishead has an air about it for sure.
Monsal head is one of my favourites, from walking over it for 40 years! Keep safe Whitewicks!
Likewise......
I think,for me i'd have to say the Larpool Viaduct at Whitby on the Cinder track which is now a cycle way for some length....
Has to be the Lowgill viaduct,everytime I pass this on the M6 I have to slow down and just marvel at this stunning piece of railway history,for me second only to the Glenfinnan viaduct.. Excellent video and narration,every viaduct is or has been special to someone..
It's on the start to a 1988 BBC series "The Train Now Departing" too which I saw a child so that makes it special for me.
Enjoyed that guys. Perhaps during this lockdown you could do the top ten of other things you've visited since you started doing these videos.
Like that idea Keith, not sure what title we would give it, but like the idea.
How about 'whitewicks top ten railway structures'? You've covered viaducts perhaps next you could do tunnels then stations then the most spectacular railway cuttings etc etc. I guess that might mean a lot of work for you with video editing but I'd love to see the results and if they're anything like the viaduct top ten you've just done I reckon they'd be brilliant. This might then take us up to the time when you'll be able to get out again and start ticking off those stations!!
well did you go and look at Pensford viaduct (Bristol) with the view from the top looking down on to the village and church is wonderful well thanks for the vlog all the best Swifty
I’d like to say Cadishead for the following reasons 1: it was where I was first introduced to you in Martin’s show. 2: he only touched on the amount of interesting railway infrastructure there is around it. 😁👍👊
Great video ..... some stunnnig feats Of engineering there .. beautiful 🧱🧱🧱👍🏼
Another really stunning put together video
Crigglestone viaduct 5 mins from J39 M1 Wakefield, West Yorks. Well worth a look if your in this neck of the woods, it's massive :)
Great to see you two back! I did my National Service nearby in the RAF 1950-52
Thanks Robert. Technically new didn't go anywhere.... But it's good to be back out.... Yay
As a Civil Engineer who just about remembers his structures lectures your understanding of physics and the reasoning for the form of the Viaducts is spot on. My father was given a private commission back in the mid-1970s to build a viaduct for a sit-on model railway near the village of Bredon in WORCS. He spent weeks planning and building it from mini blue engineering bricks using techniques that he hadn't used since he'd been an apprentice back in Northern Ireland. Underlines the skills and intelligence needed by good tradesmen when it comes to working again the forces of nature.
Robert, you’re not an engineer
@@Wonderkid44 . Says who?
@@rmjm125 not me, just wanted to see if i could get a reply on a 2 year old comment. God bless.
I always love the hockey viaduct near the M3. Also the midford viaduct outside Bath on the old S and D line
I think we have seen the Midford but not as yet filmed it!
I can remember walking over Ham Hill viaduct with my grandson one Saturday morning, nearly twenty years ago. The Mendip Hunt came over at the same time. We had already walked through the Windsor Hill tunnels. Sad that they have closed them fairly recently.
Indeed. We went and were very disappointed too
Loving that our Ham Woods viaduct hit the number one spot and Charlton Rd was in your top ten.
Ingleton area along with Clydach Gorge I also no well since they too are great caving areas.
Wait.... were you the cavers we met under the viaduct??
I love your channel with all the history of the railways
Your channel looks very professional well done
It’s amazing how many different lines stations we had before the doctor got rid of them
Keep up the great work
All the best
Paul
Thanks for commenting Paul, glad you like the channel.
Next time in South Wales take a look at Walnut Tree tunnel just north of Cardiff. The disused tunnel has been broken into by the local quarry and makes a spectacular sight. It's like you cut a stick of rock in half and can see the full geography of the tunnel.
Thanks Rhiannnon, this sounds really interesting. Was there a viaduct in the area also?
WOW! To look at these huge, beautiful pieces of stone and brick work just sitting there and not being used for something boggles the mind! At the very least they can be used as hiking and biking trails, though I think the one over the Manchester ship canal could be converted into a motorway while still retaining it's original look.
What a great overview of the many forgotten landmarks of the countryside.
My favouite is Hinkley viaduct near Winchester near where i live - I was intrigued what it was growing up and have had many nice walks along it since.
Thanks Henry.
Why a Duck? Why a not a Chicken? 🤣
Thanks. I was wondering if this would crop up.
Alas, it did.
Where is Hamwood? If I've spelt that right. Has to be worth an explore sometime. I'm hoping in the Somerset or Wiltshire area.
Somerset. Close to Shepton Mallet.
The Hockley one is my favourite - just becuase I grew up near Winchester and ran along the DN&S line to keep fit. The old line can still be seen and the walk from Shawford to Winchester along the Itchen Navigation has a pathway alongside the line around St Catherine's Hill. One of my favourite walks which ends up just beside a riverside pub.
Thank you. The viaducts are beautiful and amazing.
Thanks Thomas.
Goldielea Viaduct on the closed Dumfries - Stranraer line.
