Great Northern Railway Alpine Route

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Great Northern Railway Alpine Route

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Paul Whitewick

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@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Hey peeps. Go visit Darren's channel here: kzfaq.info

@RoddyJenkins 4 жыл бұрын

The Whitewicks subscribe!

@yorkshirepatriot2036 4 жыл бұрын

Another great video 😀 Paul and Rebecca

@anianoenrique2115 2 жыл бұрын

Channels like this are more entertaining than anything coming out of Hollywood these days.

@andrewholloway231 4 жыл бұрын

Paul, Rebecca, Darren, thank you so much for this video. Absolutely so enjoyable. Great piece of Bank Holiday Monday viewing.

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew. Glad you enjoyed it

@michaelpilling9659 4 жыл бұрын

One of your best guys. Thanks to Darren too. Marvellous video - so much history. Great camera work. Amazing viaducts

@tonybowker2430 4 жыл бұрын

The effort they put in for ghe railways in the late 1800s was quite stupendous. They must have expected HUGE financial returns. And they were so well built that they have withstood nearly 100 years of neglect. Thank for the videos

@carlwilson1772 4 жыл бұрын

Agree wholeheartedly. They built every single piece of that to LAST. And last it has.

@dieselbushcraft1299 4 жыл бұрын

Great to see you guys in collaboration creating a wonderful video, thanks guys. Those lines must of been impressive in their hay day.

@bullettube9863 4 жыл бұрын

It never ceases to amaze me to see the craftsmanship displayed in the construction of tunnels and bridges in Britain! These were basically short line railroads with the dreams of grandeur and big profits. In the early days of American railroading they built everything out of wood, and when or if the railroad made money they redid the bridges in iron and made their stations bigger and better. Some of the early RRs in the northeastern US used massive stone viaducts, but the westward expansion was done on the cheap. Yet British railroads started with high quality construction right from the beginning. Did you know that a lot of America's railroads (and industries) were partially financed by British investors?

@2H80vids 4 жыл бұрын

.......and vice versa. There was a fair bit of American money in Britain's railways, particularly the London Underground lines.

@owencarlstrand1945 4 жыл бұрын

@@2H80vids Indeed, Charles Yerkes from Philadelphia was the main man.

@2H80vids 4 жыл бұрын

@@owencarlstrand1945 Certainly one of them.👍

@mikeholdaway2412 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys this is the area of disused railway I've been researching and now I can see it. It's a bit far from New Zealand just to pop up and see it for myself. Cheers 🚂🛤😎

@MartinZero 4 жыл бұрын

Wish I could of played out as well. great video 👍

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Next time!..... twas very short notice.

@hubertvancalenbergh9022 4 жыл бұрын

I particularly liked the underground bits. And the music! Very Cocteau Twins.

@andrewholloway231 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, Thornton viaduct is amazing, absolutely amazing.

@ColinH1973 4 жыл бұрын

Really great to see you back up North. Hopefully at some point you may take in the wonder that is Wharram Percy? Deserted village on the Yorkshire Wolds with its own station and tunnel. Highly recommended (again 😁)! Lovely footage. 👍

@pilpelet100 4 жыл бұрын

Nice to see you up north! I kept on expecting Martin Zero to appear!

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

One day soon we shall meet again

@megagarrym6318 4 жыл бұрын

Great to see you in West Yorkshire. Beeching was very busy round here so there's loads of disused railways all over the place, many turned into cycle tracks, many built on and many left to re-wild. I think you probably found one of the better ones in this episode though.

@timjennings8488 4 жыл бұрын

Paul Rebecca Darren great video once again very interesting all them tunnels and viaducts on a fairly short stretch of old railway line

@Blade_Daddy Жыл бұрын

Kudos to Rebecca for adding 9her special actions to these videos. ❤

@simontaylor4791 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another quality video i already subscribe to Darrens channel as a lot of it has been local to me

@barnabykirk7662 4 жыл бұрын

Hi I happen to live near Keighley and I have cycled over the hewendon viaducts many times. As usual a great video!

