The Mystery of a Rail Tunnel below a Nottingham Railway

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  • The Mystery of a Rail Tunnel below a Nottingham Railway
    In this Disused Railway Video i go in search of a little known short railway tunnel in Nottingham.
    This tunnel ran below the former railway and Colwick Yard until the 1960s transporting gravel from the nearby Netherfield Lagoons to be loaded onto trains at Colwick Yard for further transportation.
    Can i find this once actice rail tunnel?
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  • @jefflaufer3205
    @jefflaufer3205 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    That was a nice explore. What intrigues me is that these old abandoned tunnels and culverts are silently sleeping with their history, some completely covered and inaccessible. It's great that you can wake them from their slumber if just for a moment. ❤❤❤

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thankyou Jeff. I'd like to think i could go back and poke around the culverts but i don't want to appear on the other side and its all private etc

    • @chrisburton1926
      @chrisburton1926 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Brilliant I live nearby and I don't know of it ❤

  • @mickbowyer5907
    @mickbowyer5907 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I rode the line featured ! As a young boy in the 1950s (it might have been early 1960s) with a few mates we discovered the tunnels featured. They were abandoned at that time and to our surprise we discovered one tunnel was still complete with rails. What a find for young lads looking for adventure. Added to that we also discovered a 4 wheeled bogie within the tunnel. The tunnel in question was the one with the concrete blocks supporting the rails above the shallow water. The rails were intact a short distance both sides of the tunnel from the Mile End Road/Colwick Industrial Estate end through to the other side. With the assistance a slight gradient on the approach on the Colwick side we enjoyed the journey through the tunnel with a bit of scooting along courtesy of the concrete blocks. No great speed but hazardous. What did male teenagers care ? Great fun during the summer school holidays. No damage done, everything left as found.
    If I may add a correction to the mention of the 'refinery lines' running above the tunnels- the purpose of the rail activity by the oil company (Total) was to receive up to loaded railcars from Lindsey Oil Refinery to be discharged at that point, by underground pipeline to the Total Oil Ltd storage and distribution terminal on Private Road No.3 on the Colwick Industrial Estate. That activity took place from 1972 to circa 2016. Coincidentally, I worked at Total Colwick for 33 years. Thanks for prompting my memory about happy days all round.

  • @kieranbeecroft8414
    @kieranbeecroft8414 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I discovered this rail yard on my Google Map wanderings only 3 week ago (looking round on maps/Google Earth for old/forgotten railways) and watched a few videos of people exploring the rail yard and the hidden tracks, including one from you from 2020, before Colas moved back in but no one mentioned this hidden tunnel.
    Great to see another explore show other details of this site!

  • @peterthornton2396
    @peterthornton2396 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love how these areas are so quiet now but at one time we’re so busy. I enjoy the old wheldale pit in castleford the old track bed is still down on the bridge spanning the river aire

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I often imagine it all. I'll have to have a look into that

  • @petercullen8067
    @petercullen8067 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Used to play there when a child the tunnel looks with the concrete blocks like the one that had the mini rail line suspended between them we used to get a disused bogie wheels no tub on the top put it back on the tracks push it up the hill all jump aboard whizz down the hill into the tunnel sometimes get right through to the other side , sometimes not and had to walk on the lines and push it out the other side , great fun but was suspended above water below when in the tunnel about 6 foot below . Pete Cullen

  • @petejones9755
    @petejones9755 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    There is narrow gauge trackwork in the Park Logistics yard.

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Is that accross the other side?

    • @petejones9755
      @petejones9755 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@TrekkingExploration yes, warehouse & transport hub on the east side of the road. Comes up on Google map . I noted it when unloading a couple of years ago. May be an unrelated industrial line of course.

    • @petejones9755
      @petejones9755 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sorry, south side of road number 4

    • @derekp2674
      @derekp2674 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I wonder if that is a relic of the gravel pits railway and the subsequent work to fill in the old gravel pits where Road No. 4 now is?
      According to the Wikipedia articles on industrial narrow gauge railways Hoveringham Gravels Ltd used 2ft gauge railways at its local gravel pits until up to about 1979 but I'm not sure if they operated the gravel pits railway mentioned in this video.

