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Aww thank you for sharing buddy 👌🏻👍🏻. I used to be the security for pleasley pit from 2016 to 2022 and boy I loved it. Although a little Erie and did hear plenty of whispers and talking on the site at 4am lol 🤦🏻‍♂️🤭. If you didn’t see a rabbit or wildlife when you checked the site there was something a miss. But anyway that’s a different story. They also have a cafe on site if you wanted a cuppa or a breakfast etc from 10am till 1pm I think. A lovely place to visit. Loved this one.

Looks like a really enjoyable morning out there, Paul. Good to see some more local trails and their history 👍

Nice to get a mention 😉 there's a little more remains other side of the path, some brick wall remains, not sure what they were, maybe they were the bakehouse... 😁 Always blows me away how high that embankment gets before it reaches the Teversal track, plus I do love that cutting with the exposed rock... So you've got the Teversal trail to do, plus the Meden Trail too... 🤔😊

I live in the only remaining house (built in the 1850's) above the remaining tunnel Great video thanks

What a beautiful crisp day, and such a pretty walk. Well done spotting what traces there were left. That tunnel portal looked very nice. I wonder if it's under all the landscaping, or long gone. Ah just read a comment below about it being a rubbish tip...:/

Fantastic weather conditions Paul. Glad some of it survived until the 80s pairs of 20s or a 56 on MARS hammering down there Shame they haven't put mock ropes on the winding gear Merry Christmas to you , your misses and gordo. Thanks for some great videos hopefully see you next year

go back on open day and look at it very interesting

Great video

The Rowthorne end of the tunnel was totally buried when the cutting was turned into a dump / landfill. Bin lorries used to tip there throughout the 60's & 70's. We used to play along the old railway at both ends when we were kids. At the site of the old station there used to be a pair of derelict wooden freight wagons that had black square painted on them with the word Explosives on them. I assume they were left over from the old military camp that was based at Hardwick. Would've been approx 1973 last time I was there.

Merry Christmas. My favorite training loop Tibshelf to Pleasley and back via Sutton & Stanton Hill nearly all off road, using Teversal, Silver Hill, & Rowthorne Trails. + a few bridleways, a cut through Hardwick hall and the odd back road. Teversal trail has a lot to offer but you have to look hard to find it! not lived there for nearly 4 years now so was nice to see it again, thank you.

Cheers Paul! Another wonderful video. And yeah, let Gordo set the rude car park folks straight about blocking you in. 😁 Happy Christmas to you and your family!

Why do they call these lost lines.... disused lines when they should be called.. state vandalized lines

If you ever go back it’s worth knowing that at 17:59 there is a signal still standing with its head and feather still somewhat intact directly to the right (or left depending on which way you look at it) off that signal base, it’s deep into the trees but it is there

Fascinating vid. If you've ever seen the cross section of the Old Moelwyn Tunnel in Boyd's 'Festiniog Railway Volume 2' (only a single 'F' in the title), you'd be struck by the clearances - or lack thereof - around even the small historic bogie carriages. That restriction, which defined the loading gauge on the original line, was the reason for the comparatively large square cab windows on the Fairle engines, as they were the only way out for crews in the event of a breakdown inside the tunnel!

Leeds has some great reminders of its railway heritage, now repurposed. Looking forward to the full video. Thanks for all the interesting content this year👍👍👍

The new design for a concrete viaduct looks awful and will detract from rest of the link.

Really liking these projects(being a mad keen gardener and lover of wildlife). With the new skyscrapers, these section feels more like the NYC High Line. As always, a shame only bits are left here and there. The little hoist museum was good, if rather sad, stuck in a sea of modern buildings. The old photos were great...what a plethora of lines here were! I like the glass canopy over the junction between viaducts, it's a nice space down there, and the roundhouses/turning shed are impressive. Let's hope they will not be lost to new developments. Merry Christmas to you and yours...thank you for a really interesting and informative channel!

Whereabouts is this low bridge, please?

I put the skirting boards in the cafe,painted walls,fitted stone guards to windows and emptied the emergency water tank out 31yrs ago,also did numerous other jobs there when I was one of the early volunteers there.