@philhumphreys5096 4 жыл бұрын

Great video as usual. I do enjoy you both joining forces with other interesting partners. I have now also signed up for Darren’s site. Keep up the good work

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Phil. He's very thorough.

@nixtax3526 4 жыл бұрын

Great explore , thanks all

@andrewholloway231 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, Hewendon viaduct is impressive. Superb.

@grahamshillingford8229 Жыл бұрын

Many stunning locally quarried sandstone viaducts on this line, locally taken for granted when driving about but it is a beautiful area to explore... Huddersfield also has many stone viaducts to boast of...

@w0033944 3 жыл бұрын

Superb railway architecture as so often on your channel!

@lindamccaughey6669 4 жыл бұрын

I did what you told me last video and subscribed to Darrens channel. This video was fantastic all those beautiful tunnels. The culvert was stunning. I so enjoyed that. Thanks for taking me along and p,ease stay safe

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Linda. Very much appreciated

@doingstuffoutdoors3002 4 жыл бұрын

This explore is my idea of the perfect day out...👍👍👍👍.....i love tunnels

@a11csc 4 жыл бұрын

great content as usual i already sub to darrens channel from when he did the vid with martin stay safe and keep em coming

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome thank you!

@katherinekinnaird4408 4 жыл бұрын

Hi I'm new to your channel. Very interesting episode. Especially the viaduct. Love trains and tunnels. Safe travels God bless you from Bakersfield California USA.

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Katherine. Welcome to the channel

@owencarlstrand1945 4 жыл бұрын

The stones around the perimeter of an arch are called voussoirs. The most important voussoir is the key stone at the apex of the arch. The springers at each side of the arch where it meets the abutments are also important.

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Owen

@carlwilson1772 4 жыл бұрын

Really superb content, enjoyed it very much. That infrastructure was so well built. 70 years on from closure and 150 years from when it was built and it still stands, despite the encroachment of nature. A testament to all involved in its construction.

@HM...333 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, if you like abandoned railway bridges and viaducts, you could visit the lobb wood/lobb ghyll viaduct near Bolton abbey in Yorkshire. It is massive and amazing. Plus you could also visit the near Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway for the rest of the day

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. That sounds very interesting

@HM...333 4 жыл бұрын

@@pwhitewick your very welcome. I would love to see a video on it in the future.

@johnmatthew6007 3 жыл бұрын

I really like these Peeps, Paul and Rebecca, and their tunnel adventures. I'd like to go walking with them muchly! 😀

@furryanimal8776 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fascinating. Chris.

@peterthornton2396 Жыл бұрын

Love you guys. Especially Darren 😊

@pwhitewick Жыл бұрын

Legend isn't he

@peterthornton2396 Жыл бұрын

@@pwhitewick you all are. Thoroughly enjoy your videos. Me and the mrs were watching you and the wife last night on some old canal videos. You have created the best job in the world for yourselves 👍🏻

@t.vanoosterhout233 4 жыл бұрын

Very enjoyable vid, one of your best. You actually finding and entering those tunnels makes for great footage!

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers

@sheriffjohn2498 4 жыл бұрын

another good video. Enjoying the countryside, spring flowers and large railroad stone bridges.

@HenrysAdventures 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video as always. I love those covered sections of track forming a tunnel, always good so see something a bit different!

@richardayrton2697 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent collabrotive video with Darren! This is a very interesting route.

@Jimyjames73 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing 😀🚂🚂🚂 I enjoy watching your vids 😊

@stewartshackleton7825 4 жыл бұрын

My daughter lived in Cullingworth and then Denholme. We used to like walking to and on the Hewenden Viaduct - which also could be seen from her cottage in Denholme. Only 150 miles to Fontburn.

@TheClockwise770 4 жыл бұрын

Another exciting episode , as our Mavis always said, You have to gan canny for a blocked up Portal

@British99 4 жыл бұрын

Great to see a full explore of this line. I did recce parts of it when I used to do courier work in the area, with a view to making a model of the Queensbury Triangle.