  • @chrisbentleywalkingandrambling
    @chrisbentleywalkingandrambling 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Another fascinating explore Ant. Thanks for sharing.

  • @showmanpete2805
    @showmanpete2805 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    wow look at the old signal box at 9.25, the amount of rail and industry we've lost is mind blowing thanks for another great vid

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It certainly was a huge area

    • @garyowens9387
      @garyowens9387 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Rectory Jn Box closed a few years back now with the EMCC at Derby taking over

  • @maxthecat14
    @maxthecat14 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Your tunnel photographs are always beautiful.

  • @sarahwinfield3989
    @sarahwinfield3989 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thank you for your efforts. Without you this would have remained undiscovered for people like me.

  • @UKAbandonedMineExplores
    @UKAbandonedMineExplores 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Amazing all these hidden away and mostly forgotten places, thanks :)

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you enjoyed it. I'm always on the lookout :)

  • @bexhil7
    @bexhil7 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A vary good video of The Mystery of a Rail Tunnel below a Nottingham Railway👌👌👌👌

  • @lindamccaughey6669
    @lindamccaughey6669 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Loved that explore. What beautiful tunnels they were. Love the blue brick. Thanks for taking me along. Please take care

  • @inbetween-days
    @inbetween-days 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Hi thank you for sharing this was really fascinating. Some great drone shots as well. Thank you for the work you have put in getting this all together. A big 👍 from us. Best wishes Dave and Dawn 👍

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      So pleased you both enjoyed it thanks very much indeed 😀

  • @timothyparsons8327
    @timothyparsons8327 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I always welcome unsolved mysteries of my home town! This is a gem and to think of the numerous times I have crossed this tunnel, completely oblivious to its former function. I dot have many recollections of Colwick Yards, but it becomes pretty apparent of its existence from the drone footage. I look forward to seeing more mysteries of Nottinghams railway history!

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm always on the lookout. I often stray from Nottinghamshire but its always nice to do something around my roots :)

  • @jasondixon1329
    @jasondixon1329 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I work at the big Green clad warehouse between the main line and the old oil sidings. I have always been fascinated about the history of the area.

  • @simonballard6413
    @simonballard6413 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Brilliant video, as always. What fascinating little tunnels they were. Wish you'd come to Warwickshire and find some!

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If there's a few bits to do in the area I can do

  • @phillipthebigj8971
    @phillipthebigj8971 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks Ant once again for this video, love seeing inside the old tunnels and a little bonus of seeing some rolling stock to.

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for watching. I'm pleased that you enjoyed it 😊

  • @nickboden5866
    @nickboden5866 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Interesting subject, as you rightly say you couldn’t go any further into the tunnel. But never the less a worth while exploration.

  • @pauljameson4075
    @pauljameson4075 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a great channel I accidentally came across.
    As a railway lover this is exactly the same kinda thing that I love to do❤

  • @skinnyballinkylongle
    @skinnyballinkylongle 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was born in Netherfield and we used to play around these tunnels in the late 60s early 70s when the fences weren't there. You could walk through the one with the concrete blocks. Never knew what the blocks were for but some said it was the base of a conveyor system. We called it the bogey tunnel and had hours of fun scaring each other with frightening tales of giant tunnel rats and the like. The back filled tunnel was once open all the way through but the story was that one of the narrow guage trains that ran through there overturned and klled the driver. It was back filled to stop morbid curiosity of people walking through after it fell into disuse.

  • @martinmarsola6477
    @martinmarsola6477 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you for the walking tour this day. An interesting area to look into. Enjoy the week ahead and the weekend, Ant. 🇬🇧🙂👍🇺🇸

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you. I hope you are well

    • @martinmarsola6477
      @martinmarsola6477 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TrekkingExploration It’s a long trip, ups and downs. I’ll say it again, your videos puts a smile on my face! That does not happen a lot. So I always look forward to them. See you on the next, Ant. Cheers my friend! Marty

  • @paulsimpson6899
    @paulsimpson6899 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent video and explore. Nottingham really was awash with rail lines and tunnels back in the day. Be good if you could explore the old Dragonby Mines near to Scunthorpe, and their associated old track beds nearby.

