The 4 Railway Viaducts they didn't want to Build. EDS 13 Ingleton Branch
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- čas přidán 9. 05. 2019
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In today's episode you join Rebecca and Paul exploring some of the disused railway stations between Lancaster and Lowgill, and then south onto the Ingleton Branch Line.
Many of the abandoned stations of the line are now in private secluded residence so on this explore we took the time to visit some of the Victorian architecture in the form on the stunning Viaducts.
The area is rich in Railway history and not short of some familiar railway company battles. In this case the giants of LNWR and MR.
We visited:
Lowgill Viaduct
Lune Viaduct
Rawthey Viaduct
Ingleton Viaduct. (We didn't feature this hugely in this episode as we have a featured video coming out soon specifically about this structure).
Links:
Patreon: / everydisusedstation
website: paulwhitewick.co.uk/Everydisus...
Music (As we keep getting asked).
- Van Houdt - A Sophisticated Place
- Evolv - Halaton
- Wellmess - Dancing Through the stars.
- Revelations - Tristan Barton.
(All licensed under artlist.io).
Apologies.
- Not only did we pronounce Grayrigg wrong on numerous occasions but also...
- We had no recollection or knowledge of the accident that took place here in February of 2007. Had we of done so we would have mentioned and paid tribute, even if by a small mention.
Thanks:
Picture: By Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Maps: NLS: maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-...
Picture: Huskydog - Zábava
I just found this hidden Gem of a channel, i know I'm adult but this is 100% cool 😁
😅😅😅...... Do spread the word Sir. 👍👍
Me too. I'm a distance cyclist, Brit born, but grew up in Canada, and watching this channel is the next best thing to 'being there' in many respects. I'd be exploring the very things this channel does.
Many thanks for the visual banquet!
@@stephensaines7100 thank you 👍. Lots more planned so stay tuned and spread the word.
Brings back memories of Canal holiday on the Lancaster canal we were suppose have in June 20 now 2021. Lune aqueduct worth a visit!
Some outstanding brickwork on those viaducts, thank you for bring them to us
Each letter appears in the intro with each piano note. The best intro on CZcams
Right? :)
Well thank you!.... It took a while, I can tell you. Much appreciated.
You two are brilliant, and Rebbeca lovely as ever. Sorry i have not been watching, its been a hell of a year at work. Accompanying music brilliant as well.
Thanks Paul. Now get watching and spread the word.
@@pwhitewick as always.
It is amazing the effort put in to building those magnificent structures and the earth works navigating through that rugged country side and transporting all that stone no JCB or any earth moving equipment just sheer hard labour with shovel and pick and explosives.
Absolutely. I would love to know more of those that dreamt up the routes themselves. 1600 navvies built this stretch in 2 years.
@@pwhitewickI wonder how they decided what route to take no Google earth or Gps Their were OS maps and they where in them selves a work of art just going out in to the fields with instruments tape measure on I suspect on horse back but even then it still would have to be savayed because of the soil and rock formation . I watched a on You tube one viaduct had on site its own brick works. 1600 navvies that's a lot of people must have lived on the move from one site to another Hard life. looking at old photos of the construction of the arches with wooden half moon frame set between the pillars 100 ft up not for me.
I’ve seen some of these structures while I was living in Manchester at the turn of this century. There is a big viaduct in the middle of Bolton. Thanks from Orlando Florida.
Lowgill is one of my favourite viaducts as i admire it every time i pass it on the M6,i always think of the work that went into this line and the waste in closing such a beautiful line,many thanks in bringing us,your grateful viewers such wondrous sights and insights of our forgotten railways.. Excellent,keep up the good work that you and your good lady do 👍
Thanks Allan very much appreciated.
your so good at making these video's. I do realise how much planning you put into the programme to make it so natural and interesting. good on ya,. thank you
Another great video! Low Gill Viaduct was used in the opening scene of "The Train Now Departing" series.
Thanks for another great video. I used to holiday in Ingleton a lot during the '70s, '80s and '90s. Happy memories!
Cheers Paul. We need to visit again in warmer climes!
I have driven passed lowgill viaduct countless times on the M6, last year I went to have a closer look. Then a true anorak friend tells me it's the viaduct used in the opening titles of BBC's "The train now departing" series, last used in 76 for mineral trains. Excellent as always, by the way it's "Sed-ber" and "Kirby Lonsdale" ditch the "K" in Kirkby, you'll need to know for when you visit "Kirkby Stephen"!
