Hidden Secrets of the Standedge Tunnels - Part 2

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A behind the scenes look at the famous Standedge Tunnels, located in between Marsden in West Yorkshire, and Diggle in Greater Manchester. Four tunnels that carry rail and canal services underneath Saddleworth Moor. Once hailed as the longest canal tunnel in the world.
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@thebollock9427 4 месяца назад

Ah the cathedral, remember it well. During the track re-lay back in 2006 i drove a jarvis van down the disued 'up' bore at 80mph!😂 Great fun! Also, if he's still there, the signalman at Diggle was very knowledgeable. Knew everything there was to know about Standege tunnel. In the signal box there was photographs of the rail disaster that happened at the Diggle end of the tunnel. Derailment I believe. Did you know over 100 men died building those tunnels, and dozens injured? It's correct about the cathedral being used for worship during construction. In fact the men lived in the tunnel during construction.

@andisadler2897 2 месяца назад

what about the devil worshipping and pentagon drawing on wall. 666 and pictures of the devil. Its all there or used to be. See clip in 1984 Huddersfield Examiner.

@shirleylynch7529 4 месяца назад

Brilliant. So interesting packed full of history. Those men who built those tunnels were so clever. Craftsmen of the best of their time. Amazing Darren. Thank you so much

@jetsons101 4 месяца назад

Darren, I hope you know how lucky you are to have so much History at your fingertips to explore with endless journeys. For being so simple, it is still quite a complex system. I will always give parse to the workers that did all the real work, if they could only come back and see how long their tunnels have lasted and are still in used today....... Thanks to Darren for his time, work and posting and keeping history alive.

@robbo7189 4 месяца назад

So my dad and grandad was right about the church under the hills Darren .both of them use to tell me amazing stuff about the mills,railways and industry around these parts look forward to you proving them correct about a few more tales .👍👍

@octopus680 4 месяца назад

The Cathedral bit was stunning -thanks for that.

@nigelbarker4135 4 месяца назад

Just how did they complete these vast complexes in just candle light🤔 A stupendous feat of engineering. Fantastic Darren. This series is the cream of your already brilliant blogs🫡👍👏👏👏👏

@Tuberuser187 4 месяца назад

They had specialised miners oil lamps by the time the first railway tunnel was built, still not great but much better than candles, couldn't cause gas explosions and were a decent price as mass production hit its stride immediately. The canal tunnel would have been candles or normal oil lamps though.

@peterthornton2396 4 месяца назад

Nice Darren. We know these tunnels are very old and technology has moved on, but how many men today could build a project like that?? Probably not as many as back in the Victorian days.

@JP_TaVeryMuch 4 месяца назад

Apparently (as stated by a commenter below) over one hundred navvies died during the construction. I'm not sure that there's even that many necessary now on HS2 tunnels, for example.

@markST24 4 месяца назад

All that brickwork for miles...Absolute amazing workmanship...Hats off to the men that built them tunnels...

@michaelmiller641 4 месяца назад

Fascinating video, Darren. Thankyou. I look forward to the next episode

@EngelsNederfiele 4 месяца назад

It's amazing to see the interconnections between all the tunnels and how they allow for escape routes should anything go wrong. Having watched many a video on the construction of modern long distance 'base' tunnels under European mountain ranges, it's nice to see that the Victorians weren't always just about profit, something their modern successors here in the UK need to remember.

@jeremywade9287 4 месяца назад

I live in Huddersfield and must have gone through the tunnel hundreds of times. I know a lot of the history of the line but it is nice to see inside of the tunnel. Keep doing these fascinating videos.

@tibsie 4 месяца назад

I have always found tunnels to be fascinating. It's not only that they can be remarkable feats of engineering, not just a hole in the ground, but it's the idea that you are almost entirely surrounded by hundreds of metres (or in some tunnels, multiple kilometres) of rock. It's a primal, visceral, and scary feeling. Combine that with weird acoustics and strange sounds it's no wonder that tunnels are often associated with ghosts. I love all kinds of, what I call, industrial archaeology. I love looking at an old industrial building and seeing traces of what it was used for and where all the machinery used to be.

@davidnm21 4 месяца назад

Fascinating stuff Darren I’m always keen anything to do with abandoned railways or canals especially the architecture. Loved the little Ghostbusters scene made it just that bit creepier. Look forward to Part III in this series.