  • @Jimyjames73
    @Jimyjames73 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I do like the old b/w photos that you use Ant!!! 🙂🚂🚂🚂

  • @itsonlyme9938
    @itsonlyme9938 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very interesting, I have been looking at some old maps where I live and there is a long forgotten railway tunnel which left Salford docks and it runs under the streets of Salford the entrance has gone.
    one day some workmen where digging and found it by accident did not know what to make of it.

  • @robertbush6652
    @robertbush6652 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Another good video Ant and one other thing I would like to thank you for introducing me to Scott Buckley's music and others.

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks very much Robert. Scott Buckley is definitely one of my favourites

  • @markharrison7522
    @markharrison7522 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The old moor green colliery in Eastwood is a good explore

  • @lostpilgrimmedia_explorer
    @lostpilgrimmedia_explorer 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Was going to visit here last week lol but the flooding put me off 😮you've beat me to it. Great video

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You'll be ok around there the water doesnt come high enough

  • @shirleylynch7529
    @shirleylynch7529 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fascinating explore. Brilliant filming. Did look a bit marshy for you without wellies. But my goodness so interesting. Your enthusiasm is catching. Well done Ant. You brought us another excellent video of history.

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you enjoyed it Shirley. I'll keep looking out for more places

  • @fhwolthuis
    @fhwolthuis 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nice to see those locos at the end ❤

  • @matthewtrueblood408
    @matthewtrueblood408 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “Looks a bit minging”, good Nottinghamshire speak right there😂

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I know I had to laugh at myself as I never say that 🤣

    • @matthewtrueblood408
      @matthewtrueblood408 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Give over, that’s standard for us Notts folk

  • @vinmakesthings
    @vinmakesthings 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Really fascinating video! I live in Netherfield I have no idea that tunnel was there.

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'll definitely be back with wellies another time for the others. Thank you for watching

  • @jasonhimpson2334
    @jasonhimpson2334 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    A fascinating explore, I really enjoy the railway explores.
    I don't know the area, I'm in Norfolk. Here we have some good former lines of which I aim to walk this year.

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you for watching. I'll be back in Norfolk later this year 😀

  • @joecurly3637
    @joecurly3637 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I didn't realise Rectory Junction had ceased oil production some time ago but did see some trains stored there a few years back. This certainly is an interesting and lucky find you've made here!

  • @johncarold
    @johncarold 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi Ant, Great little explorer, I just love the blue brick, I would have liked to see what was inside tunnel bridge 4 or 5 that looked like a colvert

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you enjoyed it John. I'm definitely intrigued to return with wellies or waders

  • @robincurwood
    @robincurwood 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi Ant, there's a short bit of railway track at the old cotgrave pit site and track bed through adbolton . Over the A52 eventually leading to the main track.

    • @RaggyAl1971
      @RaggyAl1971 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No track went through Adbolton,think your confused with Edwalton on the ex Midland route to Melton Mowbray from Nottingham.

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thats a nice walk its one of the first i did

  • @garyowens9387
    @garyowens9387 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The bridges and culverts are still NR property and are inspected. The large Bridge you finished up at is NOG1 Bridge 38 Alcock's Drift and is part filled. I've always known these as flood arches for the Trent, also Stoke Bardolph Water works did have a 2 Ft Gauge railway, I wonder if they where linked up?

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It's possible isn't it? Or maybe it linked up elsewhere? Now you've got me wanting to look into this 😉

  • @andyins1
    @andyins1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    really enjoyed watching this ,very interesting. there is an old tunnel in leicestershire near my home town of Ashby De La Zouch which would make a good explore , it is on the old Ashby to Derby line ,it is infilled at one end but open at the other, last time i went down it wasnt to bad to find or get into ,very long tunnel .it is near a village called Smisby and there is a farm track you can walk along.

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks very much. I've done the Ashby one a few years ago now. I'm going to do the Ticknall Tramway very soon

  • @TheRogey1
    @TheRogey1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Could you do a trek on the Louth to Mablethorpe line?

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I could definitely have a look into it if there's enough to look at

    • @MrStr8den
      @MrStr8den 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There are still plenty of railway remnants on the mablethorpe loop, along with some very uninteresting fields with little to no sign that a railway existed.
      If you get to explore this line/loop you may as well go the whole hog and go from mablethorpe to Willoughby... go past borough le marsh and the hidden history gets pretty interesting at Firsby!
      My knowledge is fairly limited but you could give me a shout if come over and look this end and get stuck.