Ahhh well I never knew that. Much appreciated. 👍👍
First station opened in 1846 and closed 1861, the second opened in 1861 and closed in 1960 another gem for you and Rebecca
That was great. I love those Viaducts. And Congratulations on 3K +
Thanks Martin. Much appreciated, and largely your doing!!
Amazing viaducts! Real architectural gems! Thanks for such an interesting journey through stunning landscape (including the earthworks!!)
Thanks Richard. Never forget the earthworks 😅
As always , another great R&P production. Those viaducts are great engineering works. Pity they're not used to their full potential.
Thanks Richard. Yup agreed, however they do seem to being well cared for.
Every disused viaduct!
Love it
Nice to see it clear of trees
We keep toying with the idea of adding Viaducts as well as the tunnels.... eeeek.
Great video, such magnificent viaducts
Liking the new production style, liking it a lot!
Almost as much as the new hairstyle, well nearly.. Farewell Fringe!
Keep up the good work you pair.
PS @5:18 Bless you!
You just wait.... drastic hair changes afoot!....... (New production!?!?.... did I change it that much?)
Great scenery,I love these viaducts,so impressive structures,,only been to two as I got a drone,Monsal Dale and Twyford viaduct today,good reviews 👌
Great stuff Colin, get that drone all over the monsal. That will be amazing.
Hats off to you both, wandering around in the rain and cold.
It was quite a changeable day. Coats on, coats off.... etc.
@@pwhitewick But no flip-flops :'( :D
@@cargy930 Summer is coming.... Watch. This. Space!
Fantastic Video , Going Down Memory Lane Of Great Rail Lines
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
Started to get worried with the new opening sequence. Thought you'd gone all professional. Thank the lord the sneeze brought it all back down to earth! Without trains going over them, the viaducts and their earthworks could potentially be regarded as follies. Beautiful all the same. Great vid. Thanks for your efforts.
Cheers Russ. Like to try and appear professional on occasion, but procrastination normally puts pay to that.
I've seen a few skew brick viaducts, but Rawthey bridge is the first skew iron arch bridge in my experience.
....and very beautiful at that!
One of your best films. Extremely interesting. Structures better than the stations
Great work Rebecca and Paul. Can't stay away!
Cheers Robin. No need to stay away Sir.
Another brilliant and Interesting video with a brilliant sound track.
Looking forward to the next installment
Cheers James. Loads planned so stayed tuned.
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Looking forward to when you cover the abandoned railways in my area of North Buckinghamshire as there's entire line's closed down.
Thanks for this. I love the way you look at the structures, which as well as being functional, are beautiful in their own right. I know that tunnels are in a different video, but to see the internal structures built in and around the rock. Nowadays bridges, tunnels etc are built for function only and they have lost some of their magnificence.
Cheers Don, yes, the stations on this line where almost non-existent, so it gave us the time and opportunity to visit some of these magnificent structures.
"A couple of things" to do in Ingleton. Did that include the Waterfalls Trail? I did that when my boss intentionally stranded me there for 2 nights because it was cheaper to have me and the coach there doing nothing than it was to pay 2 drivers to do a return trip from Kingston, Surrey to Ingleton twice. I took a group of schoolkids up there to do their Gold DofE Expedition. Had to drive the coach to Lancaster to find a cash machine to pay for my stay at the pub/hotel........
Ah brilliant, thanks for sharing Baz.
Rawthey viaduct carries the LUNE GRID gas main to Sedbergh from White Lund gasworks at Morecambe . When I worked for the Gas Board in the 60s, the gas was town gas , and was pumped from Morecambe by steam driven compressors up the LUNE GRID to feed K Lonsdale, Ingleton, and Bentham , passing through Carnforth on the way . The whole system was modernised later with larger steel and plastic mains ,and natural gas is distributed, still from Morecambe but with pressure from the National Grid .
Great video. What a wonderful place to go walking. Loving the viaducts.
Cheers Garry.
Absolutely brilliant, keep it up.!
Thanks Roger ,👍
Great video, beautiful viaducts,and beautiful old station buildings, amazing engineering 😀
Cheers Shaun. The engineering and the planning are definitely something that we love.
Great video. The scenery is just spectacular. Hello from New England.
Thanks John. Hello back to New England. 👍👍
Awesome and excellent narration.Team is doing great job.
Thanks Manmeet 👍👍
Another great vid Paul and Becky.
On hol, just driven along the B class road that runs parallel to the northern part of this line and it's quite monstrous!!! 8 feet wide, bends all the way, high hedges, forward visibility regularly only 20 yards, and some daft fast driving by others made it an uneasy journey. Tooting the horn every 15 seconds didn't make me feel any more comfortable. ... But those viaducts are a quite brilliant collection of Victorian era engineering, magnificent and mind boggling.
