The railway tunnel that's also a castle that's also a house that's also haunted

The railway tunnel that's also a castle that's also a house that's also haunted - Clayton Tunnel

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Жыл бұрын

In tonight's ghost story, we take a look at Clayton tunnel, that's also a castle, a house and haunted
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@smivs Жыл бұрын

Who would have thought railways would be such spooky places. Loved these - thanks for doing them.

@Straswa Жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@richmcgee434 Жыл бұрын

That's a really neat design. Imagine it was none too quiet living there, rural or not, but the area certainly has a nice view.

@quillmaurer6563 Жыл бұрын

I'd take that over city (or worse, highway) noise. Not a constant noise like those sources, instead a (potentially fairly loud) train every once in a while, the rest of the time peace and quiet. I don't know how frequent trains are on that line, but being rural probably not obnoxiously often. And it probably isn't near any level crossings, and to my understanding trains in England don't blow their horns approaching level crossings like they do in the US (except those with "quiet crossing" upgrades).

@richmcgee434 Жыл бұрын

@@quillmaurer6563 I've spent more than half my life in a rural location less than a quarter mile from a not particularly active freight line. I will take city noise over that any time, because US trains do blow their horns, and not just at crossings. We're rural enough to have deer-on-tracks issues, and the freights run through about four or five times per night and only two or three times in the day. You get to where you can usually sleep through it, but only "usually" - and a quarter of a mile is not the same as being in a house built over the train tracks at all. Railroads are way more pleasant to watch from a distance than they are to live by day in, day out.

@Gabaghoulz Жыл бұрын

It’s always the ghost stories about railway tunnels that I find the most interesting.

@chasehudson7063 Жыл бұрын

I was disappointed with the lack of spooktober spirit this year. But I would like to thank you for being one of the highlights of my spooktober. All the halloween stories you told this month were fantastic. Now give yourself a good break, you deserve one with all the good content you pumped out recently

@harrisonallen651 Жыл бұрын

Very unusual for a tunnel to be in a shape of a castle, well done for Charles Dickens to a novel out of this ghost story.

@Graygeezer Жыл бұрын

I’ve seen several more train tunnel entrances that look like castles along the Rhine River Gorge in Germany, not far from the Lorelei Rock landmark.

@SR_superior_1000 Жыл бұрын

and also be a house and that, a haunted one

@matthew_natividad 8 ай бұрын

Or Thomas and friends

@KyriosMirage Жыл бұрын

This has been a great series, hoping you do it again next year!

@subnormality5854 Жыл бұрын

The inspiration for 'The Signal-Man' - great way to end the spooky month!

@frankduff18 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for putting out so many videos this month. I loved every single one of them.

@TheCreativeType Жыл бұрын

I got so used to waking up and watching the new ghost story that I was confused for a bit this morning when there was none, then I realized there wasn’t because Halloween was over.

@TheStickCollector Жыл бұрын

Idea of a rail line in a castle seems cool

@paulgraham7443 Жыл бұрын

Thats the Brighton Main Line, i throught i remembered it

@Momo_Kawashima Жыл бұрын

"Muriel! Where's me mallet?!" -her husband, trying to deal with the weird light

@ciarangleeson2880 Жыл бұрын

Let me guess, Courage The Cowardly Dog reference, am I right?

@Momo_Kawashima Жыл бұрын

@@ciarangleeson2880 yep

@LittleKitty22 Жыл бұрын

I just looked the Clayton Tunnel crash up on Wikipedia because I wanted to know exactly what signalling error caused this. Wikipedia states an automatic signal failed to return to danger! Automatic signal in 1861??? I don't think so... more likely, the wire had snapped. Accidents with snapped wires that kept signals showing "off" eventually led to the failsafe method, ie in case of the wire snapping the signal would return to danger. This method is still used today - in case of any fault, the signal returns to danger. That's an interesting story and what a unique building this is, this tunnel that's also a castle and a house. No wonder the ghosts like it there and that this inspired Charles Dickens' "The Signalman". "The Signalman" is by the way an incredibly accurate description of the life of early signalmen (now called signallers). There were far less safety devices than there were during later Victorian times (all were the results of tragedies), and without even a telephone connection to the adjoining signal boxes it would have been extremely lonely indeed. Early signalmen had by the way far more bell signals than later on due to the lack of a phone connection. This has been a very interesting month with all the ghost stories of the railways - thank you very much! We railway folks know how haunted it is on the rails, most of us can tell a few stories. The railways are over 200 years old now (in England anyway) so this is hardly surprising...

