The incredible industrial railway infrastructure abandoned and taken over by nature

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LeiceExplore

LeiceExplore

Күн бұрын

In this weeks video we’re discovering the incredible industrial railway infrastructure abandoned and taken over by nature. This was a fantastic exploration, one I’ll never forget. To come across a winding drum is very rare. There will sometimes be traces of them left, but not like this! We even find an engine shed! 1922 was the last time this incline was used, 102 years.
I hope you enjoy the video!
Cheers, Steve ❤️

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@simonmcowan6874
@simonmcowan6874 2 ай бұрын
That's brilliant, thank you for bringing it to us, it drives me to make one of a little known 18th C. Waggonway with an incline my friend and I found many years ago.
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! A little known wagonway eh? I’m intrigued, do tell!,,
@almaxx9680
@almaxx9680 2 ай бұрын
Nice one Steve, im "inclined" to agree with you about that winding drum, fantastic 👍😎
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Cheers buddy! I see what you did there! I know mate, it’s a beaut!
@almaxx9680
@almaxx9680 2 ай бұрын
@@LeiceExplore 🤣🤣
@DB2hull
@DB2hull 2 ай бұрын
Hello from Yorkshire. I love using the side by side maps, and great find on the incline.
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Thank you. The side by side maps are a godsend, a great resource, and free to use.
@sturmtigerking4263
@sturmtigerking4263 2 ай бұрын
Absolutely stunning discoveries. The fact it's all still there, the shed, the drum and those hoppers. The stuff that's still out there is amazing.
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Cheers mate! I know right? Unbelievable mate
@riccosoulman
@riccosoulman 2 ай бұрын
Absolutely stunning hairy arms😊 Great video as ever bro.
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Hairy arms! lol…I’m like chewbakka beneath my clothes to be fair lol! Thanks for watching.
@alanjewell9550
@alanjewell9550 2 ай бұрын
Amazing find! Especially in somewhere like that. Usually only find stuff like this high up in the mountains & other very remote places.
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Thank you Alan. That is very true. There are some sites in wales that I’d love to look at.
@jasonstevens7957
@jasonstevens7957 2 ай бұрын
Dude this equipment is most likely unique now, it needs listing to make sure it's not destroyed, beautiful! Well found!
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Thank you Jason. I still can’t get over it haha! Thanks for watching.
@johnbillett8233
@johnbillett8233 2 ай бұрын
This is fantastic. I can't believe it either. How on earth are those things still there? The drum, the hoppers, the engine shed. Fantastic. That should be a heritage site or something.
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Thank you John! I really don’t know how they are still there, but I sure am pleased that they are mate.
@Crocs4cats
@Crocs4cats 2 ай бұрын
Amazing! One of my favourite things is to get on Side by side maps and Geograph and go for a proper nosy 🤓
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Thank you. Yes, the NLS maps are an incredible resource for this type of thing!
@TheBigfella53
@TheBigfella53 2 ай бұрын
cracking vlog as always steve thank you
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Cheers mate, I’m very pleased you enjoyed it!
@IckeWalks
@IckeWalks 2 ай бұрын
Incredible work mate. Only just scratching the surface of what this country has to offer history wise! Now its a mission to explore the remains before Wimpy homes get involved. Even had the guns out, too.
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Cheers Gaz. We must’ve both finished watching each others vids at roughly the same time! Yes mate. It’s down to the likes of me n you to document these places. And others who follow 😉
@IckeWalks
@IckeWalks 2 ай бұрын
@@LeiceExplore Life mission mate.
@Drippy._Waz
@Drippy._Waz 2 ай бұрын
Cracking video, love your enthusiasm and thanks for sharing your genuinely interesting finds 👍🏻
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! It’s an absolute pleasure, and thanks for watching.
@ConqueredAdventures
@ConqueredAdventures 2 ай бұрын
That's absolutely amazing, dude 👌 I might have to take a peak myself. Thank you for your find mate and great info 👍
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Thank you. I’m pleased you enjoyed it buddy. I can’t get over the place haha!
@ConqueredAdventures
@ConqueredAdventures 2 ай бұрын
You're awesome dude, great sense of humour 😀 and I love the knowledge that I don't hold so well 👌
@firemon2217
@firemon2217 2 ай бұрын
Great Steve, I bet the chaps that worked there all those years ago would never have imagined it all being still there, derelict in the undergrowth, long forgotten
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Cheers buddy! Those men wouldn’t have imagined a prat like me turning up 102 years later either haha!
@chrisriddles9460
@chrisriddles9460 2 ай бұрын
Another brilliant find and video Steve. The landscape and villages of Northamptonshire and East Leicestershire are some of the prettiest in England. Thanks for your very early morning explore.
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Thank you Chris! They are quintessential English villages out this way, absolutely.
@rodsmith3911
@rodsmith3911 2 ай бұрын
It never fails to amaze me how much infrastructure has been abandoned in this country. Just left to rot for over a century! The amount of money that must have been laid out to build this incline and its operating equipment would be a large investment yet it has been abandoned there for a century! Another very interesting video. Thanks for letting us see these things that we would not have imagined were sitting there waiting to be discovered.