@shaunwest3612 4 месяца назад

Great video Darren,a marvel of Victorian engineering, just incredible 😀👍👌

@peterhemsley4113 4 месяца назад

Great work Darren ! Looking forward to the next episode.👍

@a11csc 4 месяца назад

just loving this series darren

@malcolmrichardson3881 4 месяца назад

Absolutely amazing construction, especially the water-powered ventilation system. As you say, it would be something to have a walking/cycle route through one of those tunnels. Looking forward to the next instalment. Thank you.

@lynnballington8467 4 месяца назад

Hello Darren are you well very interested video of the secret tunnels even with the transparent train going past my favourite train best wishes take care stay safe and warm xx❤😅😅😊

@MarkDenson-ld8bf 4 месяца назад

Thank you again Darren

@MegaJohn1960 4 месяца назад

I’ve walked through those tunnels a couple of times about 30 years ago, it’s great that with your videos I can now show everything that I saw all those years ago and have told everyone about

@familylife3624 4 месяца назад

nice second part there darren , love that tunnel system would love a mouch round there myself

@suesmith4366 4 месяца назад

Wow amazing Darren and I got to see the cathedral 😮 I’ve heard about it but never seen it, it will be amazing to actually be in there. Can’t wait for the next part. 😎

@paulharvey9149 4 месяца назад

Darren, that's amazing. Just as well you're so well-practiced at getting down and up again - for those lower-shots into the canal tunnel! You kind of want a barge going through at the same time, so they can shine their lights upwards, don't you?!! But I mean, when you consider those navvies, working in what would have just been a long hole under a mountain, in almost total darkness: it's a wonder they had any sense of which directions to aim their picks and shovels in at all - let alone make such a good job as they did! And such an ingenious air-con system, too!

@jeffdayman8183 4 месяца назад

Another great one Darren! Thanks for sharing it. Cheers!

@JP_TaVeryMuch 4 месяца назад

1:48 Wow, the power of fluid dynamics in motion. Horizontal rain in a tunnel. You wouldn't believe it would you?

@davewright4380 4 месяца назад

Another great video Darren, I have travelled by train many times through these tunnels but fascinating to really see what it's like inside!😊

@shirleysmith1713 4 месяца назад

Didn’t know they had a cathedral in the tunnels. As usual Darren very interesting video. Love the history. Thanks, can’t wait for the next video 👍🏻😀

@tomgirldouble3249 4 месяца назад

Amazing, loved the stove & the 'cathedral' was incredible too😮

@lilchris26 4 месяца назад

Brilliant video, the Cathederal was brilliant..

@nickthomas181 4 месяца назад

Fascinating vlogs,many thanks.

@TheGramophoneGirl 4 месяца назад

Great video as always.

@oddsandwindsocks5905 4 месяца назад

Hi Darren. Beautiful cathedral roof . Those bits looked like brick rather than stone .

@tjweston1 4 месяца назад

Brilliant as usual x

@daddylive9920 4 месяца назад

Yo! (thank you for the GBII bits)

@martinmarsola6477 4 месяца назад

Thank you for the dark tunnel tour of the railway system. A great unusual tour to take. Good to see you again, Darren. See you next. Cheers Darren!😊

@hollimurray8856 4 месяца назад

Amazing video 😊

@nataliesmith303 4 месяца назад

So fascinating 😊

@davidnorman7761 4 месяца назад

Superb yet again.just one complaint Darren these annoying adverts on you tube

@AdventureMe 4 месяца назад

you'll have to speak to youtube about that lol

@dizzydevil547 4 месяца назад

I know i hate them too! the ONLY way you can get rid of them is to upgrade tou you tube premium and that costs 12 quid a month for a single viewer 19 quid a month for a family one were you can have 5 people on it! ...they aint daft you know lol i have noticed though the ads have got more frequent than they used to be sometimes with 2 right after each other ...i took out the premium as its worth it for me as watch a lot of yt vids! BUTa lot of channels are monitized so the channel owner gets so much for the adds apearing ..so im led to belive so that 12 quid a month helps make up the shortfall for the monitzed channel if you buy it to get rid of the ads! I'm sure Darren being a content provider can POSSIBLY claer that up if im wrong ..i have my own YT channel but i used to use it for music and not posted for ages ect so i have nowhere reached the status of getting a montized thing as most of the stuff i posted got cut in different coutries due to Copywright ect BUT i aint been kicked off YT yet with my channel lol

@paulwilliams8725 4 месяца назад

The good old days before health and safety

@rogerc7960 4 месяца назад

Air flow was important during the age of steam/smoke

@JP_TaVeryMuch 4 месяца назад

Still is. Viz, the lorry-sized airlocks in the channel tunnel and as far as I'm aware every tunnel with modern safety standards.

