thanks for the video, guys. the old hut you documented in the video burnt down, and today you would never know it existed. they did a fabulous breakfast in there. gone forever. i think the auction house is the old goods shed, the bricked out windows/doors are at platform level. i love looking at photos and video of this little gem of a station. thankyou.
This was the original broad gauge line to Wycombe from the Great Western , then on to Oxford via Thame. I remember doing it in a diesel railcar in the 60s!
This line was the first disused line that I ever walked (many years ago). Also it was the first time that I had read an OS map. Around Loudwater I spent ages looking for the canal before finally realizing that the map was showing me a motorway!!!!!.
Really interesting grew up by the railway line by sewage works.when line was closed a old world war 2 aircraft was found.happy days playin on track dodging trains.lucky still alive.
Ive riden this line about 1000 times and i have never known that the line used to go down to High Wycombe from Bourne end. However now you can just get the Bus number 37 from Bourne end to High Wycombe. I take this service sometimes just back and forth from Bourne end to Marlow.
I havent heard any more murmurs about the 100k survey on whether the reinstatement will happen. Are we to assume that the assessment didnt happen? I mean, it's been a whole year since.
I used it to go to the cinema in Wycombe, also sometimes home from school in Wooburn Green It was sometimes steam same as the Marlow donkey. I went on the last trip of the old donkey We pulled the communication cord , it didn't work 😂😂 I loved living in Bourn End ( Abbotts Brook) Also the weekly dance at the old Abbotts Brook hall. One of the drivers of the Marlow Donkey Ended up in my platoon in the army ( amazing ) His name was Dave Treehurn does anyone Here Know him? Just to add the Wooburn Green school was a real shit hole full of crappy teachers A real joke .
One thing I definitely know is that ballast trains are )were( loaded at Shap 'blue' quarry, and that is granite. Which is definitely NOT a porous rock.! the opposite in fact. It's VERY hard and solid. So I'm not sure what you picked up, but it's not what I'd have thought to be a good type of rock for this use.
I've seen this clinker like material in a lot of old railways. I don't think it came out of the firebox of a steam locomotive. Could it have been used for some other purpose?
You don’t explain that you have to divert several times to rejoin the old track. You also don’t show the bridge at Abbey Barn Lane, which is very interesting and spooky
The house and estate was not built on the disused water treatment plant It was built on an old paper mill site the water treatment plant is still there
Yes we used it to visit the cinema in Marlow I was on the last trip of the steam engine We pulled the communication cord , it didn't work 😂. One of the drivers Dave Treehurn ended up in the army in my platoon. Bourne end was a great place to live in the 50s and 60s It just shows the how useless the politician's were , closing down a wonderful transport system ( in some areas)
@@ComptonLodgeStudios the last time I traveled to Wycombe from Bourn end by train It was also steam Sometimes we used it to return Home from School ( Wooburn Green) I remember Going to a dance at Wycombe town hall ( corn exchange) to see Shane Fenton. Also Nero and the Gladiators
The Marlow Donkey is still going (though closed for COVID19). Part of a regular pub crawl starting at the Marlow Brewery and heading into Marlow town centre. Can't wait to get back on it!
@@neilfranklin5644 A mile or so of reinstated railway in Watford was trashed after the cost escalated to over £200 million. That puts reinstating this line at well over £1billion. No chance.
Great video.Would love to see the line reinstated.
thanks for the video, guys. the old hut you documented in the video burnt down, and today you would never know it existed. they did a fabulous breakfast in there. gone forever. i think the auction house is the old goods shed, the bricked out windows/doors are at platform level. i love looking at photos and video of this little gem of a station. thankyou.
Quality video would like to see more of this abandoned line thanks for showing me it also subscribe
This was the original broad gauge line to Wycombe from the Great Western , then on to Oxford via Thame. I remember doing it in a diesel railcar in the 60s!
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Very nice video
very interesting. thank you
This line was the first disused line that I ever walked (many years ago). Also it was the first time that I had read an OS map. Around Loudwater I spent ages looking for the canal before finally realizing that the map was showing me a motorway!!!!!.
Really interesting grew up by the railway line by sewage works.when line was closed a old world war 2 aircraft was found.happy days playin on track dodging trains.lucky still alive.