Hi there my real Name is Mr Cannadine T. Boxill-Harris, I have another interesting idea for most of us Class 507, Class 508, Class 313, and Class 314 and that also includes those interesting Class 315 Very Very Loud 7 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission Train fans out there, rather than scrapping most of those Class 507, Class 508, Class 313's Class 314 including the Class 315's maybe you guys can convert them. Including rebuilding most of the brand new refurbishment into the Volvo TD102KF Engine, Gardner 6LXCT Engine, Leyland TL11 Engine, Volvo B10M Engine, Scania N112 Engine, Cummins M11 Engine, Leyland 510 Engine, Gardner 6LXB Engine, Gardner LG1200 Engine, Gardner 8LXB Engine, Class 507’s Class 313's, Class 314's and the Class 315's with a Very Very Loud 7 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Gearboxes and converting and that will also be including building most of them into a Two Carriages and Three Carriages per units of the Class 507’s Class 313’s, Class 508’s Class 314's and that is including those Class 315 Very Very Loud 7 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Automatic Transmission for all of us Class 314 and Class 315 Diesel Train fans out there PLEASE. Are you still going to do this interesting type of Project? Class 507, Class 313, and Class 314 will be rebuilding the brand new Class 315 Diesel Train fans out there Pretty Please.

Nice to see youve got the Bugsworth bug yourself Paul ;)

A fitting end to the year! Impromptu explores are the best. Merry Christmas to You, Mrs WR and Gordo!

Great video Paul, That area has changed out of all recognition, back in the 80s when I qas doing part of my driver training at Holbeck a mate had a garage under the then recently closed viaduct by the shed. If I was there late at night it was quite intimidating certainly no yuppy flats anywhere around. The only other derelict high line I can think of in a city is the Queen Alexandra Bridge in Sunderland but don't think there is much left now. I remember in the 70s as a kid being fascinated by the viaducts to the former rail deck of the bridge but I think most of it has gone as I closed way back in 1921

A lovely interesting video. Such beautiful buildings were saved for everyone to see. Certainly Leeds has come on in the last 15 years. I used to go nearly every week trainspotting in the mid 50s. train from Cudworth to Leeds. We used to pass loads of engine sheds, Royston, Normanton, Stourton, and Holbeck. So the book was pretty full before we got there. Keep them coming really enjoy them.

That area was my playground as a youth , early to mid 80s , was an absolutely fantastic place to see and grow up in , tbe road entrance to the lake on the bolton side had an arch bridge right where the entrance is , going back to wath roughly where the roundabout is there was 2 humpback bridges that crossed the lines youre speaking about , i remember it all like it was yesterday

Holbeck viaduct was also known as The Leeds New Approach and was built by the LNWR to relieve the bottleneck at Wortley junction. Trains from Huddersfield direction (both old and new lines) used it. When central station closed a spur with a sharp curve and gradient was put in to connect to the main line to London for trains from Leeds City to use.

Thanks Paul, what a beautiful setting! Perfect with the snow. So appropriate to wish you & your family merry christmas! & a very happy new year, plenty of explores for 2025. ❤😊👍🎅

There is always talk of having a High Line in Birmingham, but never seems to get any further than that.

That turning shop still has a water tower on the one end you almost filmed it

Nice to see you in leeds gents I remember the old central station as a lad .. there are a couple of other old viaducts that used to run into the main city station that may be repurposed in the future . Also there’s a major project currently being undertaken at the entrance into the main station which has revealed a lot of old history below ground level !!

Very interesting subject. Difficult to imagine just how much railway was there.

Whenever I get a chance to revisit Leeds, this will be top of my list; you know how much I love this sort of thing. It's a city that I've been trying to improve at, but not really quite gotten round to actually take that opportunity, but some day it will come!

The new concrete viaduct will look terrible and detract from the rest of the reunification's original look.The old design was better.

I well remember that smell my friend, it wasn’t pleasant!

Really enjoyed the video, thank you 😊

Excellent video , merry Christmas and Happy New year .

Brilliant film...thanks.