@lindseykaine-walley6339 4 месяца назад

I'm claustrophobic so You would never find me in a tunnel so by watching I know what its like now. Really enjoying these explores I bet that train passing was very noisy! 👍😊

@acepilot2067 4 месяца назад

Just discovered your channel. Fantastic. Subbed

@AdventureMe 4 месяца назад

Welcome aboard!

@alankennedy3398 4 месяца назад

Fantasy video you’re so lucky to have gained access into these tunnels

@AdventureMe 4 месяца назад

I know. So grateful

@kellettor 4 месяца назад

Your videos are awesome 👌 keep up the ace work, youre really good at that you do

@AdventureMe 4 месяца назад

Thanks mate. Plenty more to come

@stephensaines7100 4 месяца назад

The workman's cubbyhole fireplace flu @5:20 would have probably back-flowed as trains passed. Pretty brutal life.

@cedarcam 4 месяца назад

I think the cabins were for a brick layers gang. I knew a man whose depot was in Bramhope tunnel. He said it was horrid in there with the smoke. With so many interconnected tunnels there was sure to be brick layers gangs for them. I had heard about the ventilation in there great to see what it looks like.

@christopherarmitage7289 4 месяца назад

Something that you didn't quite right in your commentary, the canal tunnel, being at a slightly lower than the railway tunnels, was used to carry the spoil away in barges from all the tunnel excavations via the cross passages.

@christinehodge3608 Месяц назад

Very interesting video, abit creepy in places,

@chrismccartney8668 4 месяца назад

As someone who is a little claustrophobic I enjoyed this video and others by martin Zero watched at a distance...!!

@nonoyorbusness 4 месяца назад

Build your own cathedral!

@roberttaylor465 4 месяца назад

I'm local to the Marsden end so very familiar with this area, back in the 80s me and a couple of mates walked through the train tunnel as you did, at the time I think the canal tunnel wasn't actually in use as most of the narrow canal down the Colne valley was derelict. The old story goes there was devil worship in the cathedral, star on the ground and symbols on the walls, can't say I recall such a thing just rubbish from other "visitors".

@HockeySemp 4 месяца назад

The large void area 5:27 from the old workers hut, could this not be a place they would have dumped coal for the fire? I imagine back then on this line, coal was pretty plentiful!

@chrisbow1776 4 месяца назад

How easy is it to get in there? Is there security cameras etc at the gate? I have never looked at how to get in even though I drive over Marsden often. Would love to walk through.

@AdventureMe 4 месяца назад

I don't know tbh. I was on an escorted tour.

@chrisbow1776 4 месяца назад

@@AdventureMe Ah, I didn't know they did escorted tours, any chance of any info on how to get a toure?

@AdventureMe 4 месяца назад

@@chrisbow1776 They don't officially. I was invited with a maintenance team

@dizzydevil547 4 месяца назад

Darren looking forward to part 3! Quick question.....(And i know they may have been removed long ago once steam was replaced by electric or Diesel and the tracks pulled up once the tunnels closed) BUT did you find any evidence of water troughs in the tunnels ? It consists of a long trough filled with water, lying between the rails. When a steam locomotive passes over the trough, a water scoop can be lowered, and the speed of forward motion forces water into the scoop, up the scoop pipe and into the tanks or locomotive tender as apparently the railway tunnels had them They are level for the whole length, which had the operational benefit of providing the only section of level track on the line where water troughs could be installed to provide steam locomotives with water without requiring the train to stop! Thats something i had never heard of before for steam trains (was born long after they went sadly only been on some when dinting railway museum was around and thats gone now too!) i allways thought they had to stop and fill up at a track side tank like the one you showed in part 1 ! So iv learned something new thanks to your vid and looking into things on the internet ! as i mentioned before im a local lad original from ashton under lyne so the standage tunnels are not far from where i used to live a quick trip out in the car ect!

