The Viaduct that was Abandoned before it was open! (Nearly). 

Thanks Paul and Rebecca,very well told, but,what a structure,

Some more abandoned railway suggestions from NW England Paul; 1) The Eden Valley Railway - from Penrith to Appleby and Kirkby Stephen East. This line was joined at the last station by a line from Tebay, with the combined route then becoming the famous Stainmore Line, which climbed over the Pennines to Barnard Castle (where the branch line from Middleton-in-Teesdale joined it), then continued on to Darlington. There are preservation sites at Warcop and Kirkby Stephen East stations, as the Eden Valley Railway Society intends to re-open/re-build the section between Appleby and Kirkby Stephen East as a heritage line. The spectacular Smardale viaduct, on the Tebay - Kirkby Stephen East line, can be visited on foot. 2) The NER Haltwhistle - Alston Branch - closed in the 1970's, part of the route is now occupied by the 2ft gauge South Tyndale Railway, between Alston and Slaggyford. The rest of it is partly a footpath, including the spectacular Lambley Viaduct, and one day it should carry trains again, as the STR wants to extend their line all the way to Haltwhistle. 3) The western end of the Wensleydale railway, between Redmire and Garsdale (on the Settle - Carlisle line). This section includes a tunnel at Mossdale Head which can be visited on foot. 4) The Cockermouth, Keswick and Penrith railway - from Penrith across the Northern Lakes to Keswick, Cockermouth and Workington. Part of this line, between Keswick and Threlkeld, is a public walking route. 5) The Foxfield - Coniston branch, part of which can be walked between Coniston and Torver. 6) The Plumpton Junction - Lakeside branch - the top 3 & 1/2 miles survives as the preserved Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway, but the rest is abandoned although clear traces can be seen at Haverthwaite village. The only other intermediate station - at Greenodd - was once used by Arthur Ransome and his family when they spent his childhood holidays at Nibthwaite, at the southern end of Coniston Water. 40 years later, his memories of these holidays would inspire his classic "Swallows and Amazons" children's books..... Little trace of Greenodd station can now be seen as it was demolished to make way for the A590 trunk road in the 1970's, which also severed the Lakeside to Haverthwaite section from the rail network. 7) Lord Carlisle's Railway and the Brampton Junction - Brampton branch - the latter ran for around 1 mile from the present Network Rail Brampton station (on the Newcastle - Carlisle line) into the town of Brampton, and is now a footpath. The former line connected Brampton Junction with Lambley on the Alston branch, and was a freight-only line serving a series of collieries between the 2 places. Much evidence of it can still be seen from the A689 road, and some of it can be walked. I hope these are of interest?

Well, that really does blow any romantic, dewy-eyed reflection on railways of yore... It's almost unbelievable! Thanks for your excellent research, and great pieces to camera! Stunning viaduct architecture.

Hello Paul and Rebecca beautiful viaduct, and loads of interesting facts thank you both . xx

Short but sweet and as usual , fascinating and informative 😊

Brilliant as usual - thanks

This new approach to making a Railway video with it's history included works out very well . Well done , thanks again !

I agree with Rebecca. "Well Done". A great history lesson. Super short video. Thank you

excellently narrated and a nice bit of filming by Rebecca.

Really like this style of documentary. Very informative and enjoyable. Many thanks, Ed.

Really enjoyed that thanks

Wow, that viaduct is mightily impressive. Incredible.

Beautiful Old Bridge, and that's awesome work with the history

Well presented and narrated,its is always good to hear the story behind many of those lost lines and viaducts,this in particular could have been oh so different as you have said and who knows,could have still been in use today but for pettiness.. Thank you as always,all the best 👍

well done great video and the jumping at the end fantasticccccccccc

I LOVED this ! Cheers from California

I’m enjoying your videos from Brisbane Australia

Ha ha. I was just thinking"I wonder how many takes it took to get a complete narrative piece to camera?" Got to love a viaduct

very good video Whitewick,s Abandoned Railways, really enjoyed this and very interesting film, thank You for sharing!

Excellent stuff. Informative history. Just subscribed

It's nice to see some history that's local to me lol. Always wondered why all these bridges were abandoned.

Drove under that viaduct many times on the way to the waterfalls walk

76, keep up the excellent work/content

Hello from Melbourne. Thanks for another fine video. I can see myself spending a long time on holiday one day. Greg.

Enjoyed this video thanks John Rooney

Nice little video highlights the madness that happened during the railway boom years - well done with that script, I have the memory of a goldfish and need an autocue, which is why I'm always so close to the camera!

Beautifully told

Great bit of history thanks.

Well done Paul and Rebecca. Men with great vision, then petty squabbles creating stumbling blocks greater than these impressive structures they built! Cheers

fascinating and totally crazy lol two stations unbelievable

Nice video

Hi Paul & Rebecca. Another most enjoyable video. If only these Railway Companies could have worked closer together.None the less as you said there was many great architectural achievements, many of them built to last. Cheers Richard

hey paul and rebecca , another great video , short but great lmao , im not complaining though lol , love your videoes :)

And an amazing story too.

Wow! That's beautiful 😍! Hey, you wear what ever colored glasses you fancy. Us railway loving "Daleks"🤨😏 gotta stick together.🤗

Enjoyed the way too short but interesting video full of facts, so hoping for more have subscribed. Will do some catch ups too. 👍😎

Amazing the workmanship that went into these structures. They don't make them like that any more!

Well I never knew that! Just goes to show that even though I'm a regular visitor to Ingleton these facts have passed me by.

Lovely! I would give anything to have taken, and worked with, the photo @ 1:50 - absolutely stunning! :)

Both of you should write a book on railway history or have you and I have missed the point. Not a train buff but interested in the history.

great video liked :)

Another 10 out of 10

As the old advert said: It's cheaper by rail, a penny a mile

Was that done in one take? Another great vid. Craig

Confusingly, the Midland branch from Clapham (the other Clapham Jct.) to Ingleton - the southern end - was originally built by the 'North Western Rly'. and known as "The little North Western" to distinguish it from the company who operated the line north of Ingleton and on up through Sedbergh which was the mighty 'London and North WesternRailway'. Paul very cleverly missed out the "London and..." bit but did not explain further. FSWilliams writing at the time of the building of the Settle & Carlisle line says, hopefully, that at Clapham one can turn north to Ingleton to make one's way to Scotland (as opposed to carrying on via Carlisle as became the case).

Hi Paul & Rebecca I think it is worth telling the history of the failures as many lines proposed never actually got further than surveys. The Llangurig branch that would have been on the Manchester & Milford also might make a short film in your series, keep up the good work. Brian.

Amazing feet of construction must have been daunting to build very high up .

hello Paul and Rebecca! do you have a link to site where you were viewing the old map side by side with google earth? at some point i want to explore the old railways of nottingham and something like that would be brilliant, as ever i really do enjoy your content, keep up the good work!

Was that another abandoned railway going under the viaduct that you were walking on that looks to have been converted into a walking trail?

Sehr schön

Though we invented the railway, there was no real planning of routes in this country, just a mish mash, unlike the Continent, where governments only gave consent to necessary rail connections!

Paul/rebecca. Great videos. Do you have an email I can send you to ask some questions about one of your videos Thanks

Great video! What a stupid tragedy caused by greed and capitalism! What a beautiful viaduct! It would be nice to have as a view every day, but also a sad reminder like, "Waahhh, you have no train station because of greedy old men! "