@jamesgilbart148 4 жыл бұрын

Another great exploration! Shame all these finely-engineered structures are so often buried or closed off

@davegb99 3 жыл бұрын

My area is this. Looked around that area quite a bit although not as much as you did. The area around Denholme approaching Doe Park Res is always boggy. As a kid we used to play on the Hewenden viaduct before it was covered in tarmac. My friend used to live in one of the Station Cottages. The Wilsden Station though is a mile or more from the village so not surprised it closed in the late 1950s early 1960s. There are some good photos of the station on line though and the village history website.

@billyruss 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, it's got a lot more impassable since I walked the entire Queensbury route back in 1982! Another great video :-)

@13soxs 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely Jubbly, great stuff again, thank you all.....

@Jonathan-A 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. I was brought up in Cullingworth in the 70s and remember Hewenden Viaduct - it was supposed to be off limits then as it was in quite a dangerous state. - Great to see it's been renovated.

@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS 4 жыл бұрын

awesome presention. very footwetting......love exploring tunnels and viaducts.. thank you

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Keith.

@juleshathaway3894 4 жыл бұрын

Another enjoyable and informative video, thanks guys. It was interesting about the inverted tunnels, I did not know about that reason. Often low tunnels were built on the insistence of the landowner who didn't want to see trains across their land. Incidentally, in the tunnels the recesses as you call them are known as refuges.

@terryplumb4833 4 жыл бұрын

Superb video really enjoyed that one fantastic viaducts thank you

@EandEFC 4 жыл бұрын

Great video as ever cant beat a good tunnel to get inside

@atoach 4 жыл бұрын

Hello from Queensbury! Literally just got back from a walk to Thornton Viaduct. The invasive pink flower is Himalayan Balsam.

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Ah yes that was it.

@robinjones6999 4 жыл бұрын

Great content guys, as usual

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@JaneOO 4 жыл бұрын

Great to see you in Yorkshire

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Pleasure to be here

@charliejames9698 4 жыл бұрын

Again a quick video and very interesting thanks you lot better than the TV

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Charlie. One of our longer ones!

@charliejames9698 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry I meant to say it long one keep it up guys

@carolbage8300 4 жыл бұрын

What a cracking day out. Thanks guys. And, you ventured north this time. Very brave. Next time Causey Arch, maybe? The older, surviving, single arched railway bridge in the world. Bob

@davie941 4 жыл бұрын

hey paul and rebecca , thank you for another cool and really interesting video , really enjoyed it well done :)

@paulhardingharding3192 4 жыл бұрын

That was one of your better ones, well done

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul

@MrBook123456 3 жыл бұрын

Great video

@danielbarrows7144 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely loved the stonework tunnels little streams beautiful flowers 🌺 and your lovely wife as well! The bull was very intimidating 🐮😈😳 I've been watching Martin Zeros videos and found you guys in one of his episodes! 👍🏻

@MrLargePig 4 жыл бұрын

Quite a bit in a short stretch! Well done.

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Loads in a short stretch.

@ChrisNother 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Paul/Rebecca, really enjoying your videos, love the camera work! Just a thought but maybe a map screenshot with POI's at the beginning of the videos might be useful for the viewer?

@alantraish3368 4 жыл бұрын

Wow that’s got even worse at Well Heads tunnel since I was there in 2000. The Thornton portal was easy to get to even tho I did it near midnight?Freaked me out i cam tell you. The other end I attempted too (in daylight) but was beaten back when my foot went into a rusty old drum which contained ? Got pics somewhere. Did the others too but never went in and Queensbury and Lees Moor. Lea Bank I missed but did Old Lane and Wheatley. Not all the viaducts were open then . Totally fascinated by the Queensbury lines as I have the books on them and various magazines (back track and steam days). I believe there is/was a plan for the trail to go through Well Heads but I suppose this now might depend on how the Queensbury debacle turns out ? Fantastic footage 👍

@malcolmsmith6615 4 жыл бұрын

Some interesting and unusual engineering items. Very attractive stonework on the bridges where many companies would have just used brick. It’s not often you actually see the brick invert (inverted arch foundation) in a tunnel as they are often buried under the ballast and dirt. Not all tunnels have them though, only where there is a risk of ground heave. Another good video, thank you.

