The Lost THORNTON Station - What Remains?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2022
- Join me in this series, as we explore the disused and lost Queensbury Lines.
In this video, we are leaving behind Queensbury Station, and heading towards the disused Thornton Station. We stop for some drone shots of the Thornton Viaduct, along with many other bridges and structures along the way.
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Another great video. Thornton viaduct was used in A Last of the Summer Wine episode " Three men and a mangle" when the trio dropped the mangle onto a police car. It was one of the last episodes in the late 80's, when Michael Aldridge was the third man,
I vaguely remember that one. Never realised it was here
I loved that. I just loved all the bridges and viaduct - you do live in a very beautiful part of England. So well preserved and accesable. Thank you
Thanks. Much better scenery coming up on this series. It gets better.
A couple of assumptions not entirely accurate but good for the most part. I built a scale diorama of the station and platforms which is currently on display in the school.
Your videos always makes me feel like we are actually walking with you. Fantastic footage of now and the past. I felt sorry for that peacock in that cage! 🦚 Looking forward to the next video!!
Great video and drone footage. Loved the music. Like how you overlay old pictures how it once was and is today. You do a great job of narrating. Meriden, Kansas
Thanks Jerry
Thornton Viaduct is stunning! So happy it’s still there and more importantly, still in use. Fingers crossed the Queensbury Tunnel is reopened to make this a through route, it’s a no brainer.
Yes let's hope so.
Things seem to have gone quiet over the project to make the Queensbury Tunnel part of the National Cycle Route. Any news, plz?
My running route over the viaduct and up station road back to Queensbury - what a brilliant series this is excited for the next one! Keep up the great work 👍🏻
Thanks mate
awesome drone footage darren it is nice to see you can walk the thornton viaduct
Thanks Chris. Yes amazing to walk over
Such a beautiful landscape!
Another great video Darren
Thanks Neil
@@AdventureMe a joyful Sunday afternoon treat
Brilliantly back to basics. Can't wait for next one with Whitewicks.
Thanks Trevor
That bridge with the split roads on is very cool. As you say these days they'd not do that and would make a proper bodge up of an alternative.
And very expensive no doubt
What a shame that this line was lost. I used to travel for my work all round this area and seeing these magnificent viaducts at Thornton, Cullingworth, and the great curved Hewenden viaduct wondered about where the lines ran. It would have been a superb steam heritage line combining with the Worth Valley line and a great income generator for the whole area..
Yes I agree Arthur
I remember parking in Brow Lane and discovered the unusual over bridge with access lane. It was this that first sparked my interest in the Queensbury Lines.
I visited various parts over many weeks, as I was working as a courier in the area and had limited time to explore.
I did take a holiday in the area, and took the opportunity to ride some of the route and over the Thornton Viaduct.
Seeing the drone footage really makes me want to get one.
Keep up the excellent videos, thank you.
I seem to remember Thornton viaduct being the location of an episode of Last of the Summer Wine. It was “Three Men and a Mangle” and Compo, Clegg and Seymour tried to hoist an old mangle, but quickly dropped it when the police took an interest in what the were up to. The mangle crashed through the roof of the police car! Classic comedy!
The drone shots are spot on Darren.
Thanks Ian
When I worked at Headley GC the viaduct track had not been renovated to path. Great to see it as it is now
Thanks mate
Another fantastic video, Darren. Very picturesque sites to view. A snickering name? Caught ya snickering yourself!! Anyway, another memorable trip back in time. Thanks Darren. Cheers mate!
Thornton Viaduct is an amazing structure. Glad to see plenty of other bridges have survived though, and I loved the ‘then and now’ for Thornton Station 😎👍🍻🍀
Thanks Tim
Lovely video with great drone footage of a magnificent viaduct, and some poignant historical images. .
Thanks mate
Excellent content and production Darren, I remember the episode with Paul and Rebecca, they were really impressed with the finds and the area. Looking forward to the next re - edited episode.
Thanks Richard
So in the village of Thornton in Fife they also had a station called Thornton(1878-1969) along side this village of Thornton in Yorkshire.(1847-1955) They both existed at the same time with the same name and both villages. It was later renamed to Thornton Junction in 1923. Makes we wonder how many other stations shared the same name must of be confusing or perhaps it was not. Thornton would reopen a new station in 1992 but its called Glenrothes with Thornton so they still just never called it Thornton again.
There was Collingham and Collingham Bridge, Thackley, and Thackley Bridge.
Brilliant video as usual. My Great Uncle Fred Green lived in Lady Anne Cockin Farm just down Cockin Lane. I used to go there as a child 68 years ago with my parents to help him gather hay using a horse and cart and cutting the hay with a sythe (too hilly for farm machinery). His farmhouse had two staircases, one of which had a secret priest hole and there was talk of ghosts although I never saw one. The farm is now renovated into a private house called Cresswell cottages.
