The Disused East Lincolnshire Railway Grimsby & Waltham

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9 ай бұрын

Welcome to part 3 of our story of the East Lincolnshire Railway between Louth and Grimsby. In this final part, me and Jim will be looking at the northern section from Grimsby, through Waltham and onto Holton-Le-Clay.
The now lost railway line was opened in 1848 and closed in 1970 to passengers. Although freight trains lasted until 1980 to access the Maltings in Louth. In it's early days, the line was run by the Great Northern Railway, before it transitioned into the LNER.
In part 1 we looked at Louth to Holton Le Clay.
As we saw in part 2 - some of the railway is still in user as part of the Lincolnshire Wolds Railway.
This video starts in Grimsby and the still open Grimsby Town station, before the East Lincolnshire Railway left the current line at Garden Street Junction. The lost railway line out of Grimsby was converted into a road in the 1990s as part of the A18 Peaks Parkway towards Waltham. There were two stations, or halts on this section that is now a road. Hainton Street Halt and Weelsby Road.
We can pick up the former railway line again as a footpath in New Waltham and here we find the site of the former Walthan railway station. Now demolished, but we look for remains of the platforms. The old station house was demolished only a short time ago, but was rebuilt on the same footprint after groundworks. The goods yard is now a culdesac called Station Mews. The station served the villages of New Waltham and Humberston between 1848 and 1964. It was originally named Waltham and Humberstone, but Humberstone was dropped soon after opening.
We follow the trackbed in the direction of Holton-Le-Clay village seeing a few old semaphore signal posts still errected. Upon arriving in the village, the trackbed is overgrown and the railway no longer a through route thanks to housing. We saw the Holton-Le-Clay station in part 1, but there was another station/halt in the village centre - Holton Village Halt.
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@JIMSIG15 9 ай бұрын

Brilliant video as always. I used to be the S&T director of the Lincolnshire Wolds railway and I did a survey of the line and the remaining signals that were still standing. The two featured in the video were Waltham's Down home (no2) which is the wooden post, and then the concrete one was Waltham's no1 Down distant. The bin that was at the side of the track is a ballast bin that was used by the pway to keep the track level. The remaining signals on the line are as follows: Holton le Clay: Deep in the cutting is the remains of the up distant (no 18) which is a lattice signal post. The entire arm was still attached until myself and a colleague recovered it for use on the LWR. At the station site on the Grimsby side of the crossing is a concrete signal post which was no17 Up Home. Between the signal and the level crossing the signal box once stood. North Thoresby: In between Grainsby level crossing and the crossing at North Thoresby is a concrete signal post which once carried the up distant (25) The Down home (2) still stands where the new run round loop has been installed. Ludborough The up distant (20) and the up Home (19) still stand. Both signal posts carried GN somersault signals and although 20 doesn't have anything on it, 19 still carries a GN somersault. Now operated as LU14, the signal was installed by myself and the then S&T department. The bracket signal at pear tree lane was Ludborough's Down distant (no 1) and satnds 1261 yds from the former Ludboorugh box. Louth: The only two still standing here are no44 Up distant and Down advanced starter 27. Both are concrete posts. The signals were fairly tall purely for sighting purposes as the line was dead straight but the line speed was high. The extra height allowed the drivers to spot the signals in plenty of time to adjust their speed accordingly.

@WobblyRunner 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic info. Really enjoyed reading that. Appreciate you taking the time to type it up 🙂.

@martinmarsola6477 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the walking tour today. Always look forward to seeing them. See you on the next, Paul. Cheers mates! ❤❤😊😊

@WobblyRunner 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Martin. All the best. See you soon

@Roblilley999 3 ай бұрын

Being an ex GRIMSBY/CLEETHORPES local, love this little line. Nice to see thriving, although was sad when they built peakes parkway

@Marc_von_Hoffrichter 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Paul. One of my favorite routes on Train Simulator! Thanks cobber. Cheers.

@WobblyRunner 9 ай бұрын

Excellent. That must be some journey

@chrischapman7514 9 ай бұрын

Another great documentary Paul enjoyed it once again thanx for sharing.

@WobblyRunner 9 ай бұрын

Cheers Chris 👍 Glad you enjoyed it

@mrbetamax1969 9 ай бұрын

Final got a free weekend to catch up with your vids . Nice to see the sun after a day like today. Distance memory August 2023 .top vid lads

@WobblyRunner 9 ай бұрын

😄 I thought you'd been quiet recently. Yeah what a rubbish day wasnt it. Sun only came out as I was driving to work tonight.