  • @a11csc
    @a11csc 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    another fine one ant,i must say between you and darren you love finding nettles lol

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I'm very very careful. I wear the right stuff so they don't get me 🤣

  • @christoppo33
    @christoppo33 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great video surprised I didn’t see you ant I walk around there I see u when in the afternoon late evening I go in the mornings. Never new there was a tunnel at the end I’ve always wanted to have a look but when I go it’s all over grown impossible to get to I see this time of year is good to have a look. One them tunnels think it’s the second one it takes u to the other side and there are steps to get to the active line when I went up there few years ago the line wasn’t active. Enjoyed this video thanks

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It is always badly overgrown i think now and the next month or two are the only real chances. I went twice to do this, Thursday Evening and popped back Saturday afternoon with the drone

  • @michaelmiller641
    @michaelmiller641 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for that video, Ant

  • @sammarriottpt
    @sammarriottpt 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video Ant! I used to walk around the lagoons a few times a week until I moved out to Australia a couple years back. I’ve tried peering into this tunnel so many times, and looking for signs of the old railway. Would love to see you explore the other end of Rectory Junction Viaduct where it veers off from the mainline!

  • @iancaveney7464
    @iancaveney7464 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wonder if the tunnel with the concrete blocks was used to carry pipework, only thing I can think of that would make sense. 👍

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I did think that or maybe some kind of conveyor system

    • @iancaveney7464
      @iancaveney7464 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@TrekkingExploration Yeah, a conveyor from the quarry might make sense.

  • @Richard_Barnes
    @Richard_Barnes 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Interesting and on our doorstep as well 👍🏻 What would all those concrete blocks be for inside the tunnel? Weird place for them I thought. Cheers Ant' 😄some good drone footage as always.

  • @jetsons101
    @jetsons101 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Find a sensible safe way" What's the fun in that.... lol
    Ant, you seem to have a knack for finding little bits of history all over the place. Thanks for your time, work, "and getting the spiky bits in your legs" just for us..........

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Cheers Mike. It's been one I've needed to do for a while but it's impossible in the spring summer and autumn

    • @jetsons101
      @jetsons101 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So much history, so little time...........@@TrekkingExploration

  • @rickdeckard4213
    @rickdeckard4213 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Have a pair of wellies in your rucksack at all times, you know it makes sense. 😉

  • @britishlongbarrows
    @britishlongbarrows 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'd like to see it from the other side of the tunnel and track?

    • @RaggyAl1971
      @RaggyAl1971 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Its filled in on the West side.

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I think its all private too

  • @maestromanification
    @maestromanification 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very interesting Ant, was that standard or narrow gauge as it isn't obvious if it connects with other lines. . I used to go over the top of that nearly every day when I worked for Central trains 20 years ago and had no idea it existed. Mind I was normally shutting cab windows and gagging with smell of the maggot farm that was nearby

  • @elvinhaak
    @elvinhaak 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can there have been a foothpath or low drivepath in the culvert with the concrete blocks of some kind maybe?

  • @GarethL2008
    @GarethL2008 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Come see the old goods shed in Ripon before it makes way for new houses

  • @johnm2012
    @johnm2012 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Skew brickwork at 4:55

  • @butchknapman3939
    @butchknapman3939 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    New to your channel and I note that I have about 5 years to catch up on
    What camera do you use good video and sound quality

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Gosh 5 years. I'd probably go back to 2021 and move forwards for the better stuff 😂
      Mostly GoPro. Easy to carry around.

  • @rossmurrayfam1568
    @rossmurrayfam1568 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Im going to Nottingham Uk this Sunday

  • @wam2610
    @wam2610 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    👍

  • @longbar2344
    @longbar2344 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i have keys to all gates on the western line:p

  • @georgeedwardscott8161
    @georgeedwardscott8161 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Take your wellies with you. the amount of times I've heard you say you cant do something because you didn't bring ya wellies.

  • @geoffreymartin2764
    @geoffreymartin2764 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why is blocked off? 🏳‍🌈

  • @ste.h9825
    @ste.h9825 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    So much variety every video.Thanks Ant.