Darlington-STAINMORE SUMMIT-Penrith snow & steam, DMU train ride 1961
Рет қаралды 113,993
7 жыл бұрынThe Journey Darlington - Barnard Castle - STAINMORE SUMMIT - Kirkby Stephen East - Penrith seen from the front of a (first generation) Diesel Multiple Unit train. Filmed in December 1961, only weeks before England’s highest passenger railway was closed.
As colour film at that era was unsuitable for the seasonal dull weather, Black and White film had to be used.
Once into the Eden Valley patchy fog was encountered.
Darlington to Tees Valley Junction can be seen in Colour as part of the Return Journey Darlington to Middleton-in-Teesdale and return at • Darlington to MIDDLETO... .
Please view my other transport films via / alansnowdon
Kindly like, comment, share and subscribe to support my channel & videos © A Snowdon 2016-21.
Related links:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainmo... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_D...
1st gen DMU en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British...
Darlington Bank Top en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darling...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Co...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockto...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darling...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darling...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierceb...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gainfor...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broomie...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streatl...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnard...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tees_ra...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tees_Va...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larting...
Hulands disused-stations.org.uk/h/hula...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowes_r...
For more snow on this line see @BFI wonderful "Snowdrift at Bleath Hill" • Snowdrift at Bleath Gi... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowdri...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainmo...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barras_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belah_V...
disused-stations.org.uk/b/bela...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkby_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stainmo...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_Va...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_Va...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Settle%...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musgrav...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcop_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcop_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appleby...
My Settle & Carlisle Line film • SETTLE & CARLISLE line...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkby_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliburn...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifton...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_E...)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Co...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrith...
Eden VR photos www.cumbria-railways.co.uk/ala...
Eden VR history www.cumbria-railways.co.uk/ede...
Learn about steam snow ploughs from @NatRailwayMuseum • This 1891 railway snow... common on the Stainmore Line.
@tominnis8353 Ай бұрын
Thank goodness someone had the foresight to film this. All the infrastructure and trackbed should have been left intact, just in case they were needed again - like many are now. Thank you for uploading.
@sanjeevpereira6765 4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing. If i had the money would open all the old & closed routes and begin again. Love rail especially BRITISH RAIL. Great naration. Brgds from mumbai india
@dulls8475 Жыл бұрын
We vandalised our railways. Make sure it does not happen in India.
@davecrowley4168 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. I've driven over the A66 many times over the last five years as a truck driver, and usually break the boredom of the long drag to Stainmore summit by watching the line of this former railway. I've often wondered what it must have looked like as a passenger.
@chewyfoks1840 2 жыл бұрын
The "Snow drift at Bleath Gill" film is a lovely insight about the line too. Available on youtube.
@n16flo 7 жыл бұрын
Lartington Station is now our home. This was magical to watch - thank you Alan. Fantastic!
@ColinH1973 4 жыл бұрын
You lucky so-and-so! 😁👍
@kevinadamson5768 5 ай бұрын
My grandfather used to work on the railways on that line on the guards van.
@simonwalton5132 7 жыл бұрын
That's my late Granddad at Warcop Station as Station Master!! (7:12)
@mickd6942 Жыл бұрын
A marvellous series of historical videos of lines long gone and the narrator is very easy on the ear
@ianhelps3749 6 жыл бұрын
It would be great to see this line reopened. It doesn't have to be steam, I would happily travel in a class 158 DMU.
@mikesaunders4775 3 жыл бұрын
A poignant film, and a priceless timepiece. I tend to think of the 1960s as being fairly recent,yet this film is a glimpse into an almost unrecognisable antiquity.
@ianstevenson4179 5 жыл бұрын
My wife’s uncle Norman Woodcock work most of those signal boxes as a relief he was on Stainmoor in 1947, wife worked Warcop ticket office think he was at Barnard Castle in 1961
@edmundcarew7235 4 жыл бұрын
In 1962 I suppose rail trails were unheard of. Notwithstanding maintenance costs, it's terrible that beautiful viaducts/bridges were demolished. Many of we international viewers - in my case Australia - appreciate your efforts. Look forward to again visiting UK.
@neiloflongbeck5705 Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately the Belah viaduct needed significant strengthening that the traffic levels couldn't justify.
@chriswarburtonbrown1566 6 жыл бұрын
This is an amazing film Alan, thanks for sharing it. And the others you've done. They are real treasures.