Love it, thank you both. Regards Paul.
Thank you.
The first time this channel was found. I feel that your work is very interesting.
It's very difficult for me to go there.
Thank you for exploring the places that have been in history.
cheer up from Thailand
Krit
Thank you Krit. Glad you have found the channel. 👍
5:17 - Bless you! and thanks for alll the ticks. ;)
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Loved the video very much great Viaducts.
Thank you.
Thank you so much. You were right, I enjoyed this video so much. Those viaducts ... wow, mightily impressive. *whew*
Excellent Andrew. Glad you watched this.
Just discovered this one - great video. I was brought up in Grayrigg (pronounced Gray-rigg) and spent many hours as a boy trainspotting at Grayrigg station. It was closed by then but all the buildings, sidings and loading docks were still in place. Now there's just a goods loop.
Good to see this area again, we stayed in a cottage just up the road from that viaduct near Lowgill, the track down went over a bridge and the track embankment was still extant. I've always thought there must have been a station there but have been unable to find any info. Any of your old maps show anything. Such a cracking viaduct for not much railway!! Watching all your vids, always 👍, don't often comment cos it could get boring. More A303 stories please!!
Haha. Thanks Bob. We changed the 303 stories to "Map Mysteries" as it gave us a bit more scope.
Glad you are enjoying the channel. Keep the comments coming. ,👍👍
Wow amazing video! A subscription from Australia 😊. Most of these bridges were built before the town I live in was even founded 😳. Love all the history ❤️
Welcome from Australia 👍👍
Love you guys and such lovley couple. I love the history of disused railways. Xx
Thank you Christine. Pleased you are enjoying the channel. 👍👍
The iron bridge at the ten minute mark looks like the same as the one on the North Yorkshire Railway. Keep up the good interesting work.
Your videos make my day thank you
Bravo! You're certainly ticking them off...
Thank you. We are getting there slowly. Loooooooads planned this summer. 👍
hey paul and rebecca , great video guys ,:)
I agree with you on the epic scale of Victorian civil engineering, think how things were done and the timescale to completion. Today the contractors can't manage and all of these were built on britches and arise power!
You look like a fun and charming couple! Thanks for the history lesson and great videography.
Thanks David, glad you are enjoying.
Loving the intro and who doesn't love a viaduct!!
Cheers Alan. That intro took waaaaay longer than it should have!....
I figured it may have been tricky.. But i did love it... :-)
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I agree the viaducts and bridge ironwork are impressive not a line familiar to me but now on my to do list, the weather is familiar though living in Mid-Wales greetings from your 50th Like. Brian.
Well worth a visit. We hadn't heard of the line before the months started either. 👍
Lovely people. Thanks, take care.
Great video Rebecca and Paul, and *still* loving that (Lune?) viaduct with its steel centre span (and still glad to have finished building bridges in OO scale for now!) I would be interested in a link as to exactly where it is, and more photos, past and present. Thanks!
Yup the Lune was definitely our favourite too! I don't envy you building 00, though we used to model in N!
those viaducts are just incredible. But since that line was clearly in the countryside, far from everything, it's not logical that it was closed down.
Nice scenery
Good one ! shame you can’t stand in the middle of these viaducts,the views must be amazing! Really enjoy watching you two,making this series.
Cheers. Loads more planned so stayed tuned!
I enjoy your videos and seeing the beautiful English countryside.
Thanks William. Glad you are enjoying the channel, plenty more to come!
Another catch up one for me,much enjoyed as always. No patreon, for reasons you know, but I do the rest, believe me. I do blog though, so may get there at least, at some point
Hey! That's not fish and chips! You have ruined one of my Yank misconceptions about Brit's. lol😉
Just being a joker.
Your channel is a good one. I'm glad Martin Zero introduced it.
Hahahaha..... sorry I don't do fish!.... Glad you are enjoying the Channel.
Briliant vid keep it up.
Thank you 👍
Brilliant Video, will admit the first piece of music did sound cheesy but it did go with the intro which was brilliant, as for Rawthey Viaduct that just looks like the Victoria Bridge on the Severn Valley Railway but on steroids! (the Steroids part I'm meaning that it a bit wider in length than the Victoria Bridge) but all the viaducts were impressive and so was that embankment at 7:17. really disappointed that there won't be a tunnel video from this adventure (just kidding on that one lol) but hope you enjoyed the TransPennine Express Class 350 passing at 0:56 which also be another thing of the past since they going to be transferred to the Midlands.
Brilliant Video, liked!