Want to get ourselves up there again asap.
Great video and what a tribute to Victorian Engineering ! Great Railway Monuments to a bygone age .
May I suggest the complex of former passenger and freight lines that shuttle (or used to) in the Dearne Valley, there are a number of abandoned viaducts and other railway infrastructure in the Stairfoot, Monk Bretton, Cudworth and Smithies area of Barnsley, not to mention the semi abandoned canal, and other industrial and mining infrastructure.
As a child growing up in the area I remember 6 bridges and viaducts that surrounded both Stairfoot and Monk Bretton Roundabouts.
There are also a number of Beeching Era abandoned lines, and the former Cudworth shuttle which ran steam throughout its life into the 1950s along a long viaduct.....
Conisbrough Viaduct & Tunnels South Yorkshire Worth a look at Cheers
Another great video Paul & Rebecca - cheers 👍👍And reminders of happier times when we could roam around the country without restrictions !
I think I would probably choose the Lune viaduct as my personal No. 1 - the sheer slenderness of the pillars is simply stunning ! 😎👍👍
They are just wonderful structures, I particularly love the Lune viaduct!
Great video well done. Nice to see the outside while stuck at home.
Very amazing video well done and keep up the great work and what about the Manchester Bury Bolton line amazing 13 arches Viaduct drink water country park and I hope you and your family keep safe and well
Thank you. Yup a lot more exploration to do in that neck of the woods
@@pwhitewick that is one platform left at Ringley Road and you can actually get on top of the Archway cos there's a hole in the fence and it's a very stunning beautiful views from the top
Thank you both, the Shawford one is my favourite, but the engineering of all is such a great achievement
Very nice, thanks for the escape from the Lockdown Blues.
Absolutely stunning! I can’t wait for you to get out and about again.
Likewise! Its tough at the moment trying to do the indoor video style!
Nice video 🚂🛤🚶🏼♂️🚶🏼♀️
Glad you enjoyed
Hi, I love viaducts, thanks for putting this video together. Have you checked out Marefield viaduct in Rutland? It's well worth a look.
Thanks Paul, sadly not been to Rutland as yet.
Hi guys, you really need to visit Rutland & the old iron ore mine railways. Another great production. Keep them coming. Stay Safe x
Great video. And Ham Wood looks completely magical - hard to believe it's real.
Great video as normal.
Near me is Waterrow Viaduct, metal part removed, next to a beautiful Iron Age Hillfort. ST053245 in the Taunton to Bampton line, and a nice tunnel nearby the Bathealton Tunnel. (You can enter😎) ST063125
Then Uplyme Viaduct between Axminster and Lyme Regis SY317924
Then Treffry Viaduct at Luxulyan, Cornwall. SX056572.
Cheers Guys👍👍👍
Brilliant yet again, well done. When you can get out and about again, between Whitestone & Bridge rule station and Bude there is a lovely viaduct before Hele ridge on the Bude branch, from Halwill junction to Bude. Worth a look. Stay safe, steve
Another one enjoyed during "Lock Down". When we come out of this please still take care!. Have you had any ideas of going over the channel to see what happened there?
Thanks Sheila. Yup, we hope that when measures are eased we can do more local day trips. As for the channel, no plans in the immediate future.
@@pwhitewick Sorry guys I was thinking out of the box, I meant the English Channel!!. Must be this lock down is messing with my brain!!!. KEEP SAFE xx
That was great. 👍👍
I think you need to visit and cover the Paulinskill Viaduct in NJ (USA) [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulinskill_Viaduct]. Part of the Lackawanna Cutoff [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lackawanna_Cut-Off], the Paulinskill Viaduct was the largest reinforced concrete structure in the world when it was built. ;)
Sounds good to me, presume it predates the Hoover Dam!
@@pwhitewick Yes it was opened in 1911. The Hoover Dam wasn't dedicated until 1935.
More info and pictures ... weirdnj.com/stories/paulinskill-viaduct/
What about the Monsal Viaduct on the Monsal Trail, Derbyshie - Perhaps we can meet up (When this lock-down thingy is over!!!) & I can show you it & tell you a bit about it!!! -I live quite near the Monsal Trail & I used to cycle a lot on it (but with this Lock down - not so much now :( !!!)
Oh I also nearly forgot the Millers Dale Viaduct (Also along the M. T.) between the Millers Dale Lime Kilns & Millers Dale Station itself (The Biggest Station in the WORLD - ok that was a bit of a white lie - may not be the biggest Station in the World but it is the Biggest Station along the M. T. !!!) He he
Good Video b. t. w. - Stay safe :)
P.s. Also when this is over, You can both stay @ the Monsal Head Hotel (Just so happens where I work(ed) can't at the mo - b/c of this Lock-down thing :( !!!) The Hotel is just situated just above the Monsal Viaduct & you will be able to see it from The Hotel front facing Bedrooms!!!
Now if that is not a good enough / Convincing enough reason for the both of you - then I don't know what is!!!