@Clivestravelandtrains 3 жыл бұрын
What a super film, with a very informative commentary. I thought the commentary was almost as old as the film until she mentioned Pendolinos! I have driven over the A66 for decades and am always keen to spot remnants of the railway, sometimes stopping for a coffee at Barras. We certainly had "real winters" in those days - as well as real trains and railways!
@AlanSnowdonArchive 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, recommending your channel to my viewers kzfaq.info/love/ZGfQxNoSOJaiuyFOrTlJPw
@stevewilson5262 4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant thanks for posting. While getting the family tree done I discovered my ancestor who was a Quarryman living near the Summit at Old Spital, left in 1872 with Wife and Three young children, immigrating to New Zealand. This footage helps put the environment and conditions into perspective as when I visited the UK in 2005 it was summer and obviously the line had long been diamantled.
@scruttles 5 жыл бұрын
Nice to see the reproduction summit board at 08.00 this morning. Thanks..
@scruttles 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for a priceless record of what was once a beautiful and much missed important trans pennine railway..
@waldenhouse 6 жыл бұрын
Just watched this - what a truly fabulous film of days gone by! Every day seemed to be “black & white” in those days, but I remember my childhood ‘spotting’ days with great fondness. (I am from Leeds). However, I either left, lost, or had stolen my Dad’s cycle bag, at Scarborough, in around 1966 with all my Ian Allan shed books in it, plus my egg sandwiches! Super film. Thanks for sharing.
@MarkHenstridge 7 жыл бұрын
I was born in 1961 and I have never been to England I'm an Australian, however, I find your video's very informative and I am now a subscriber. Thanks for posting these wonderful videos.
@chrismccartney8668 3 жыл бұрын
What a superb journey would be a great retro railway with the Pennines views
@fordlandau 7 жыл бұрын
These videos are marvellous. They give a great impression of train travel in a long gone era. This line looks like the Victorian era never ended. Heather's voice is also a charming addition to this series. More please !!
@andrewphillips9391 7 жыл бұрын
Great to see this. Walked from near Hartley up to Belah in 1999, when I was younger and fitter... Great to see how it looked with trains.
@rogervipond 5 жыл бұрын
What a wonderfully evocative piece of film. Thank you so much. I "found" it on a link from the "Friends who like Stainmore ..." blog
@984francis 2 жыл бұрын
Such a refreshing contrast to robot voice overs.
@Channel205UK 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your uploads, and the superb narration.
@craigymac5386 6 жыл бұрын
I passed by the A66 today and you can still see a lot of the old track bed. It would be great if it could be re -layed , just a pity about the amount of viaduct that were demolished. It's total vandalism what happened to the railways in this country.
@sxsx2331 4 жыл бұрын
it sure was all that hard work and and great workmanship
@marclayne9261 3 жыл бұрын
Amen.....
@johnjephcote7636 2 жыл бұрын
Belah Viaduct was designed by SirThomas Bouch. An example of a well - designed tubular cast iron viaduct.
@jackharrison6771 5 жыл бұрын
Great old film and thanks. Both Upper and Lower Quadrant Signalling I see. And all the lovely old Signal-boxes. I could feel at home anywhere around them, from my own time in them on the Blackpool lines. A whole world of difference on here, than in Urban areas; though they have their own attractions and Railway scenery. Jack.
@rogerstead9665 3 жыл бұрын
Such an interesting record of the line. Proper wintry weather too. Thanks for sharing it.
@floor993 5 жыл бұрын
Wonderful to see and hear these old railway films, thanks for making and uploading!
@thomasburke2683 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this wonderful film, great camera skills and pleasant, informative commentary.
@marilynmoore2895 4 жыл бұрын
My grandad used to be a driver on this route in the 1940's
@alexsumorsaete2135 2 жыл бұрын
Great historical footage of lines no more. Really fascinating, keep it up Alan, these are valuable treasures.
@joesprinter8202 6 жыл бұрын
Fantastic upload, many thanks for this. I have been researching this route for a while and this wonderful film rounds it all up nicely.
@mattcoyne3923 7 жыл бұрын
Another fantastic video. Really informative. Great narration, thank you Heather. And a big thanks again to Alan for posting and finding these gems.