@Andy-From-England 4 жыл бұрын

Hi that was a great video folks I love the abandoned tunnels

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Andy

@ROBERTSCOIN 4 жыл бұрын

that guy who was with you was on martin zero's channel a couple of weeks back

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Yup. Gets around doesn't he

@memofromessex 4 жыл бұрын

Great one, thanks! And I have subscribed to Adventure Me 😊

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thanks.

@neilbain8736 3 жыл бұрын

The architecture changes as you travel along. The really class stuff gives way to plainer brickwork by these not quite cut and covered tunnels- I wonder if they were an afterthought due to unstable cuttings. Or maybe they ran out of money. A lot of tunnels have inverts. I think the failure of it may be the cause as to why Grantshouse Tunnel collapsed during the ECML electrification and people killed. I think it was being deepened to allow for overhead. It's about 20 miles north from Berwick on Tweed. I'm a bit hazy on detail but the rock was inherently unstable and naturally fractured anyway. There is a plaque on the narrow road above that you can get to off the A1. The tunnel was ultimately buried and the line detoured so neatly around in a cutting that the route is really difficult to spot from a train. The really odd thing is that the tunnel was that near the edge of the hill that it seems like it could have been bypassed during construction.

@ricbchirop4355 4 жыл бұрын

Love your videos keep up the great work . ,are you going to to any on the Great central (The London Extension ?

@Simon-ui6db 4 жыл бұрын

That Himalayan balsam is a bugger to get rid of, once flowered if you touch the pods they explode sending the seeds feet away.

@davecampbell5734 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another interesting video take care stay safe.

@silvioatutube 4 жыл бұрын

@ 4:05 Ah! Got your nose! Also, Rebecca, you may not be Queensbury, but you are quite regal.

@The_Cultural_Historian_DrRGST 4 жыл бұрын

I like the new beginnings

@ianjackson6751 4 жыл бұрын

Good video most enjoyable..

@raphaelnikolaus0486 3 жыл бұрын

Just came back here, because I was looking a bit further into the historic Great Northern Railway. Well, the one that went from London King's Cross (which it built) up to Doncaster and York. But the Great Northern this video is about, apperas to be different one. Or at least the route seems to have been a branch line or so, but definitely not part of the the original Main-line route.

@dragon-lf9ow 4 жыл бұрын

I'd really enjoy to go on your guys explorations they look load's of fun

@trainsinkansas576 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video.

@colincaulton3353 4 жыл бұрын

Great Vidio from Colin The Head

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

@four_makers 4 жыл бұрын

I suggested on Darren's last video with Martin that they should cover the Queensbury Tunnel saga, and at one point you were less than a mile from it - future video perhaps?

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

We covered Queensbury Tunnel around January time. Have a look back and you'll find it.

@four_makers 4 жыл бұрын

@@pwhitewick whoops, just rewatched it, it was actually the first video of yours I watched ;). There's been plenty of developments since....

@RealJustinCrow 4 жыл бұрын

looks quite viable to reopen as a through cycle/walk path. Those tunnels were in pretty decent shape

@kest8653 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice line that.

@milowadlin 4 жыл бұрын

Seemed like a boatload of Foxglove in the first 8 min. Is that right? Lovely

@3kimcarter 4 жыл бұрын

Great video thoroughly enjoyable,just been through Torpantau tunnel,now coffee and cake, feet up watching your film.♥️

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Haha. There's a lovely cafe just down the hill from the southern portal

@BARNTRIKEMAN 4 жыл бұрын

Cracking video.

@stephencameron4032 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Paul and Rebecca, thank you for another lovely video, I wonder, have you considered the old cattle drovers routes as a subject?, I don't know how many are still rights of way, or if there are any near you guys, but, I suspect that like the disused railways, a lot of them have been lost, although it is another possibility, anyway, stay safe, all the best from Scotland, Stephen.

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Stephen. We actually have a few near us so definitely a good idea when we have the time.