Gotta keep that music mixed up!.... Cheers Simon, glad you enjoyed the video.
Impressive visually .
4:02 According to Michael Quick's Chronology of Railway Passenger Stations in Great Britain, Low Gill station was opened on 17th December 1846 and closed on 1st November 1861, being replaced by a second Low Gill station by the Junction for the Ingleton Branch. The second Low Gill station opened on 16th September 1861 (meaning both stations were open simultaneously for a brief period) and closed on 7th March 1960.
Ahhhh gutted we didn't know this otherwise we could have claimed both! Do you know the location of the first?
Michael Quick's book says that the second station was built "about 1/2 a mile" from the first, but doesn't state whether it was moved northbound or southbound.
R. V. J. Butt's Directory of Railway Stations states that the second station was located 400m due north of the original. It makes sense that the original station would have been south of the newer one, otherwise it could have served both the Mainline and Ingleton Branch without having to have been moved.
1/2 a mile is about 800m, so the original Low Gill station would have been somewhere around 400 to 800 metres from the second heading southbound on the West Coast Main Line. I'm not sure about the exact location.
Also, the second Low Gill station was called Low Gill Junction until 1883, so there would have been no confusion when both stations were open. Low Gill was also always two words in the station's name.
@@zeddessell brilliant thank you
Hope you liked the area because there are other old lines like the Tebay to Darlington line through Kirkby Stephen and the Cockermouth Keswick and Penrith railways so plenty for you to go at. When I worked for British Telecom I had a spell of looking after Sedbergh Telephone Exchange in the 1980's and worked with a wonderful local artist from Sedbergh called Henry Sowerby. He new the area inside out and painted the local landmarks. I was only up at Lowgill a few weeks back and was talking to one of the residents of the old railway cottages there that you must have walked past. Laterly the line was used for for special trains taking pupils to and from the famous Sedberg public school as well as diversions when they were working on the main west coast line. Many thanks, love your trips. Best wishes.
Thank you John, always love to hear peoples interactions with the areas we visit regardless of whether its past or present.
The line ran from Lowgill to Clapham (Yorks)., about another 4 miles on from Ingleton...Clapham is still served by trains to Leeds , and Lancaster and Morecambe.
Hi guys a great video guys I love the wcml and that railway line stay safe and well guys goodbye for now clive in N Ireland
I saw this route on Railmaponline and coudnt help but think how scenic a route it must have been, its in S and C territory after all and a steam train down here must have been a great day out in years past
Love your videos guys, just make them a bit longer with a bit more researched history. Keep them coming. Respect
Cheers Steve. Sadly we just don't have the time. (Full time jobs and too many kids). So we try and treat these as explores rather than informative.
Weather back to normal again!
Oooooh yes!
This infrastructure needs using again today. The Victorians would be ashamed of how we have lost our way and prefer other sick BRANDS. I love the UK........
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Love the History
Ahhh! This was the bridge that started me thinking that abandoned railways were really cool. My wife and I stopped for a picnic just across from the Lowgill Viaduct after a long morning of driving back in May 2008. Shame you guys didn't come from the other side of the River Lune. Super pretty spot up on the hill next to the crooked stone bridge. HERE! www.google.com/maps/@54.3602698,-2.5855509,3a,75y,302.24h,88.31t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKYleR-I5gCmrXJ2qesjwYQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en
Great exploration, nice editing and choice of music. Those viaducts are quite spectacular - they knew how to build them aesthetic pleasingly in those days.
I'm pretty sure Low Gil viaduct is right at the beginning of this:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p011v806/the-train-now-departing-2-the-west-highlander
Fantastic route, so peaceful nowadays, can’t imagine what those areas would have looked like during construction, and how many people must have been involved?
Cheers Stew, yup, an amazing route. 1600 navvies taking just two years with no serious injury. 19 miles! Amazing stuff.
Amazing as you say, and only two years, the local must’ve wonder what had hit them!
My Grandfather was a stationmaster at Grayrigg
Oh brilliant. I wonder if he knew it was the second station under the same name. (I.e moved a tad).
can I ask where did you find the map of the low gill station please... looks like an old map.
Sorry to be pedantic but you missed Middleton - on - Lune station. Easily done as it was closed around 1935 and has been a private house since then. It is just off the Sedbergh to Kirby Lonsdale road , about 1/2 km south of the Head public house and just before the under-bridge. There is a picture of it in 'The Ingleton Branch: A lost route to Scotland' book but difficult to view from the road without trespassing. I spent a long time trying to locate it myself.
Love the series - keep it up.