@mrbetamax1969 9 ай бұрын

@@WobblyRunner International break weekend off 👍

@ThomasthetrainspotterYT 2 ай бұрын

My dad said that he remembered climbing on the coal train on Peaks Parkway near the engine shed to Louth in 1970 (When it closed for passengers and then opened for freight)

@benabel7326 9 ай бұрын

Always great to see you in my home county. And I know how much those overgrown footpaths can be painful on the legs!

@WobblyRunner 9 ай бұрын

😄 those paths are the only good thing I like about winter when things start to die off a bit

@BegudMaximan-zp2tc 9 ай бұрын

Always a challenge to trace the course of these bygone routes, I like to see drone footage about 30 feet up( where possible) as if you were on the route and the view the drivers would see as they went along. The East Lincolnshire route was well placed and could have been singled without being totally abandoned for sure, but it wasn't to be as the the thinking of the day was if it doesn't pay, wipe it away. Thanks for the video, and well done.

@WobblyRunner 9 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙂 It is indeed a shame. One of many lines that probably still could be of value to the local areas had they not been so intent of ripping them up and destroying the infrastructure so quickly. Madness from a point of where we are now. I wonder if someone still around deeply regrets it.

@seamusmcevoy2011 9 ай бұрын

Some really dense undergrowth on that one, it made the discoveries all the more worthwhile. In the winter that section from Waltham Station down to the second signal really opens up when the weeds have disappeared, you can clearly see it's a track bed then. I'm pleased you found the 'little things' too, those warning signs and ballast troughs are something special.

@WobblyRunner 9 ай бұрын

A cracking section of line. I really enjoyed the whole series. Thanks again for everything. Looking forward to Wednesday.

@seamusmcevoy2011 9 ай бұрын

@@WobblyRunner Oh yes, me too.

@Anderslang14 9 ай бұрын

Been enjoying the series on this disused railway quite a lot. My Dad has lived in Holten Le Clay & Humberston most of my life and I was never aware growing up of the missing line and it's remains. My Dad always used to complain all those years how driving into Grimsby through Peaks Parkway was a nightmare with it's never ending traffic lights and I never would have thought it was once a large rail line into the town. Next time I'm down visiting I'll be sure to keep a closer eye for clues!

@WobblyRunner 9 ай бұрын

👍 I used to spend many school holidays in the 90s staying in Humberstone near the church. The disused railway didnt even register on my my mind back then. I do remember the new road though.

@lucythorne6994 3 ай бұрын

🚂👍

@davidgarratt5518 9 ай бұрын

The storage bin was for chipping stones that were used to pack underneath the track especially under joints when they became dipped.

@WobblyRunner 9 ай бұрын

Cheers David. That clears that up. I see quite a few around on my travels.

@davidgarratt5518 9 ай бұрын

I rember being on train going along filling them up with a shovel. So long ago but yeah that's what they were used for. I think they were every half mile but I'm not 100%. That was when we had length gangs on the p-way, each gang had their 6 miles to look after in the old days

@paulketchupwitheverything767 9 ай бұрын

Great video and good to see things like the old abutments and signals that are easily missed when you're out and about. Any plans to explore the abandoned route of the mythical HS2 railway for traces of segregated safe walking routes or remnants of hi-vis signage?

@WobblyRunner 9 ай бұрын

Haha I'd not really thought about it. Maybe HS2 "could have been" disused series in the future?

@maestromanification 9 ай бұрын

Great video to end Lincolnshire series Paul I reckon the signals posts were Walthams down distant and Holtons up distant The concrete bin was for fine ballast used for measured shovel packing

@WobblyRunner 9 ай бұрын

Any idea why they'd be so tall Russ? On such a straight line with good visibility

@maestromanification 9 ай бұрын

@@WobblyRunner Distants do tend to be tall so they stand out against the sky Paul

@jerrymerryweather8034 7 ай бұрын

I think letting this railway go was a wrong move for Lincolnshire as a whole, its the only steam railway in the county. The Ludborough station is a bit more realistic as opposed to the GLRPS (1980;s), they may get some money one day. Holton le Clay to Louth.