@ajaxengineco Жыл бұрын

Let me talk about the 'automatic signal' - it was a patented invention, and worked by a treadle placed inside the rail. The passing of a train pressed the treadle and a length of wire pulled the distant signal to danger. When it wanted to. If it didn't respond, as so often happened, a bell would instead ring and the signalman could work the signal with a hand-wheel. In this instance, three trains passed the Clayton Tunnel box in quick succession - the first went psst smoothly, but the signal failed to respond - by the before the signalman got to address that the second train was bearing down upon him. He got out his red flag and waved it just as the engine dove into the tunnel. It came to rest more than half a mile inside and began to set back. The third train approaches, and the signalman, as a result of a miscommunication with the north box, thought the tunnel was clear and did nothing to stop it. Thus followed the inevitable collision.

@LittleKitty22 Жыл бұрын

@@ajaxengineco Oh I see, wow, I didn't know that, thank you! When I heard automatic signal I pictured of course modern color light signals operated by track circuits and they of course were not around at the time. Seems it wasn't such a good invention though since it often didn't work, maybe that's why it didn't catch on. I think there would have been only this one signal at the time, since it was time interval signalling. And with this being "off" - disaster followed. What about this hand wheel, you mean something similar to what was used for level crossing barriers? Wow that's interesting! I wasn't aware there was a time this was used to operate signals, I thought after the first signals - actual boards that were literally put "on" and taken "off" - the next step was levers. But the oldest signalbox with levers I've heard of was from 1875, at Victoria station if I remember right. That wasn't a proper signalbox as we would understand it though, more like a hole in the wall. The box I worked for many years was from 1877 but that was already a proper signalbox (LNWR) - levers and interlocking, though the interlocking might have been from a later date. Fascinating! It's a shame that all the old signalboxes have been done away with, isn't it? I miss my old box. Now signalling is a glorified office job. The young kids starting now as signallers have no idea what actually goes on on the ground. It's a tragedy.

@kfcroc18 Жыл бұрын

You did one of these every October day, I tip my hat to you sir.

@Jimboliah3985 Жыл бұрын

And so, the Ghost train of thought reached its final destination.

@FailureMan1130 Жыл бұрын

I think this the most ghosts he's told us about, and I think that this is the best last halloween video.

@markmarano913 Жыл бұрын

I think this is a nice note to end Ghost Train of Thought on - not all ghosts are malicious!

@Brianrockrailfan Жыл бұрын

great ghost story 👍👻😲

@0ptera Жыл бұрын

This story and the reaction of the residents is so typically British.

@eliotreader8220 Жыл бұрын

My mum used to run an Gym in Manchester before moving to Cornwall. the Gym had once been an Industrial building my Grandmother told me about her own ghost story which happened while she was cleaning up one day after they had closed for the day. I understand she had seen the ghost of the night watchmen who had killed himself. she had found this out because someone who had worked there had told her about the accident

@TomatrontheOne Жыл бұрын

I can see this being the new Ed Sheeran song: Home in the Castle in the Tunnel

@ciarangleeson2880 Жыл бұрын

You mean Ed Sheeran, right?

@suryakamalnd9888 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video bro

@AdmiringSparks Жыл бұрын

The final one, amazing series

@AdmiringSparks Жыл бұрын

But I live in Australia

@brianbarker2551 Жыл бұрын

that's it for the spooky stuff I guess. Very well done

@aliminator1310 Жыл бұрын

What saddens me is that this will be the LAST episode. I enjoyed this theme VERY much, and I am impressed by your commitment to it!🥲

@eliotreader8220 Жыл бұрын

considering how many Navies died while building railway lines no wonder large parts of it has got it own story to tell

@LittleKitty22 Жыл бұрын

Every mile a life - that's what they said about it when the navvies built the railways.

@heymanwhatsgoingon Жыл бұрын

Happy Halloween everyone! Great vid to wake up to

@johnjephcote7636 Жыл бұрын

The 'signalling error' was the time interval system of despatching trains.

@ReubenAshwell Жыл бұрын

I remmeber travelling through this tunnel on Thameslink CityFlyer Class 319's when I was very younfg as well.

@advancetotabletop5328 Жыл бұрын

That‘s amazing.