@atlanticcoastexpress 7 жыл бұрын
What a marvellous look back into history. Thank you! I only saw this line after it had closed , so the old cine film gives me the opportunity to see it in action...including the infamous weather the train crews had to cope with. I've subscribed and I look forward to seeing and enjoying more of your excellent productions. Regards, Rob.
@johnwalton6642 6 жыл бұрын
I am really enjoying viewing your great works,which are exceptionally well narrated by Helen. I spent many hours of my earlier life (in the early 60's) watching railway operations at Darlington Bank Top, This was the start of my continuing enthusiasm.Thank you so much.
@scamper2able 6 жыл бұрын
I have read much about this line, wonderful to see this video of it with such excellent commentary.
@sxsx2331 4 жыл бұрын
great film and very interesting as i drive the a66 and wondered about the railway as u can see from the road 10 out of 10 great history love the old railways
@rachelcarre9468 2 жыл бұрын
I love Alan’s films and I adore Heather’s narration! Thank you for sharing these gems!
@AlanSnowdonArchive 2 жыл бұрын
WOW!! You make me feel like a Pop Star - BUT at my advanced age, I guess you're JUST HAVING ME ON . Alan xxx !!! 😄
@EnglishVeteran 7 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant, thank you. I used to live at Newbiggin on Lune not far from the old station, now a private residence. You can walk along to Smardale Viaduct from Newbiggin & beyond along the old track bed.
@ColinH1973 Жыл бұрын
Lovely piece of work. Thank you both.
@JohnWilson-hf2hi 7 жыл бұрын
Fantastic, I was born in 1960 so this line was long gone by the time I became aware of it. I have visited the Stainmore Railway Companies HQ at Kirby Stephen East and walked the line to Bleath Gill. It is wonderful to view the line as it was, thanks for posting
@AlanSnowdonArchive 7 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you enjoyed it. You must have had quite a scramble down and up again at Belah - as the viaduct had gone for scrap.
@flippop101 7 жыл бұрын
Very nice piece of film. Thank you.
@jimbegin6554 5 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! There’s also a campsite at Kirby Stephen East now.
@5705Seahorse 7 жыл бұрын
This is truly fascinating footage with a very informative commentary. The life of the working man seemed much harsher in 1961 (when I was 10!) Thank you so much for posting it and I'm looking forward to more in this series.
@Chris35005 7 жыл бұрын
Yet another wonderful film and credit to your wife for the very well done commentary. A very professional job by both of you.
@AlanSnowdonArchive 7 жыл бұрын
This may be a good place to mention that after the next one I upload, hopefully withn a few days, there will have to be a pause for probably a few weeks while I attend to some important matters at home. BUT please be assured that there are more railway journey videos to come. Maybe in Europe too.
@porno6361 4 жыл бұрын
Alan Snowdon stuff Europe Alan,let’s see our own heritage and what the likes of beeching/marples/castle destroyed first,great to see what a rail infrastructure we had
@wilsonflood4393 6 жыл бұрын
Great to see this amazing line.
@daveclaridge3747 Жыл бұрын
Great video and commentary. Thank you for posting
@mrwilliamwhizz 7 жыл бұрын
Excellent film of days gone by....loved it.
@mensamoo 6 жыл бұрын
excellent. a period I missed but wanted to see so much.
@stevehodgson1724 5 жыл бұрын
My dad a railwayman working for the S&T Dept was stuck in the snow for over 3 days somewhere up there, so the family tale goes, Fortunately there was a pub not far away funnily enough?? hindsight is wonderful and this route must be sorely missed now
@martinhardy5462 6 жыл бұрын
Lovely, thanks
@RexLancaster 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent. Thanks for posting this very informative film.
@svenwillumsen6691 5 жыл бұрын
Great speaker.
@lewisner 4 жыл бұрын
At 6.39 I walked from Appleby East to Kirkby Stephen in the blistering hot summer of 1976 and that old distant signal was lying on the ground beside the track which was disused but intact. It was the Waitby Down Distant.
@splendidx01 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant- thanks!
@Cowley46 7 жыл бұрын
I've recently walked up to the site of where the Belah Viaduct once stood, both stone abutments still stand and there are some remains of the metal framework in the valley below. The remains of the signal box are also still there and its great to see the signal box in this film. Great video and thanks for posting.
@porno6361 4 жыл бұрын
Was an amazing structure,so sad it was demolished,there was public outcry when it happened and a mass opposition to its scrapping
@peckelhaze6934 6 жыл бұрын
Splendid.