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Thank you Rod. It’s unbelievable what is left out there to discover. I’m looking forward to hopefully finding more. Thanks for watching.
@eddiek0507
@eddiek0507 2 ай бұрын
A great discovery Steve, hidden in lovely countryside. It's amazing to think the amount of time that had passed and the engine shed, winding drum and hoppers are still sitting there. You don't come across things like this very often, if at all...🤔👍🏻
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Cheers Eddie! It’s the stuff dreams are made of when your into this kind of thing mate
@h.bsfaithfulservant4136
@h.bsfaithfulservant4136 2 ай бұрын
Cool 😎. It's great to have these industrial remains out in nature. Nature wins in the end though. It's amazing really, when you consider what that area will have looked like in its heyday. Thanks Steve 👍
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! Nature fascinates me truly. I actually find it very artistic how nature takes over these places, I really do.
@AndyPriceVideos
@AndyPriceVideos 2 ай бұрын
Thanks, Steve. Great video love the way how nature is taking over everything.
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Cheers Andy! I hope your well. I know, it’s amazing the power of nature mate, especially on an early morning in the summer like this.
@wideyxyz2271
@wideyxyz2271 2 ай бұрын
💥❤
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Cheers!
@michelleb3843
@michelleb3843 2 ай бұрын
Loved it as always! Amazing to see what survives
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Thank you Michelle. I’m very pleased you enjoyed it.
@nottyash2316
@nottyash2316 2 ай бұрын
You need to look on the 25 inch maps on the NLS site which show trackbed to the south of the woodland.:The wheel mounted on concrete and the hoppers suggest the incline might have been reopened at some point in the 20th century, but only guessing.
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Thank you. Yes, I have since looked, I’ve also brought a great book that talks about the incline in detail.
@robd1365
@robd1365 2 ай бұрын
I wonder if the ironstone mines consisted of adits further south along the earthworks showed on the oldest nls map. I’m from Lincoln and extremely interested in our mining history. There are a lot of resources available and still a few hidden gems, maps show extensive narrow gauge trackways and loadings bays linking to the rail network. Lincoln is well worth a visit, the ironstone works from the early 1800s are still visible, having not been destroyed by later intensive limestone quarrying.
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Hell there! There may well have been adits, there are iron stone adits in Leicestershire to. I’ll look into Lincoln as it sounds very inviting
@johnmoar7658
@johnmoar7658 2 ай бұрын
now you have too look after it from the yobs
@peter15871
@peter15871 2 ай бұрын
Top mark's for the introduction of this video, nice find the incline/engine shed,winding wheel ,is it public access?. We have trees eating rail on the Baddesley paddy line, Great video..
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much! I’m very familiar with the paddy line, and I’ve also been in the close by tramway tunnel. All on video here somewhere
@peter15871
@peter15871 2 ай бұрын
@@LeiceExplore yes i sent you the photo of the viaduct with the rais in situ
@blisteringbarnaclesmagnets6364
@blisteringbarnaclesmagnets6364 2 ай бұрын
Cool 👍🧲⚓️
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@MattDavis_BeechingsGhosts
@MattDavis_BeechingsGhosts 2 ай бұрын
Excellent camera work at the beginning mate, you're getting the mood across and yes it was a lovely day! Was there no sign of mainline sidings there? I can't find that there were any
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Thank you Matt. I couldn’t see any evidence of a siding mate, it’s a few yards from the mainline, and also doesn’t show it on old maps either, it is a bit odd, but probably obvious. If it is, I ain’t seeing it haha!
@billynewton202
@billynewton202 2 ай бұрын
Brilliant video as always, quick question. If it's gravity fed and uses, as you say, full ones to lower and bring up empties. What would have the steam engine been used for?
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Cheers buddy! They were moving stone around the quarry itself with the steam engine, but still would’ve needed to shunt wagons into place at the top of the incline before they descended down to the tippler at the bottom.
@billynewton202
@billynewton202 2 ай бұрын
Nice one just wondered
@PendaMercia655
@PendaMercia655 2 ай бұрын
1840!
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Haha! Cheers Lord Beers/Earl of JOOP/Archbishop Pony tail LOL! Technically speaking, it’s more 1846 with the Syston & Peterborough railway.
@nigeltout5375
@nigeltout5375 2 ай бұрын
Excellent video. Very interesting to find that these remains are still there in such good condition. I have just had a look in the Eric Tonks series 'The Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands' and this quarry and incline are covered in book VI 'The Corby Area' (1992, ISBN 1 870754 06 9) pages 270-288 where there is considerable information and some old photographs.
@LeiceExplore
@LeiceExplore 2 ай бұрын
Thank you Nigel! You wouldn’t believe it, but I’m literally looking at old maps of the area, and looking at buying that particular book by Eric Tonks lol! Thanks for watching.
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