@RailfanLoy Жыл бұрын

I herd about a ghost story about the southern railway station in Knoxville Tennessee

@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory Жыл бұрын

that would be epic to live in

@florjanbrudar692 Жыл бұрын

Never knew *this* of all tunnels is haunted!

@dontspikemydrink9382 Жыл бұрын

A playlist of the entire series, enjoy kzfaq.info/sun/PL8LYDi4Z5vveodhMcqaA9E_wzB6YXSAHu

@deathwishdrang1780 Жыл бұрын

pity there's not more detail on the residence, closeups, a walkaround, a layout plan, something about the towers maybe? but pretty good with the stock footage, thanks

@Hawkeye1701 Жыл бұрын

Continuing my favorite game of guessing the music used in these videos. And sadly I know this one... End credits of Trivia Murder Party 1. I'm a nerd! 😝

@vodnikdubs1724 10 ай бұрын

I mean if you can deal with trains frequently running under your feet, I’d imagine ghosts wouldn’t be much of a bother

@benjamingesinski9170 Жыл бұрын

How cool would it be to live over a train tunnel? Though personally, I'd rather live some place a little less haunted.

@angelsone-five7912 Жыл бұрын

Ghosts or not I`d happily live there.

@stimpypimpy7392 Жыл бұрын

Sad to see it go maybe next year tho

@Paulftate 11 ай бұрын

don't mess with my toot-toot ✔

@MainMite06 Жыл бұрын

2:54 Maybe this happened because: *Freaking trains in tunnels can vibrate your house if the terrain surrounding it is rigid!*

@56independent42 Жыл бұрын

Yes, but what if there was no trains detected?

@cremilar Жыл бұрын

Unique for it's appearance? Someone has forgoteen about Clay Cross tunnel.

@phillipnigro4384 Жыл бұрын

I want to live there

@glike2 Жыл бұрын

Also make it a hydropower plant

@alfaalvis_trainz Жыл бұрын

Java story pls ... That one i said in early November

@TheAvergeRailwayFan Жыл бұрын

Just one more day until the demons day!

@CycolacFan Жыл бұрын

The cottage has a basement? You wouldn’t want to start digging there…

@user-ws2fk3yx9j 5 ай бұрын

What causes the clayton tunnel crash

@21stcenturyozman20 Жыл бұрын

@ 1:15 - “the rear coach was decimated”. What, only 10 per cent of the coach was destroyed?

@geographyRyan Жыл бұрын

It looks kinda like Tidmouth Tunnel

@user-uh4dv2zn5m Жыл бұрын

let's put it on the map,,,,, boogie, boogie, boogie

@topquarkbln Жыл бұрын

I live in an apartment building from 1876. I can hear the wind in the old chimney pipe leading above the roof when there are heavy winter storms. But I'm an engineer and those don't believe in ghosts 🤣🤣🤣

@scorchx3000 Жыл бұрын

Unique tunnel building? Bramhope tunnel would like a word. XD

@johndavies1090 Жыл бұрын

The north end of Shugborough Tunnel (LNWR Trent Valley line) is similalrly ornate, and old time railwaymen called it the 'Gates of Jerusalem." There isn't a cottage as part of it, though - the lengthman's house was/is about three quarters of a mile south along the road to Rugeley, eqidistant between the entrances

@isaiahvang144 10 ай бұрын

Haunted Castle Tunnel House. I dare someone trying to say that 10 times fast.

@Dulaman107 Жыл бұрын

Ok, now do the Irish one

@andrewmontgomery5621 Жыл бұрын

🎃 Happy 🎃 Halloween 🎃

@MainMite06 Жыл бұрын

1:52 Maybe because: *Its a freaking castle house built on top of an active railway tunnel!* Of course you will hear bare metal wheels scraping and shreaking on top of metal rails!🤣🤣

@56independent42 Жыл бұрын

Yes, but what if there was no trains detected?

@jacobryan4569 Жыл бұрын

Did the old lady also have a dog named courage?

@Bubbles_69921 10 ай бұрын

So, if you go for a dump....

@TRUECEL14 Жыл бұрын

The ghosts are people in purgatory

@Alex-cw3rz Жыл бұрын

For the last episode, I have a horror story for you, about an auld empty Station, Did you ever here the story of the old empty Station? Well, There was nothing in it

@OddBallThe4th8382 Жыл бұрын

You know, over the years I’ve come to know KZfaqr commenters, I’ve grown fond of them, but I can’t help But feel they’re a bunch of idiots. (Mainwaring says that after Fraser’s story)