@spiky224 7 жыл бұрын
Great piece of film interesting to see Warcop in its prime, as i work there as a volunteer.
@nidgehart Жыл бұрын
Outstanding!!
@ByteCounter 7 жыл бұрын
Another wonderfully nostalgic piece of history. Great credit to you Alan. Making films back in those days was so difficult, given the limitations of the film stock and cameras available to the amateur. Todays generation of smart phone users don't realise how lucky they are with the functionality available to them. Sadly the content very rarely approaches that created in the "vintage days", creativity and imagination are so often missing.
@TheMiserablegit 6 жыл бұрын
This is wonderful, just wonderful. I would have loved to have travelled over that route, but sadly by the time I could afford to it was gone :(
@goff8128 Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed that, thank you
@carlwilson1772 3 жыл бұрын
Rather wonderful. I came here having just seen Adventure Me and Martin Zeros films about Belah viaduct and signal box.
@DrivermanO 3 жыл бұрын
So did I!
@studebaker4217 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful film of an amazing line. I visited the site of the Bealah viaduct bases a few years ago - it must have been quite a sight, sadly long gone. Thanks.
@andrewwoodward8810 8 ай бұрын
A really fascinating film, how wonderful that you made these films while it was still possible. So interesting to see the line in operation in places which I've only ever known as being where trains used to run.
@143topline Жыл бұрын
Found your channel today. just saw the signal box at Cliburn which is now self catering holiday accommodation. The station is now a family residence and the weigh bridge building is also a self catering holiday let. we take a couple of holidays each year with the caravan there.
@onthegoldenline 6 жыл бұрын
That's a journey I would have liked very much to have made.
@simonbarker5083 4 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@gavinhamilton9044 6 жыл бұрын
Fascinating, I have friends in Eppleby, near the terminus of the Forcett Railway but apart from visiting a few of the Pubs I've never explored the area fully as I live 200 miles south
@johnbrown9092 6 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@bobblue_west 3 жыл бұрын
Lovely.
@robnewman6101 2 жыл бұрын
Enjoy the ride.
@keithnichols5490 6 жыл бұрын
wonderful film, such a shame the line was closed
@marc21091 5 жыл бұрын
Completely historic. Perhaps the only good film record of the Stainmore line filmed from the front end ever made....
@timhancock6626 3 жыл бұрын
My dad and his regiment took their Sherman tanks from Bridlington to Kircudbright ranges over the Stainmore Gap in 1943. The twinned engine only just made it. I have travelled over the A66 from time to time all my life ( nearly 70 now) so I must have seen the line when it was there, and like every other fan of railways I see the old trackbed and regret what we've lost.
@AlanSnowdonArchive 3 жыл бұрын
Tim, I'm a bit puzzled by your use of "twinned engine." Do you mean the Sherman Tanks were on a train pulled by two steam locomotives? Or that Sherman Tanks had two engines, and could cross the Pennines under their own power? Or that, although they had two engines in 'em, when they tried to cross the Stainmore Gap, they only just made it?
@mervynsands3501 3 жыл бұрын
Nice to see someone took their time and effort to record thoughs scenes for prosperity. A really great east to west trans pennine route to travel in its day. Time marches on, and alas things become swept away. Movie memories to remind us of how it once was.😥👍
@billdring 2 ай бұрын
Amazing footage. I’ve just started seeking out the viaducts on the Stainmore line
@kevanhubbard9673 Жыл бұрын
An area I know well being from Co Durham but sadly not covered by rail as it was shut before I was born.Rather for me covered by United bus and it's successor company Arriva North East although beyond Barnard Castle it's down to one bus a week!
@EdenValleyAdventuresUK 5 жыл бұрын
Loved the video very much, I am filming the railway from Clifton to Appleby with a drone soon to see what's left of the old line and maybe Appleby to Warcop?.
@alanmilburn8443 Жыл бұрын
Took this train from Darlington to Penrith and then bus to Ulswater. 1951
@benweaver4268 Жыл бұрын
Great to see if only briefly temple sowerby station as I have stayed there many times on holiday through the nineties to recently
@stuartpittard3153 3 жыл бұрын
I travelled the route in Oct 61 on the way to visit relatives in Cockermouth, it was a long and boring journey for a 10 year old. Wish I had paid more attention to what was about to become history.
