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Shropshire Railways
Registrace 28. 08. 2009
Shropshire Railways Video's 2018
As the clip says, I am unlikely to be able to make any rail video's in 2018 due to a serious illness.
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The Shrewsbury to Ludlow Railway Part 2
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On part two of my journey I move southwards from Church Stretton to discover how Craven Arms and Ludlow Stations have changed over the years. I also hunt out the old former stations at Marshbrook, Onibury and Bromfield.
The Shrewsbury to Ludlow Railway Part 1
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On this journey around Shropshire's current and disused railways, I travel from the county town of Shrewsbury down to historic Ludlow. In part one I travel southwards to Church Stretton and we discover how Shrewsbury and Church Stretton Stations have changed through the years. We also go and find the disused stations of Condover, Dorrington and Leebotwood.
Eardington Station Open Day September 2017
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Eardington Station opens its doors at the SVR's Autumn Steam Festival. As this station is never used as such, it creates a fantastic opportunity to view and film trains passing through a station at 'speed' and not stopping. The day also gave me a chance to ride a rail inspector's Velocipede on the second line of the station. Also featured in this video is a detailed look at the work of a statio...
Telford Steam Railway 1940's War Time Day August 2017
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World War Two broke out at the Telford Steam Railway on August Bank Holiday Weekend 2017. Real action amongst the trains as the Allied troops successfully capture enemy soldiers!
Whitchurch to Chester Disused Railway
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This latest rail exploration takes me mainly into Cheshire, but what was still an important part of the Shropshire Rail Network in the last century. This was yet another route built to compete with another railway company. Like many before, it was destined to make a financial loss right from the off. It's history generally matches those of all the other disused lines in Shropshire. To find out ...
Cambrian Railways update Oswestry August 2017
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I returned to the Cambrian Railway at Oswestry in August 2017 to see the line extension south of the station. It was really pleasing to see the progress being made here. The line is destined to go further south, can't wait.
Blodwell Junction Disused Railways Part 2 Nantmawr to Llanymynech
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In part two of this Shropshire rail exploration I discover the former quarry and passenger line from Nantmawr down to Llanymynech. The highlight is the fantastic level crossing near to Nantmawr.
Blodwell Junction Disused Railways Part 1
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On this Shropshire journey I explore the mainly quarry railways in the borders area to the north west of Llanymynech. In part one I look at the line to Blodwell Junction that branches off the former Oswestry to Welshpool line.
Bewdley to Hartlebury Junction Disused Railway
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A journey to discover the southern end of the Severn Valley Railway. The SVR was built to join Shrewsbury to Worcester with the link to Kidderminster coming later providing an East/West link across the South Shropshire border. This journey takes us through Stourport on Severn where the lines history is preserved with a public footpath nearly all the way from the centre of Stourport to the junct...
Oswestry to Welshpool Disused Railway lost stations
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I go back to explore the Cambrian Railway Line from Oswestry to Welshpool once again in an effort to discover more about the lost stations on this route. With the aid of pictorial evidence I am able to piece together more successfully the history of this railway on the Shropshire/Powis border.
Shrewsbury to Bridgnorth Disused Railway (Part 2 remake) Ironbridge to Bridgnorth
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This is a remake of Part 2 using some original, but mainly new footage. This video includes Coalport and Linley Stations which were missing on the original video. There are also extra pictures and aerial photographs in this edition.
Madeley Junction to Lightmoor Disused Railway
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On this journey I explore what came to be known as the 'Power Station Line' down to Ironbridge Power Station. Originally this was a mainly freight line serving the Ironworks in the Lightmoor and Horsehay areas. Lightmoor later became a junction when the line from Wellington to Buildwas opened. The power station closed in November 2015 thus making this Shropshire's newest disused railway.
Didcot Railway Museum in pictures
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I recently visited Didcot Railway Museum next to the GWR, soon after it's television appearance in 'Trainspotting Live' on 11th to 13th July 2016 on BBC 4. This is a fairly large, mainly outdoor, museum with a relatively high number of railway vehicles and artefacts; definitely well worth a visit if you have an interest in railways.
The Border's Railway re-visited 2016
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I re-visited the Border's Railway this summer, two years after exploring some of the construction sites in 2014. I take time out at Newtongrange and Galashiels to see the completed developments, particularly the new transport hub in Galashiels itself. The journey down from Edinburgh is very pleasant as you roll peacefully through lovely countryside. The half hourly service is brilliant, so well...