@rockhamstertactical9851 4 жыл бұрын

Good one! Incredible amount of infrastructure out there. What would you say is your ‘go-to’ online resource when planning a visit? Impressive stuff 👍

@marcuslee8789 4 жыл бұрын

As I'm sure you recall, this is very much my home territory - how great to see it in all its glory (I've not seen lots of it but the Hatherden/Hewenden viaduct was always a lovely sight). Will you also go further north on this line? (Lees Moor tunnel, the old track into Keighley etc.) - I really enjoyed this, thanks a lot gang!

@marcuslee8789 4 жыл бұрын

* Harecroft (not Hatherden) - I'm getting phases of my life mixed up!

@sidewaysaction9983 4 жыл бұрын

The main contractor on the building of the GNR was Abraham woodiwiss a distant relation of mine, as an employer he certainly had blood on his hands but was very wealthy.... don't know what happened to the fortune but do know I don't have it. He also did a stretch of the Settle Carlisle. Probably never used a shovel in his life but could obviously organise a big job.

@2H80vids 4 жыл бұрын

Bad news when the ground's that wet, even in August.😬 Interesting subject matter again guys, less known than the K&WVR but crammed with history nonetheless.👍👌😁

@newforestpixie5297 3 жыл бұрын

Since watching a British film called Ghost Stories ( actor from The Office & the long film about Goblins etc ) I just couldn’t enter a Railway Calvert . Another British Movie called Sightseers features maybe that very aqueduct ...very funny film. Beats watching southampton fc at least 😁👍

@MsVanorak 4 жыл бұрын

4.48 - I was looking on Google Maps the other evening and there were a few very short tunnels that they built because they couldn't stop landslides. It looks as if one of the tunnels has collapsed from above.

@seany84uk 4 жыл бұрын

When do you plan to cover the Halifax high level line? I live right next to one of the tunnels.

@Sim0nTrains 4 жыл бұрын

Some of those tunnels and viaducts were amazing, great video. Just wondering with the Patreon thank you at the end which is a great addition, how come my name isn’t there just wondering ?

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

That's very odd Simon. Big apologies from us. We will get you added for next week.

@andrewholloway231 4 жыл бұрын

Denholme Tunnel is in amazing condition.

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Yup, it's was clearly well built and lasted the test of time.

@apierc1 2 жыл бұрын

Those bovine were not happy with you being there 😁

@nickbannister775 4 жыл бұрын

Remember when this route still had rails (rusty) would have made a good avoiding Bradford line for freight as Bradford is a terminus.

@MsVanorak 4 жыл бұрын

Its a shame the Worth Valley/Keithley railway cant have it. If not the Queensbury tunnel then the route through to Bradford.

@RustyShackleford66 3 жыл бұрын

I pedaled a bike along Thornton viaduct wall when i was a kid. God, i was a f$%#ing moron!

@paulrandolph4171 4 жыл бұрын

Good as always but could have been longer as so much to see

@pwhitewick 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely Paul, gotta leave you wanting more though! Darren will no doubt do a very detailed trip and video.

@UKAbandonedMineExplores 4 жыл бұрын

Dam those Victorians and their prettyness. Never heard of reverse tunnels before :o)

@sr6424 4 жыл бұрын

Really interesting reading the Wikipedia about the Queensbury lines. If you've travelled on the Worth Valley line you have travelled on the last remaining section of the lines (a short distance though). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensbury_lines

@srfurley 3 жыл бұрын

There’s still something o see at all three ends of the line. If you look to the East shortly before reaching Ingrow West Station you can see the abutments of a bridge which would have carried the main line into Ingrow East. At Halifax the third platform still exists, and now has some sort of children’s place on it, not sure exactly what it is, nursery, playgroup, something like that. At Bradford it’s still just about possible to make out where the line ran. The present day lines from Halifax and Leeds into the Interchange join at Mill Lane Junction. Just before this junction the line from Queensbury came in from the West and passed under the Halifax line before joining the line from Leeds at St. Dunstan’s, where there was once a Station. This is very close to where the huge tyre fire was a few months ago. Interchange was built on the site of an old goods station. The tracks used to pass under the road to the right of it to enter the old Exchange station on the site where the law courts are now.