Thanks Peter. Nothing wrong with pointing out errors and offering up useful info Sir! (That said, check out 8.38.... don't blink though, as you suggest nothing to see, other than a quick hat tip in its general direction!).
@@pwhitewick Perhaps a little more time to read your captions would help, Paul. I have no problems with reading (and, indeed, would describe myself as quite an adept reader) but I found it hard to read some of your captions completely without stopping the video and going back (which rather spoils the experience for me.) Please don't take this as a complaint or a criticism, merely a suggestion. I love the videos and I appreciate the hard miles that you both put in - even if you do consider it to be just a hobby for you both. (Edit: I had to go back and have a check but the info for Kirkby Lonsdale was onscreen for a mere 2 seconds and Ingleton Thornton for 3.)
@@cyberdonblue4413 no worries at all. We are always open to suggestions. Tricky one indeed as we also don't want to spoil the background pictures with text (or too much) so we try and find a balance of we can. But we can certainly stretch them out a little more I'm sure. 👍
@@pwhitewick Ok I missed that Paul. I am a bit of a Nerd about the Little North Western ( as the line was called to distinguish it from its bigger brother). I have a place in Sedbergh and have spent many happy hours tracing the route of the line. Ingleton to Settle next?
@@pwhitewick agreed, no problem with the amount of text, think that looks about right, but did struggle to read it in time sometimes. Otherwise another cracking video, those viaducts are gorgeous!
Loved all those bridges, shame they are not in use.
Yup, absolutely, what a route it would make.
Very interesting video again! - Hailing from the south, what do you think of our scenery up here in Yorkshire/Cumbria?
Beautiful. I've never really ventured into Yorkshire anywhere near as much as we should have. I've probably over done the Lakes on the other hand. I love that place. Back soon!
Whitewick's Abandoned Railways Look forward to it!
Nice old foot bridge
have you or are you guys going to do the branch line from shoreham-by -sea to Horsham via steyning I'd love to see that done because Shoreham is my home town I still remember the goods trains travelling to the cement works at beeding I know part of the one is now a cycle track ..
No immediate plans but we are always keen to do requested lines. 👍👍
Nice video, I live in the area at Lowgill just up from the Viaduct. Btw it’s pronounced Grayrigg - not graygrigg, it doesn’t have a G in the middle 😆 & Rawthey is pronounced how it’s spelt like the lady said it ☺️
If your still on the west coast there is the Fleetwood Lin, garstang line and a few in Lancaster and Preston
Ah, sadly this was a couple of weeks ago. We had a few more plans, but ran out of time. Alas, we will be back!
Ok thanks
Great vid
Low gill viaduct is indeed a lovely sight but £600000 to restore something that has no real use is maybe questionable for a nice ornament. Many an active preserved railway could have made very good use of such a sum.😮
Ingleton Branch you didn't mention what the reason was for its construction though I'm guessing the info board you flashed on screen for half a second near the end may have said. Please show info boards for long enough to read them Thanks a bunch.
We made another video specifically about the Ingleton viaduct so you should be able to do a quick search for that 👍
Jazz........ nice
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Wasn't this also known as the "little north western"?
Rings a bell
Do you have any idea yet how many disused stations cant be done? I'm assuming Plashetts for starters🐟🐟
I bet the wild garlic at 9:17 smelled lovely! 😊
8:05 "Mahoosive"?
....and where were you when I needed that word!
Good channel, I shall keep watching... ... 06:16 - for 'history of the little bridge under there', have a look at the "National library of Scotland" side by side maps. The old map shows the original road before the railway went through: maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=15&lat=54.3625&lon=-2.5925&layers=1&right=BingHyb
It's worth referencing that site for any other stations and lines that you do. Zoom around, there's tons to see!
1:03 I thought you were going to poke the beautiful Rebecca in the eye.
The new start is ummm.. Quirky, I don't dislike it, its going to take some getting used to. Those viaducts were pretty damned impressive, my imagination definately has trolls living under the iron bridges, they do like their road tunnels under the rail tracks not straight in this neck of the woods.
I am guessing your really looking forward to summer visits.
On a questioning note, how many lines going to Carslile were there over the years and why did it need them because afaik its never been an industrial place.
hahaha..... Panic not, its not here to stay. I just wanted to try something that I saw on another channel a while back. It took me three hours, so by the time I was finished, I said... "I don't care what it looks like its going in the video". Summer needs to get a move on!
check out la plata mo amtrak station at 7.30 missouri time usa pm
What shame that such a lovely railway is defunct. An opportunity for a heritage railway maybe?
How lightly we threw away so much infrastructure.
Indeed. This line certainly highlights that.