Happy days.
A priest hole. Sounds ominous.
Well Done Darren, I would just love to have gone on this railway just once!
Loved the blend with actual footage, and Scotland double mapping! - Very nicely done. I have walked this myself, and Just think it was such a shame it didn't pay, and they took it away!
HOABL
Thanks mate. Took a while that
Stunning viaduct. Great video. Very enjoyable. Yorkshire really does have wonderful scenery.
Love the droneshots 👍👍👌👌
Thanks. Some better ones to come.
So much railway history, all gone. I am enjoying this series very much, thank you
Thanks Brian
As you crossed Headley Lane there was a brief shot of a house down the hill. Lower Headley Farm where we live currently. Built in early 1800’s. I researched a few years ago and discovered that the house was used as a pub for the workers building the viaduct in the 1860s. I walk the dog along the path towards Queensbury twice a day and didn’t realise there was so much that I didn’t know about it! Thanks for some great videos.
Thanks Martin. Glad to help
Excellent . The drone footage and filming superb. What an brilliant documentary. Music hauntingly beautiful. Loved the peacock and horse.
Just loved that. The bridges were stunningly gorgeous but that via duct was fabulous. Look forward to next one. I remember watching the next one on Paul’s channel think that’s how I came to find your channel. Thank you so much for taking me along. Please stay safe and take care
Thanks Linda. Yes Paul joins me in the next one.
Hi Darren, superb looking viaducts and drone footage.
Thanks mate
Another great vlog Darren the drone footage was top notch 👍
Yes the Cost of building some of those Railway Bridges must have been Astronomical. Great Video
I think it would have been
I believe they had a huge rail investment boom £££
Brilliant video I wasn't laughing at the farm name or the lane I'm a mature individual 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. I hope the children know what they're school used to be, they would love that. 😊
Another brilliant video!! My mate Kris (who you know from the Middleton Park videos) and me walked this route about 15 years ago. It's amazing to see how much has become walkable since, for example Thornton viaduct wasn't accessible, we had to console ourselves with some photographs of it from the lane below. Keep up the good work!
Thanks mate
Another great vid Darren . Great to see Thornton viaduct and some really nice bridges still there , which after the devastation of the Queensbury station site is great to see . Excellent drone footage and image fading as always .
Yes. So much still left of this line.
Brilliant, looking forward to the next one with Paul and Rebecca
Great Video series Darren. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you head over to Cullingworth viaduct.
Your overlay photography puts chills down my spine.
Thanks Tony. Yes I will be.
Thank you for another enjoyable video, I look forward to watching these. Well done for lining up before and after shots, it's nice to visualise how things used to be in the area. It would be nice if the Keighley and Worth Valley railway decided to extend down this old line.
That would be amazing
A very interesting video Darren. That viaduct seems to be in a remarkable condition, and the former goods yard further on must have been a fairly busy place in its time. Great to see what the place looked like in times past, with the photos you show. Many thanks.
Thanks ffranc
Awesome
Another great video of my local area
Great video again. The line is an amazing feat of engineering all the way from the centre of Bradford. My dad used to play on the line where it branched off to wherein the city goods yard was (now the huge old Grattan warehouse down near the bottom of Thornton road.) Look forward to the next installment Darren.
Thanks mate
It's amazing that so much of the bridges and viaduct still survive.
That was Red Rum , how can you think it was a Uniwheat?
That Viaduct is just incredible , imagine trying to build that track layout around Queensbury and beyond , it would be a definite 'you mad'.
Hello Darren, l'm loving all your videos 👍. This former railway line can be summed up in one word WOOL. The line passes enormous mills in nearly every village. Cullingworth, Wilsden and Denholme all had large mills. Queensbury still has most of the hugh Black Dyke Mill complex. Past more mills in the Holmfield area just outside Halifax. Finally onto Halifax and the colossal Dean Clough Mill complex. Not forgetting the Piece Hall where woollen goods were traded. This line passed close by all of these.
Never thought of that. Thanks Alison.
Great video as always Darren and the drone footage of the viaduct was amazing. I find Victorian architecture fascinating and i think some of our old buildings and bridges were some of the best in the world, and a lot better than today's modern structures. Such a shame so many have been reduced to photographs and memories. Looking forward to the next installment. Also, RIP poor Unicorn.
Thanks Pete. The unicorn I am informed was a Pegasus lol
Top notch again. With some of the names in this I thought it was Carry On Railway 😂
Me too
My workmate who worked on this line said they called it Will Hay railway after Oh Mr Porter
Absolutely superb! Great stuff!
