How a Man Stole an Entire Train Station - Cleckheaton Central Station

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  • In today's video, we take a look at Cleckheaton Central Station, which was stolen. Yes, the station building was stolen.
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  • @TrainFactGuy
    @TrainFactGuy  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +213

    *Walking away with suspiciously station-shaped lump in backpack*

    • @caledonianrailway1233
      @caledonianrailway1233 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      *running from the police class 37 from the intercity advert*

    • @peterrraklliproductions2020
      @peterrraklliproductions2020 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ‘Ello, ‘ello, ‘ello? What have we here?

    • @im_just_l
      @im_just_l 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      we outta stations

    • @Colt45hatchback
      @Colt45hatchback 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      While you're at it wanna nab me a deltic for um... Reasons? 😂

    • @traincrazymotive
      @traincrazymotive 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Stop! you have violated the law!

  • @ComengProductions
    @ComengProductions 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +181

    I hate when I accidentally steal an entire railway station.

  • @mackiefarrell
    @mackiefarrell 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +130

    Some people steal from trains, not me. Trains steal from me. They steal my love and attention.

  • @SteamTrainsNStuff
    @SteamTrainsNStuff 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +91

    "Hippity hoppity I place your transport infrastructure in my pocketty"

  • @robertnapier7932
    @robertnapier7932 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +73

    Sedgwick actually saved BR £2300 but removing the station for free ! Perhaps he should have counter sued BR for the difference !!

    • @marekmichalovic8711
      @marekmichalovic8711 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      Exactly my thoughts, this man did it hella cheaply

  • @trainlover16
    @trainlover16 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

    0:50 I smell someone making a Thomas Story out of this.

    • @ChimpManZ1264
      @ChimpManZ1264 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You beat me to it! 😂

    • @trainlover16
      @trainlover16 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ChimpManZ1264 Lol.

    • @Bricky_comedian
      @Bricky_comedian 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Narrator : the police stopped the man who was attempting to walk away unnoticed
      Police officer : what’s this? Is this a whole bloody station in your bag?
      Guy : I swear officer I picked up the wrong one

    • @trainlover16
      @trainlover16 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Bricky_comedian Lol.

    • @theremoteanater
      @theremoteanater 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Im writing it

  • @GordonFan4472
    @GordonFan4472 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Sedgwick must've called Saul Goodman to defend him in court.
    "You're Honor, my client couldn't have stolen a Train Station. It wouldn't have fit in his Pocket."

  • @1_railfan
    @1_railfan 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Despite the station being stolen, it was meant to be taken down in the 1st place anyway. So...
    Task failed successfully.

  • @ZstackZip
    @ZstackZip 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    “That is a DIABOLICAL lick”
    -my brother

  • @yeoldeseawitch
    @yeoldeseawitch 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    this makes the pannier theft look positively petty in comparison

    • @firstnamlastnam2141
      @firstnamlastnam2141 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The what

    • @yeoldeseawitch
      @yeoldeseawitch 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@firstnamlastnam2141 2 guys stole a pannier tank engine back in the day for no reason except for shits and giggles

    • @firstnamlastnam2141
      @firstnamlastnam2141 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@yeoldeseawitch They do seem like the kind of mass produced vehicle that'd be nice to just have and drive around in...

    • @joshslater2426
      @joshslater2426 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Stealing a loco feels like a far more logical crime than stealing a whole station. With a loco it would at least be possible to drive it away or transport it by wagon.

  • @TheSouthernTerrierA1X0-6-0
    @TheSouthernTerrierA1X0-6-0 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    This incident reminds me of a story in the early railway days, when the Maryport & Carlisle railway had their Carlisle terminus unceremoniously demolished in about an hour by another company (L&CR).
    Happened because the M&CR refused to stop using their terminus once the Carlisle Citadel had been built

  • @harrisonallen651
    @harrisonallen651 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    This is more bizarre than stealing an engine for time travel

  • @MatthewsBranchLine
    @MatthewsBranchLine 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Google Search: Help I accidentally stole a railway station

    • @Del_S
      @Del_S 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Google's new AI then advises you dig tunnels and have little pods ride in them to replace the missing railways.

  • @freebird2072
    @freebird2072 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    The same Mr Sedgewick was one of the founders of the Coal Carrying Championship

  • @Chaos42666
    @Chaos42666 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    This reminds me of an old joke where a rich farmer orders a large chicken coop to be delivered by rail, it gets hung up in a small town and he decides to go retrieve it with a truck and drives off with the whistlestop depot leaving his coop behind in it's place

    • @ajaxengineco
      @ajaxengineco 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Based on a true story, that happened on the Ravenglass & Eskdale. The farmer had been told his coop would be delivered at one of the stations by a certain date, and sent a boy down to get it. On arriving, he collected the only rickety-looking shed that he could see.... The R&E was not famous for its passenger infrastructure, in those days.

  • @bowlerwildcatGaming1991
    @bowlerwildcatGaming1991 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    My old home town still go over there every now and again to see my dad

  • @duncanabrams7441
    @duncanabrams7441 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The title has the exact same vibe to it as "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" lmao

  • @dragonblaster-vu8wz
    @dragonblaster-vu8wz 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    I feel like he actually did steal the station. Part of a con is sticking to your story and being consistent. Perhaps he needed some extra money for something, and a friend named Watson came up with a crazy idea given the Mass closures by Beeching. So he used that name as a scapegoat to plant reasonable doubt in the eyes of a jury should he get caught

  • @Tom-Lahaye
    @Tom-Lahaye 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This happens to many railway stations in South Africa, during the Covid pandemic when almost all passenger train travel was stopped many buildings were looted for building materials, often leaving only the brick walls but roofs, windows etc gone. Also lots of copper including catenary wires were stolen leaving the entire commuter train services in the large cities inoperable, in many cases to this day.