Oswestry to Whitchurch Disused Railway Part 2
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Oswestry to Whitchurch Disused Railway Part 2
Oswestry to Whitchurch Disused Railway Part 1
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Oswestry to Whitchurch Disused Railway Part 1
Bewdley to Woofferton Disused Railway Part 2
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Bewdley to Woofferton Disused Railway Part 2
Bewdley to Woofferton Disused Railway Part 1
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Bewdley to Woofferton Disused Railway Part 1
Bishop's Castle to Craven Arms Disused Raiway Part 2
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Bishop's Castle to Craven Arms Disused Raiway Part 2
Bishop's Castle to Craven Arms Disused Railway Part 1
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Bishop's Castle to Craven Arms Disused Railway Part 1
Manchester Victoria and the Second City crossing June 16
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Manchester Victoria and the Second City crossing June 16
Bristol Temple Meads and Parkway Stations March 16
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Bristol Temple Meads and Parkway Stations March 16
Cleobury Mortimer to Ditton Priors Disused Railway part 2
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Cleobury Mortimer to Ditton Priors Disused Railway part 2
RIP my friend, thank you for your excellent videos.
Great video. I’m visiting the area at the moment and was very intrigued by the crossing over the A5. It would be ace to see this running again but I can’t see it happening now?!
RIP my friend, your legacy lives on in these excellent videos.
RIP thank you for your excellent videos.
Thank you for your excellent videos, RIP my friend.
Just found out about his passing, he didn't look old, RIP my friend, from a railwayman of 38 years service.
I was beginning my RAF National service and our troop train took us to RAF Bridgenorth Also on this line at coalport spent some time evacuated from the bombing in Birmingham
Buildwas station was a junction station because this is where you change here for the wellington to craven arms railway and as of today nothing of the station survives
Can they ever open this part of the line back up?
It ran down the bottoms of the gardens in Dorset Road. The home owners were given the opportunity to buy the land that was the track, to extend their gardens.
We used to live very near to this old Power station line at Hartlebury, Remember very well Class 25s and the odd class 37 taking coal in from the Hartlebury end down to the Power station, This was mainly done late Afternoon / Evening" and the trains always travelled slow on the Line, We lived at Poolands farm until 1983 and it Overlooked the Line" so we always saw many coal trains back and forth, Thank you for the share, Happy times in that area.👍
8:45 this is where the level crossing was located shame that the level crossing that used to bring traffic here to a grinding halt no longer here
Thanks for the info
I am on the committee of a small society that look after the Old Abbey station in Shrewsbury This video is excellent and we would like to ask if we could show this Youtubbe video in the station on open days please Maybe come and see us on open days
Unfortunately, Holden is no longer with us, having passed away some years ago after a serious illness. You will probably need to contact CZcams to verify whether the video can be aired elsewhere. Would be a nice memorial to Holden if you get permission - good luck!
Hi thanks for the info very sad to hear his death
Another who's just discovered this channel, and sorry to hear of author's passing - great vids. Often caught bus from Malpas to Chester in late '60s / early 70s, and Malpas station was a good mile-and-a-half from the town. Bus went over railway bridge at station where trackbed still 'fresh' after lifting of the line. Feature for many years after was the modern steel railway bridge over the A41 at Chowley Crossing near Tattenhall which our double decker only just seemed to squeeze under. Our bus crew on the C58 (conductor Archie Smith - a real character - and much quieter driver Bill) worked out of Whitchurch and came across to Crosville in the mid-60s after the mass closure of the Cambrian mainline & branches, where they'd worked as Fireman & Driver on the steam engines. I believe someone interviewed a number of these characters - great social history record, but can't find online again for the life of me.
I know you did this a while ago but it is amazing to see, Thankyou
This guy is sadly missed. He put so much time and effort into making these blogs. He died suddenly and much too early. R.I.P. Holden. 🚂🚴♂️👣🇺🇦
It's only when one views many other lost railway presentations that you realise how good this bloke was. Very few are his equal and as others have said, a superb legacy has been left. And he's very much missed at his local cricket club too. RIP.
The line went through the callow quarry and across the top of David Davis new house farm to snailbeach my uncle Wilfred used to work in the quarry and uncle Ron lugged out of there for ea Evans and sons pontesbury
Said Land On My Nech not Lany but said Clan
Thank you and such beautiful Worcestershire, Shropshire and Herefordshire countryside.
I really enjoyed that look into the past. Great content, narrative, and history. Thank you. 🚂
The burlish crossing gates with its house, was the stourport signal box mans house . And a gate man operated man operated crossing gates opening as and when train came. He sat in a hut by thegates . He had st vitas dance syndrome and he did not quite open the gates on time and a bubble car DMU. Eent through the closed gate knocking the gate man flying . But surved the incident . Luckily. Just before closure in 1960s. 😅
Of course there is no way the line will ever be re-instated from Ironbridge to Bridgnorth, from Ironbridge south, the land is suffering from rotational slips, the soggy ground is making its way to the Severn, a problem the GWR had yonks ago, you will need a bridge to get from the western tunnel mouth to Bridgnorth station, this was taken out decades ago because of the low height restriction. Also approaching Bridgnorth tunnel mouth, the trackbed is now a road through a housing estate. Who would pay for this anyway, who would look after the permanent way, the SVR have more than enough on their plate for the existing mileage. A new station with run round, would have to be built on the car park at Ironbridge, not to mention an engine house and space for stabling a set of carriages for the first train out, oh and a signal box, or at least a ground frame, then crossing gates need to be operated along the line, it will never happen, so just enjoy this lovely film, dream a bit, press the like button as I have.