Ive riden this line about 1000 times and i have never known that the line used to go down to High Wycombe from Bourne end. However now you can just get the Bus number 37 from Bourne end to High Wycombe. I take this service sometimes just back and forth from Bourne end to Marlow.
You're a bit too close to the camera. It's scary mate.
Wrong! at 9:03 it's not Loudwater at the top of the hill it's Flackwell Heath.
I havent heard any more murmurs about the 100k survey on whether the reinstatement will happen. Are we to assume that the assessment didnt happen? I mean, it's been a whole year since.
When did the line to High Wycombe closed? I lived in Bourne End at the end of the 70's and travelled Maidenhead - Bourne End every day :-)
May 1970 the last train ran.
I used it to go to the cinema in Wycombe, also sometimes home from school in Wooburn Green
It was sometimes steam same as the Marlow donkey. I went on the last trip of the old donkey
We pulled the communication cord , it didn't work 😂😂 I loved living in Bourn End ( Abbotts Brook)
Also the weekly dance at the old Abbotts Brook hall. One of the drivers of the Marlow Donkey
Ended up in my platoon in the army ( amazing )
His name was Dave Treehurn does anyone Here
Know him? Just to add the Wooburn Green school was a real shit hole full of crappy teachers
A real joke .
the line closed may 1970 correct me if i am wrong
One thing I definitely know is that ballast trains are )were( loaded at Shap 'blue' quarry, and that is granite. Which is definitely NOT a porous rock.! the opposite in fact. It's VERY hard and solid. So I'm not sure what you picked up, but it's not what I'd have thought to be a good type of rock for this use.
I've seen this clinker like material in a lot of old railways. I don't think it came out of the firebox of a steam locomotive. Could it have been used for some other purpose?
You don’t explain that you have to divert several times to rejoin the old track. You also don’t show the bridge at Abbey Barn Lane, which is very interesting and spooky
One video and then never uploaded please come back
We will be back :)
The house and estate was not built on the disused water treatment plant It was built on an old paper mill site the water treatment plant is still there
Does anyone remember the "Marlow Donkey"?
Yes we used it to visit the cinema in Marlow
I was on the last trip of the steam engine
We pulled the communication cord , it didn't work 😂. One of the drivers Dave Treehurn ended up in the army in my platoon. Bourne end was a great place to live in the 50s and 60s It just shows the
how useless the politician's were , closing down
a wonderful transport system ( in some areas)
@@12dougreed Happy Days indeed growing up in High Wycombe. The Marlow Donkey was an institution! PAUL.
@@ComptonLodgeStudios the last time I traveled to Wycombe from Bourn end by train
It was also steam Sometimes we used it to return
Home from School ( Wooburn Green) I remember
Going to a dance at Wycombe town hall ( corn exchange) to see Shane Fenton. Also Nero and the Gladiators
The Marlow Donkey is still going (though closed for COVID19). Part of a regular pub crawl starting at the Marlow Brewery and heading into Marlow town centre. Can't wait to get back on it!
@@simontreacy3173 That's Good New Simon and long may it continue. As part of a pub crawl? Yes! I'm up for that. Best Wishes, PAUL ComptonLodgeStudios.
Does anyone have any info on Prestwood or Chesham in the 80s?
Prestwood never had a railway.
I understand that Matt. It was just general info about Prestwood
Where the natural Spring is was watercress beds
There were some natural water cress beds in bourn end at the top of Abbotts brook
They built houses on them criminals!!
You can see the tunnel at Loudwater if you walk along the golf course - no permission needed to film 😂 👍
Keep practicing lads. You're idea of checking out lost railways interests me alot.
Keep the cats happy tho😁
Nice idea but it’s never going to happen to expensive..
Or too expensive perhaps
@@neilfranklin5644 A mile or so of reinstated railway in Watford was trashed after the cost escalated to over £200 million. That puts reinstating this line at well over £1billion. No chance.
Nerds! 😀
I'm guessing that you two aren't fans of cars? This line will never be re -opened, so my advice to you blokes would be,...Learn to drive!!
Nice dream guys,but it's never going to happen. Do yourselves a favour and learn to drive. Motoring is far better.