Very interesting Very informative thank you for posting your visit😊

I needed to know why they couldn’t dig a tunnel and do an extension for most of the mainline Trains so that they could extend the unused abandoned underground train stations. Why couldn’t they use the part D78 Stock train doors on the sides and also restructure the front face of the A60 and A62 stock which will include the class 507, class 508, class 313, class 314 and class 315 remix and make them all together and also redesign all of them into an overhead wire line trains and also make most of them into Five carriages per units and also having three Disabled Toilets on those Five cars per units A60 and A62 stock trains and also convert the A60 and A62 stock trains into a Scania N112, Gardner 6LXC, Leyland 510, Cummins M11, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner LG1200 and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Engines and also put the Loud 7 Speed Voith Gearboxes even Loud 10 Speed Leyland Hydra cyclic Gearboxes in the A60 and A62 stock, class 507, class 508, class 313, class 314, and class 315 and also modernise the A60 and A62 stock and make it into 11 carriages per unit so it could have fewer doors, more tables, computers and mobile phone chargers? A Stock Train and 8 Disabled Toilets on those A stock trains. why couldn’t we refurbish and modernise the waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel and make it even much more Larger and extend it to the bank station, making it into a Triple-Track Railway Line so those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden to convert the waterloo and city line Triple-Track Railway tunnel into a High-Speed Railway lines? The Third Euro tunnel Triple-Track Railway line to make it 11 times better for passengers so they could go from A to B. Then put the modernised 11 carriages per unit A Stock and put them on a bigger modernised Waterloo and city line Triple-Track train tunnel so it could go to bank station to those Five countries such as Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. The modernised refurbished 11 carriages per unit A stock could be a High Speed The Third Triple-Track Euro Tunnel Train So it is promising and 47 times a lot more possible to do this kind of project if that will be OK for London Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden. oh by the way, could they also tunnel the Triple-Track Railway Line so it will stop from Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex so that the Passengers will go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland and Sweden and also extend the Triple-Track Railway Line from the Bank to Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex Stations so that more people from there could go to Australia, Germany, Italy, Poland And Sweden more Easily. Why couldn't they extend the Piccadilly Line and also build brand-new underground train stations so it could go even further right up to Clapton, Wood Street can they also make another brand new underground train station in Chingford and could they extend the Piccadilly Line and the DLR right up to Chingford? All of the classes 150, 155, 154, 117, 114, 105, and 106, will be replaced by all of the Gardner 6LXC, Scania N112, Cummins M11, Leyland 510, Volvo B10M, Gardner 6LXB, Gardner LG1200 and Gardner 8LXB Diesel Five carriages three disabled toilets are air conditioning trains including Highams Park for extended roots which is the Piccadilly line and the DLR trains. Could you also convert all of the 1973 stock trains into an air-conditioned maximum speed 78 km/hours (48 MPH) re-refurbished and make it into a 8 cars per unit if that will be alright, and also extend all of the Piccadilly train stations to make more space for all of the extended 8 car per unit 1973 stock air condition trains and can you also build another Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive Companies and can they order Every 87 Octagon and Every 48 Hexagon shape LNER diagram unique small no.13 and unique small no.11 Boilers from those Countries such as Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, can they make Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive speeds by up to 147MPH so you can try and test it on the Original Mainline so it will be much more safer for the Passengers to enjoy the 147MPH speed Limit only for HS2 and Channel Tunnel mainline services, if they needed 16 Carriages Per units, can they use those class 55’s, class 44’s, class 40’s and class 43HST Diesel Locomotive’s right at the Back of those 18 Carriages Per Units so they can take over at the Back to let those Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s have a rest for those interesting Journeys Please!!!!!!!!, oh can you make all of those 18 Tonne Boxes of Coal for all of those 147MPH Mayflower and Tornado Steam Locomotive’s so the Companies will Understand us PASSENGER’S!!!! So please make sure that the Builders can do as they are told!!!!!! And PLEASE do something about these very very important Professional ideas Please? Prime Minister of England, Prime Minister of Australia, Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister of Germany, Prime Minister of Italy, Prime Minister of Poland and that Includes the Mayor of London.

Thanks!

Excellent video mate, it’s great they’ve got a DMU service running there again. I remember DMU’s as well in the 80’s and 90’s, I always looked forwards to riding in one when I was a kid, like you though by the time I was travelling on my own on the trains the DMU’s had been phased out and the Sprinters and Pacers had taken over, for me I’d always go for the DMU. Love that old bus as well. Looking forwards to more of the GCR mate when you’r next there.👍

What you said at 2:25 - I feel like Donny and Barnsley are 'close but yet so far', I remember getting the bus to Frenchgate as a kid in the 80s with my mum and she bought this huge framed portrait, I stood on the bus all the way back holding it and it was taller than me. Never met a person from Donny who isn't absolutely sound though! Maybe I should try the place on foot instead of just driving through...I do think the train lines play a part in this though, East/West connections are shocking, me and my partner will think nothing of going to Leeds or Sheffield on the train because it's easy - Donny, Rotherham, Manchester etc are all similar distances but the connections (literally and figuratively) aren't there.

Very informative video thanks for making.

I would choose the DMU, they look so smart in their dark green. I remember them well. A few years ago my family bought me a birthday present to drive a steam loco on the GCR - an 8F. With my wife we spent the day there having lunch on a stationary train and a 5-course evening meal with steam-hauled trip up and down the line.

Great video Paul, good to see things happening at Ruddington. I 2ent there in spring this year and was dead. Even the miniature railway was running. That looks a great railway. There was an excellent one near Wroxham but sadly closed and is now looking for new location. I do miss diving DMUs I remember driving then around the north east to places like Whitby then later on I drove the load haul one quite a bit