So were was Kiddilad?
I have news seven years later the line will be restored
So enjoyed the video of Ludlow Station. So glad that Malcolm’s work is continuing to educate and entertain.
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What a good video, I am interested in this part of that track, it’s a shame it didn’t survive, those stations were built really well, such a waste
Classic lack of foresight - men sweated and in many cases lost their lives building these lines, Dr Beeching closed many of them and 50 years later they've put half of this one back again at massive cost.
As a fellow cricket and railway enthusiast I was sad to learn that the author is now no longer with us. But what a recorded legacy he has left behind. Truly a feat for the eyes and very informative too. RIP Malcom.
2:56 I’m glad that the bridge abutment of the ditton priors bridge on the right is still here and everyone driving down Kidderminster road can see it as they drive by
There’s a halt between Berrington and Cressage and it’s cound halt the station opened in 1934 and closed here 29 years later
Loved this guy's videos
Many years ago I walked the length of the line. The track was just about to be ripped up. Most stations were intact if rather derelict. The huge army depots were still complete although minus most sidings. When I was very young I did see an Austerity tank hurtling through Meole Brace towards Hookagate
8.50 is not the old railway line which is about half a mile away! that is a private drive/public footpath.
Thank you for that. I was at the Live and Let Live pub at Nene Sollars yesterday and was thinking about the route through the village.
It’s almost like when all of the lines closed under Beeching, it was a definitive effort to make a statement that railways were in the past and huge effort to prevent any possibility to bring them back into service. When you think of all of the greed and corruption in the high echelons of the political realm I’ll bet that many brown envelopes and back handers exchanged during the 60s
SVR Would have to aquire alot of land,including the golf club.Bridges need to be built......too big a project to be realised,when the Railway is short of funds anyway.......
at 7:07 Hanwood, there was a Halt on top of the embankment, Edgebold Halt. Siding for dairy and coal dump too.
just build around the houses or find a way to have them demolished
Isn't Shrewsbury a type of crappy biscuit
Use to live on the hill by dittion priors boring there nothing
I have heard the place called Nantwich is near Crewe, Cheshire, northwest of England 🏴. It is adjacent to Wales 🏴. The railway 🚃 line has been converted into a road. Back in 1900 over 123 previous years ago, people had horses 🐎 🐎 🐎 🐴 🐴 🐴 and carts 🛒 🛒 🛒. Cars 🚗 🚗 🚗 cars 🚙 🚙 🚙 🚘 🚘 🚘 weren’t invented until perhaps 🤔 the year 1901. People can cycle 🚲 underneath the bridge 🌉. It is sad 😔 that the line is gone perhaps 🤔 not enough rail passengers used the trains 🚊 and the business 🧑💼 is completely lost 😠 without coming back again anymore. 2 separate train 🚊 companies are in this film 🎞 are Arriva Trains 🚆 Wales 🏴 and CrossCountry Trains 🚊. Class 175s are now wearing the Transport For Wales 🏴 livery. 😄 👍 👊
The 2 x 2 car class 158s are wearing the 2nd Arriva Trains Wales 🏴 livery. Now in the Transport For Wales 🏴 livery. The man 👨 is wearing sunglasses 🕶 😎 and a cap 🧢. Disused railway 🚃 lines means that trains 🚆🚆🚊🚊 🚂 🚂 don’t run there anymore. Nantwich is in Cheshire in the northwest of England 🏴 near Crewe. People can walk on the old railway 🚃 disused line. More people in the present 💝 days have cars 🚘 🚙 🚗. It is a beautiful 😍 countryside containing trees 🌲🌲🌲 🌳🌳🌳. In 1910 there were plenty of steam trains 🚂 🚂 🚂 🚂. Steam trains 🚂 stopped ✋ 🛑 being used part of British Railway 🚃 since around perhaps 🤔 1964 nearly 60 previous years ago in 2023 because it causes pollution in the air. In the countryside, it is nice 👌 and quiet 🤫 🤐. People honestly can let their dogs 🐕 🐕🐕 🐶 🐶 🐶 🐩 🐩 🐩 off the leads as long as they behave themselves. 😃 👍
Superb research. Thank you.
Another excellent presentation, so thorough and helpful. Thanks.
Hi discovered your channel when researching the Whitchurch to Ellesmere line love the way you show the old maps pics and then visit
R-instate the line (Severn Valley) Buildwas or Ironbridge to Bridgenorth. this needs to be done as well. Thanks for your interesting video.