For viaducts on disused railway lines you both need to come to just outside of Gateshead and explore the Derwent Walk from Swalwell up to Consett in County Durham, The line has three viaducts in the space of around five miles and it's also cycle friendly from start to journeys end. A little further on from Consett on the Waskerley line, there is Hownsgill viaduct which stands at 150 foot.
Hownsgill Viaduct
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hownsgill_Viaduct#/media/File:Hownsgill_Railway_Viaduct.jpg
Do you use a specific microphone for your voiceovers?
Just the rode Mic on the camera.
My favourite is the Leaderfoot Viaduct on the disused Berwickshire Railway. Its stunning to look at from the road
Thanks for a little tour out and about when we are stuck indoors.
There’s a great disused line to explore around Whitby North Yorkshire. Remains of the dismantled viaduct at Sandsend with the old station now a private residence and a pair of tunnels just up the coast but access to these is limited but I believe people have been in them. Further down the coast there is a intact viaduct in Whitby across the river Esk, below is the line that is still in use often by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. The track bed continues down the coast as a cycle track passing station buildings and Ravenscar the town that never was, the town was planned and indeed laid out into streets with few builds ever being built. The remains of the streets are still there complete with drain gulleys and kerbs.
Immediately prior to Lockdown we had a whole trip planned on that very line.
This is a fabulous video on that line. ua-cam.com/video/pTEikYMRctU/v-deo.html
Whitewick's Abandoned Railways that’s a pity but I’m sure it’ll be worth waiting for. Stay safe and healthy
Cullingworth in West Yorkshire , Larpool Viaduct in North Yorkshire and the perfectly formed Kielder Viaduct in Northumberland at the North end of Kielder Water , a beautiful Skew arched viaduct . Edlingham Viaduct in Northumberland on the old Cornhill branch is also worth a look .
Hi Paul, great video as always. Might I suggest the Kings Mill viaduct near to Sutton In Ashfield.
Not the most impressive height or length wise, but significant in that it’s the oldest railway viaduct in England, built in 1817 for the Mansfield & Pinxton Railway. This was originally a horse drawn railway, bringing coal into Mansfield from the Cromford Canal, and was purchased by the Midland Railway in 1847 when it was used by Steam engines.
Living in Newcastle, our ECML viaducts are still in use (Durham and the Royal Border spring to mind but there are many more), and are therefore cared for. I also can't forget the King Edward VII bridge over the Tyne - it has multiple spans and is therefore a viaduct. According to Wikipedia (which is obviously correct!?) it is known as the last great railway bridge. I don't really know of any that are disused around here. Is there still one over the Tyne at Hexham going up to Riccarton Junction - or was it pulled down? I think it was. Sorry, that wasn't much help. I really do hope the viaducts you showed are listed - if not they should be. We seem to be very casual about our industrial heritage in this country which I find rather sad. All down to money I guess. BTW I'm enjoying the Railway Tales you're doing in these mad times. Thank you Paul and Rebecca. Mike
Looks like there is a soft spot for the Ingleton Branch Line? but a great video!
Great video. Have you seen the Leaderfoot Viaduct near Melrose in the Scottish Borders?
great channel i lvoe it this should have more and more views for sure
You're bang on about the scenery and many fascinating structures in the Clydach Gorge (work on the pronunciation!). If you're that way or on the Heads of Valleys try the 9 Arches viaduct at Blaen-y-Cwm, currently one of many which is part of the National Cycle Network. Love your videos of all the assorted structures, both those I know well and those completely new to me.
the old uppingham to seaton line off the stamford to rugby line with the 82 span harrington viaduct that is still in use today is well worth a visit when you can get out and about
Conisborough South Yorkshire has a 14 arch blue brick viaduct built 1909 also Cadeby tunnel is almost next to it. Both abandoned and you can walk through the tunnel and over the viaduct.
Wonderful. More top tens please. Looking forward to more adventures after the lockdown.
Hi guys you should walk the port line in Dumfries and Galloway from Dumfries to Stranraer and Portpatrick to Stranraer they are two great railways there was also a line from Stranraer to Cairnryan in ww2 to the 1950s goodbye for how clive in N Ireland
These viaducts are amazing examples of engineering, all beautifully constructed mostly by hand labor! They absolutely should be preserved, both for historic and esthetic values.
As always, this video was well edited and accompanied by appropriate music. I'm constantly surprised at the amount of undeveloped land that you tramp through. In the UK, cities and towns are mostly concentrated centers, and you have expanses of rich agricultural land, but in such a relatively small country I don't expect so many acres that are unused. And I like it.
How about Lambley viaduct (and station), over the South Tyne.
Really enjoying your creative videos, and use of existing footage to keep us entertained. Thanks.
You need to check the cannington viaduct. It was part of the branch line from Axminster to Lyme Regis.
No 1 looks like it has grown out of the landscape - absolutely stunning!
thanks