@davidcorbett62 3 жыл бұрын
Ohh to be back there then
@charlesmair26 Жыл бұрын
Amazing. ET...
@tulyar1043 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this video. It goes to show how shortsighted the powers to be were. What a waste!
@trevorwilson9183 7 жыл бұрын
On approaching Penrith there is mention of the line from Kendal and Workington - should be Keswick, Cockermouth and Workington.
@onlooker6530 3 жыл бұрын
Correct. What a shame the Keswick, Cockermouth line was closed. Here's to the hopeful reopening!
@69waveydavey 2 жыл бұрын
I can almost smell the inside of the DMU, we don't get winters like that any more which I miss too. All folley as most people knew at the time and now "They" have realised it might not have been a good idea to rip half the railway system up.
@timjmyall 5 жыл бұрын
I was born in December 1961. Nice to think I was snug in my cot - brrrrh!
@balmesh 7 жыл бұрын
Good work Alan. I now live near this line and never thought I'd get to see film of it! How did you come by all this treasure?
@AlanSnowdonArchive 7 жыл бұрын
I filmed it as a young man - LONG before youTube was invented!
@balmesh 7 жыл бұрын
Thank you Alan - you were a very fortunate young man!
@jimyoung2188 6 жыл бұрын
its good to see they are trying to open it up again right through to the ECML from Bishop Auckland
@jimyoung2188 6 жыл бұрын
yes there are a lot of people who need a good size 8 stuck up their Clacker for letting something like this go
@neildahlgaard-sigsworth3819 5 жыл бұрын
Jim Young would you be willing to double or treble your taxes to pay for these white elephants? Lines like this barely made enough to cover their costs even in the yrars prior to WW1.
@tooleyheadbang4239 Жыл бұрын
"As it's December, in 1961, this journey was filmed in black-and-white" What was it that made you choose this artistic option? It certainly conveys the bleakness of the Dales in winter, and the mood of impending closure; but as a historical record it might just have been better in colour.
@lakesexplorer6744 7 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic! I don't suppose you have any film of the Cockermouth -Keswick - Penrith Railway by any chance?
@AlanSnowdonArchive 7 жыл бұрын
Sorry, no I don't.
@dblissmn 6 жыл бұрын
Insane to close this line when almost right away they had to start upgrading the A66 to cope with the resulting traffic. The most shocking thing of all is the failure to protect rights of way.
@servicecrew6813 4 жыл бұрын
Most of the freight had gone or would go within a couple of years.... the passenger traffic was basically non existent.... and we all got cars... so however nice the line was no one used it... that's why it closed !
@alfredscoggins3206 3 жыл бұрын
Hello Alan - I hope you have already but you do realise that these films should be lodged with the National Railway Museum? They're a wonderful record, not only of the trains and railways but the local scenery of that time - and they're in colour. They should be stored and preserved, no question about it. If you haven't already, I do hope you consider it. Thanks.
@saltspringrailway3683 5 жыл бұрын
Now I've seen everything. A signal above the cutting - 6:42
@None-zc5vg 4 жыл бұрын
This line was only viable for carrying materials for the steel industry: there was little passenger -traffic for it to carry.
@CianPTynan Жыл бұрын
And now the a66 which replaced it is often shut and they are now dualling it
@crispinalanrobinson4515 5 жыл бұрын
What a train that runs in the snow 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮🤣
@mikesaunders4775 3 жыл бұрын
No 'wrong' type of snow in those days.A system managed and maintained by proper grown-ups.
@tulyar1043 5 жыл бұрын
Is there any chance you could do a longer version of this video please? One scene you captured is the access layout of the Eamont Loops. Photographs and signal box diagrams of this particular location are virtually unknown. Once again thank you for posting.
@AlanSnowdonArchive 5 жыл бұрын
What I've uploaded is all I have on this subject.
@tulyar1043 5 жыл бұрын
@@AlanSnowdonArchive Thank you for your reply
@chrismccartney8668 2 жыл бұрын
Rematch nearest thing to time machine the way we were it was a tough harsh life for the workers but many will perhaps look back a the communities lost...with sadness...
@AlanSnowdonArchive 2 жыл бұрын
I suppose you mean . . . at what the [local] communities lost ?
Alan Snowdon Archive
Рет қаралды 95 М.
Trainman86 (Trains,Trams and more!)
Рет қаралды 8 М.