@AdventureMe 4 месяца назад

I didn't see that no. They had laid a roadway

@rmun386 4 месяца назад

In Part 1 he looked at a building near the entrance to the tunnels. This had an iron tank on the roof which fed the water troughs. If you Google Diggle station this should bring up the disused-stations website where there is a mention of the troughs but it isn't clear whether they were inside or outside the tunnel.

@wideyxyz2271 4 месяца назад

❤🧡

@susanna.heywood182 4 месяца назад

Is it possible for you to do Belle Vue Manchester. Love the videos x

@AdventureMe 4 месяца назад

Yes of course! In the plans already

@mickd6942 4 месяца назад

Victorian form as well as function , had to not only work but look good even if few would ever see it .

@Sam_Green____4114 4 месяца назад

Which tunnel had the oil / Gasoline train fire in the 1980s !! The Guard said he uncoupled the part of the train that wasn't burning and ran like Linford Christie !!!

@AdventureMe 4 месяца назад

That was a different tunnel. The summit tunnel

@Dan23_7 4 месяца назад

Brick arch porn 😍 That workman’s hut was intriguing using the tunnel (for moving air) to extract the products of combustion from the stove/fire. The catherdral reminded me of when I visited a local underground reservoir, which has since been backfilled and capped 🤬🤬🤬 But I would say it was cathedral like, gothic !!! Thank you Darren, another amazing episode 👌🏼👌🏼

@lordstiffupperlip3095 4 месяца назад

Why did the two tunnels close ? they look in good condition .

@AdventureMe 4 месяца назад

just needed bigger tunnels

@christelbraune4530 4 месяца назад

Sag mir mal, ist das nicht auch ein wenig gefährlich da unten in den beiden Kanälen. Plötzlich zischt eine Bahn vorbei. Erschräckt man sich da nicht?? Auch genauso interessant wie Video nr.1 Thank you. Darren 👍👍👋👋

@AdventureMe 4 месяца назад

Thanks Christel. No it wasn't scary. Quite good.

@christelbraune4530 4 месяца назад

Ok@@AdventureMe

@jimpepper7148 4 месяца назад

I’ve been hearing stories about the Cathedral since I joined the railway back in 91, including that it has been used by pagans who sneak in, with animal remains having been found by NR workers, and I think I spotted some runic writings amongst the graffiti.

@cedarcam 4 месяца назад

It has been used by pagans a workmate has found things in there they have left

@JP_TaVeryMuch 4 месяца назад

@@cedarcam What, like their immortal souls‽

@cedarcam 4 месяца назад

@@JP_TaVeryMuch There are symbols painted and in the centre of the arches under the highest point some remains of candles, glass and pottery dishes as if some ceremony has taken place there. As I have not been in there I cannot be precise on the findings, It was Huddersfield section and I was on Calder Valley. It was also some time ago so I do not know if anyone still gets in there and would not advise anyone to try, another workmate almost drowned in the canal after getting disorientated even though having a lamp and fell in the canal, he was found some time after when all the workers got to the end of the shift and realised he was missing, they had been working in groups and each thought he was with one of the other groups.

@Alan_Watkin 4 месяца назад

i take it the canal isn't used much then if boats have to be followed through with a van, its pretty mad though

@littlemissy2883 4 месяца назад

You can book a trip through the canal tunnel online I think

@markwall6651 4 месяца назад

See the ghost at 05:26?

@AdventureMe 4 месяца назад

Spooooky. I think it was my vape smoke tbh

@markwall6651 4 месяца назад

@@AdventureMe don’t spoil it Darren🤣

@buffplums 4 месяца назад

Well blow me Martin Zero gets a mention 😂

@AdventureMe 4 месяца назад

Of course. We've done loads of vids together if you ain't seen them

@fatlad5090 4 месяца назад

you think this amazing place was built with picks and shovels. I think they mite of had the steam tunnel machine back then. But not to cut through that rock. Hard graft all with oil lamps. sweat and blood definitely flowed. It's amazing. nowadays it take 4 year to plan and take ten years to build with the technology we have today. 😮