Thanks Michael
👍👍👍👌😎 up to your excellent standard as usual. Cheers DougT in Mancs
Cheers Doug
Darren EXCELLENT great drone footage. Hope the next ones soon
Just brilliant 🤩
Love the railway video's Darren, keep em coming.
Great stuff 👍
Nice work, Darren. What extravagant engineering!
Can't let you get away with "Very Unique" though!
Being a Superlative, something is either "Unique" or it isn't... No qualifiers.
The joys of being married to an English teacher..! 🙃
This was so interesting thank you from New Zealand loved the drone shots
Thanks Terry
Another great video Neil i especially enjoyed the drones
Thank you
Thanks 👍
Loved it great adventure 🤩 also the before and after fade ins. 😎
Thanks Sue
brilliant video daz
Thanks mate
I have a suggestion for another abandoned line you could to a series of. It is the abandoned train lines around Wigan and surrounding areas like Leigh I know in leigh that there are some abandoned lines like the plant bridge junction I thought it would be a cool place to explore since no one else on TH-cam has
Thank you Darren I do enjoy your videos
Glad you like them!
Another great video. I suggest that bridge is in such good condition because it looks sheltered from the prevailing weather in its location.
It's sad to see what's been lost due to the ruthless axe of line closures. If that line was still in existence, it would make a significant difference to West Yorkshire commuting especially if it had been converted to light rail.
We lost so much rail heritage and history after the beeching cuts of the 50-60s and there after.they don't make things like they use to 👍
Very good.
Thanks mate
The farmers bridge north of Headley Lane bridge is what is called an Occupation bridge. Just like an occupation level crossing. It is a crossing provided by the railways to enable a farmer to access their land that they could do before the railway came. On the flat an Occupation Level Crossing, cuttings and Occupation bridge over head and in embankments trains run over an Occupation bridge. Some areas call a bridge under railways linking farmers land a Creep Bridge.
Brilliant. Never knew that
Did you know the Wheatley tunnel is open?! It also has a viaduct (not accessible) and was part of the old Halifax/Keighley lines. It was a spur that went from Pellon, Halifax to Holmefield.
Yeah I've heard about that.
@@AdventureMe I was there the other day 👍
Sorry to sound mean... It's not a unicorn it's a Pegasus..... You have been corrected 🤣 . Again a great video, thank you 👏
Well I never. I stand corrected
Please do the Wetherby railway, theres so many bridges with plaques remaining!
I will get to it. Don't worry. I've already covered a small section of it in my Pompocali video.
Darren, why would people make fun of "Cocking lane?" It's just a street named after Bathroom Cocking? What another great day you two had, a little rain is God's way of giving us a shower so when we get home were clean already. The fades were great and the drone footage of the viaduct was really something to see. Hole Bottom Farm, Hmmmmm Thanks for your time and hard work.
Thanks mate. Pure filth
@@AdventureMe LOL
Another cracking video. Drone shots were ace. What model drone do you use?
Thanks mate. DJI Mini 2
Bridges were expensive then as now, but the alternative was compensation for the extinguishment of the farm business - which can be even more. That is why even today farms that are split by road or rail schemes are given bridges and underpasses. It also reduces objections and therefore delays in delivering the infrastructure on time and to budget
I can imagine the farms were much more important and influencial then.
@@AdventureMe It applies to any business potentially, HS2 will result in a lot of bridges and underpasses
Credit to the navvies
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Will you be doing the route to Keighley? I've done the route you have up to part 3 and plan to go through to Keighley too.
Yeah filmed most of it already.
@@AdventureMe awsome, I look forward to seeing it
You need to to read the CAA rules on drone flying.
I have. I am licenced and approved. Nothing wrong here.
I’m interested in the maps you show now and then. Where can they be sourced at that scale, plz?
National Library of Scotland maps
"It's got wings, definitely a unicorn"
Unicorns have wings?
Apparently not. It's a Pegasus
@@AdventureMe Yup, unicorns have a horn.
Is it possible the landowner had enough loose change to employ a legall firm to thrash out the cost of buying the land and stipulating just what kind of access bridge would be acceptable? After all you don’t want any old rubbish blighting your land.. . or am I overthinking this?
Quite possibly. They had a lot of influence back then
Theres always one school kid that has to give the finger to the camera. Bet they felt well hard 🤣
Gangsta!
Like the filthy names In this video lol 😂
FILTH!
I would give em a good price to do stone work. Lol
Ackshuallayyyyyyyyy what you discovered was a Pegasus, not a Unicorn. Unicorns don't have wings.
I'll get me coat....
You're too late lol
Just watched some of your live stream. You want us to pay to chat ?
No mate. I had it on members for some reason. I redid the next one for everyone straight after.
Childish don't know what you mean 😂😂😂😂