This abandoned railway you explored was the Petit Ceinture. It was a circular railway originally used for freight and later passenger trains. Part of the railway is abandoned, some of it is converted into footpaths or cafes and one stretch is now in use by the RER.
3:52 It's interesting that in the main, Parisian tube tunnels are twin tracked and the stations in expanded tunnels with a platform opposite its counterpart. I guess it's got sthg to do with the limestone Paris was built on rather than our London clay, which I suppose wouldn't be able to support such wide voids.
My other comment explaining mort aux vaches and ACAB graffitied on the bunker steps has been removed. To do with cops, vaches/cows is Parisian yoof's version of pigs over here and trying to avoid being too obvious, the four letters are still in english and still mean All cops are barstewards. How's that You Tube prigs?
If we think about exploring catacombs, there must surely by now be some kind of handheld dead-reckoning inertial navigation unit commercially available, or am I being optimistic? \m/
I have been in a couple of these huge mines. They are very intimidating because unlike a bunker or a metro system, there is often no way to know your location. Everything looks identical beyond a certain point. The way back will look different to the way forward, and you can easily take a wrong turn trying to retrace your steps and you can become lost in a very dangerous situation very quickly. Mines can be 100 times larger than the largest bunkers. Everything in a bunker is built for a purpose, when a mine is built just for removing the stone, making them extremely large and featureless. Even using a map is not always safe. There is no navigation system that can guide you. There is no gps, and using accelerometers would not be possible, too many real world measuring issues to be able to track location with it. The only tool that works is a compass, but it is little help with how many turns the tunnels have. There are often many arrows on the walls that point in the wrong direction. Following arrows will not get you out and they can not be relied upon. It also is not safe to leave objects as you walk to retrace your steps as people will remove them. For example in Browns Folley mine there is an unofficial caretaker who cleans the mine and removes any objects that are not meant to be there. He is in the mine most days but hides if he hears someone. A lot of people, thinking they are alone, get a fright when they shine their torch to a side passage and see him standing there in the dark. Browns folly is the most interesting mine I have been in. Some parts are full of things to see, and there are nicely made walkways built by the caretaker, but there are some deeper parts of the mine that are featureless and easy to get lost in. I have been down there a few times, I now know my way around a large part of it, but there is still much more I need to discover down there. But as for exploring away from the main tunnels and into the smaller tunnels, it could take years to see it all. It is that large. Although the Paris catacombs mine is even larger than Browns folly. See last visit to Browns folly.... th-cam.com/video/Qm_5KkGXf-g/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared&t=1009
Browns folly had 2 entrances. The unofficial caretaker is down there so often he knows his way around the entire thing. Browns folley has no lighting or signs apart from when you are close to the exit. The Paris catacombs has some signs down there, but you would still need to know your way around to understand them. The entrance keeps changing as entrances get blocked and people create new entrances, so none of the signs or arrows can be trusted as you don't know where they lead to.
Ben you should go to Finland as i understand that you like a lot of kone lifts so you should go there as it has a lot of kone lifts as well as vintage lifts the best part of going to Finland is to visit their headquarters the staff are very kind so they will tell you a lot about kone and you will get a chance to take their amazing lifts such as the MX 100 a believe they go about around 10m/s they also have high speed double deck lifts
This abandoned railway you explored was the Petit Ceinture. It was a circular railway originally used for freight and later passenger trains. Part of the railway is abandoned, some of it is converted into footpaths or cafes and one stretch is now in use by the RER.
London has had more investment in its railways compared to the North of England. We seem to always be forgotten about
Think yourself lucky that you don't live in France then.
Crossrail cost £19000000000 and the GPE project in Paris a whopping £30000000000.
3:52 It's interesting that in the main, Parisian tube tunnels are twin tracked and the stations in expanded tunnels with a platform opposite its counterpart.
I guess it's got sthg to do with the limestone Paris was built on rather than our London clay, which I suppose wouldn't be able to support such wide voids.
My other comment explaining mort aux vaches and ACAB graffitied on the bunker steps has been removed.
To do with cops, vaches/cows is Parisian yoof's version of pigs over here and trying to avoid being too obvious, the four letters are still in english and still mean All cops are barstewards.
How's that You Tube prigs?
This is my favourite episode so far. That's unusual with the doors on the railway tunnel. I like how stuff is growing hanging down.
2:36 thats a nice PC Case Fan.
can you make a playlist of every tunnelz episode please? would help if you do
I do like your tunnel Urbex videos. Been to Paris but not on the Paris Metro.
This is so good! Urbex Ultimate!
Hala! Ang Good Vibes Mo, Beno!
If we think about exploring catacombs, there must surely by now be some kind of handheld dead-reckoning inertial navigation unit commercially available, or am I being optimistic? \m/
I have been in a couple of these huge mines. They are very intimidating because unlike a bunker or a metro system, there is often no way to know your location. Everything looks identical beyond a certain point. The way back will look different to the way forward, and you can easily take a wrong turn trying to retrace your steps and you can become lost in a very dangerous situation very quickly. Mines can be 100 times larger than the largest bunkers. Everything in a bunker is built for a purpose, when a mine is built just for removing the stone, making them extremely large and featureless. Even using a map is not always safe. There is no navigation system that can guide you. There is no gps, and using accelerometers would not be possible, too many real world measuring issues to be able to track location with it. The only tool that works is a compass, but it is little help with how many turns the tunnels have. There are often many arrows on the walls that point in the wrong direction. Following arrows will not get you out and they can not be relied upon. It also is not safe to leave objects as you walk to retrace your steps as people will remove them. For example in Browns Folley mine there is an unofficial caretaker who cleans the mine and removes any objects that are not meant to be there. He is in the mine most days but hides if he hears someone. A lot of people, thinking they are alone, get a fright when they shine their torch to a side passage and see him standing there in the dark. Browns folly is the most interesting mine I have been in. Some parts are full of things to see, and there are nicely made walkways built by the caretaker, but there are some deeper parts of the mine that are featureless and easy to get lost in. I have been down there a few times, I now know my way around a large part of it, but there is still much more I need to discover down there. But as for exploring away from the main tunnels and into the smaller tunnels, it could take years to see it all. It is that large. Although the Paris catacombs mine is even larger than Browns folly.
See last visit to Browns folly....
th-cam.com/video/Qm_5KkGXf-g/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared&t=1009
@@benolifts So how does the caretaker get around though?
Are they not signed and cabled? It looks like they have lighting happening down there. How did the people that built them get about?
Browns folly had 2 entrances. The unofficial caretaker is down there so often he knows his way around the entire thing. Browns folley has no lighting or signs apart from when you are close to the exit. The Paris catacombs has some signs down there, but you would still need to know your way around to understand them. The entrance keeps changing as entrances get blocked and people create new entrances, so none of the signs or arrows can be trusted as you don't know where they lead to.
Ben you should go to Finland as i understand that you like a lot of kone lifts so you should go there as it has a lot of kone lifts as well as vintage lifts the best part of going to Finland is to visit their headquarters the staff are very kind so they will tell you a lot about kone and you will get a chance to take their amazing lifts such as the MX 100 a believe they go about around 10m/s they also have high speed double deck lifts
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