    • @SportyMabamba
      @SportyMabamba 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Daylight Woggery

  • @retrocd7991
    @retrocd7991 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Waiting until your hear about “the stolen railway” when locals stole and entire Branchline of the GS&WR in Ireland

  • @Kalvinjj
    @Kalvinjj 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    That's a whole new variation of "I've got a bridge to sell you!" that I've never heard before.

  • @SillyDartPony
    @SillyDartPony 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Minions. Tonight, we steal the station

  • @carltonleboss
    @carltonleboss 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    You wouldn't steal a train station...

    • @AbbeyYard
      @AbbeyYard 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You wouldn't steal a train...

    • @1471SirFrederickBanbury
      @1471SirFrederickBanbury 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      You wouldn't download a railway station...

    • @AbbeyYard
      @AbbeyYard 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@1471SirFrederickBanbury You wouldn't pirate a workshop...

    • @1471SirFrederickBanbury
      @1471SirFrederickBanbury 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@AbbeyYard I totally would though! Milling machines are too useful, but we wouldn’t download a joint railway…

    • @AbbeyYard
      @AbbeyYard 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@1471SirFrederickBanbury You wouldn't shop a scrapyard...

  • @TubeLVT
    @TubeLVT 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I once witnessed a bold and dangerous railway theft: I was volunteering as a safety officer for a tourist railroad several years ago. When riding in the caboose during an excursion, I saw a man with a crowbar by the tracks. He was pulling date spikes from live, FRA-regulated tracks! We called the local police. As I recall, he was arrested. (That’s how we learned about the date spike theft.)

  • @cloudedarctrooper
    @cloudedarctrooper 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wait hold on, I'm only thirty seconds into the video; Did you just say this man was _TRICKED_ into stealing an entire railway station??
    I'm now completely flummoxed.
    I don't know what to expect in the video anymore, I was confused enough by reading the title that said a guy stole a whole station, but now im even more confused.
    Anyways, please do continue.
    * Unpauses *

  • @voltsiano116
    @voltsiano116 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    4:15
    "Your honor, I swear, I was given permission."

  • @TheEerieMaster
    @TheEerieMaster 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The thumbnail is freaking hilarious 🤣

  • @TessfromKellstorpe
    @TessfromKellstorpe 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Bro stole knaphord 💀

  • @kingofthepod5169
    @kingofthepod5169 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The thumbnail goes hard. He's just like "Lemme just grab that."

  • @phonotical
    @phonotical 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Sounds like rail company didn't shop around for a cheaper contractor

  • @dj_efk
    @dj_efk 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Do you mean the Lancashire and Yorkshire railway, as opposed to the Yorkshire and Lancashire?

  • @dragonheatgaming5005
    @dragonheatgaming5005 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i always chuckle at this story, this is not that far from me 🤣

  • @ericdueck9405
    @ericdueck9405 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I imagined him just picking up the whole station like Ed Edd n Eddie

    • @ciarangleeson2880
      @ciarangleeson2880 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      🤣 Here, Eddy! Lots of hurt! Hold the onions!

  • @TerryTheNewsGirl
    @TerryTheNewsGirl 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This completely cracked me up! Thank you for making me laugh x

  • @agushillairet9493
    @agushillairet9493 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Did they find Mr.Watson? Or..??

  • @drjamespotter
    @drjamespotter 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I live next to a heritage railway. They had a load of electric cable stolen and the thieves stole two wheelbarrows from me to use as getwaway vehicles.

  • @RobSchofield
    @RobSchofield 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Rather excellent!

  • @joshuabessire9169
    @joshuabessire9169 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Bulls busting a guy for taking some tie plates: "Finally our railroad is safe!"
    Sedgwick: "Dude! I'm taking this to Mexico!"

  • @Straswa
    @Straswa 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A fascinating story, thanks for sharing ToT.

  • @MorrisHillmanProductions
    @MorrisHillmanProductions 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Elementary, my dear Watson."

  • @zippy3377
    @zippy3377 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Bud managed to fit that in a bag

  • @SmudgeThomas
    @SmudgeThomas 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Someone went off with £100 and no consequences. Those "inflation adjusted" figures sound low but the Bank of England agrees...maybe we just paid less for stations then than now!

  • @Combes_
    @Combes_ 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Reminds me of that video with the amish guys moving a barn 💀

  • @jackbarrowclough1739
    @jackbarrowclough1739 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Would've been my local station along with Liversedge if Beeching didn't close it!

  • @timothyteo4602
    @timothyteo4602 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    0:35 you mispronounced the railway name: it’s really the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway or L&YR

  • @ccityplanner1217
    @ccityplanner1217 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I opine that they invoked jury nullification to protest the unpopular Beeching Axe. This line of legal argumentation is that, while the bricks & mortar of the station may belong to the British Railways Board, the amenity of the station is a public good and rightfully belongs to the commons.
    • The council owns the tarmac that covers the surface of a road, but not the right to use that area of land as a road.
    • The Church of England owns the town's church building, but does not own the parishioners' belief in God and would be stealing from them if it denied them the use of the church for activities relating to the practice of Christianity.
    • A town park is the physical property of the local authority, but were it to permanently lock the gates of the park, it would be stealing from the residents. Furthermore, if it had acquired the park because the previous owner had bequeathed it "for the public good", as many parks have been, then it would also be violating the estate of the deceased.

  • @sterlingodeaghaidh5086
    @sterlingodeaghaidh5086 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Funily enough, theft of railroad stations is not uncommon. I know of two near me that were stolen at one point.

  • @lukechristmas3951
    @lukechristmas3951 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Down right hilarious indeed! I can't think of any better way of describing it. Yeah, I think there are lessons to be learned here. Save your receipts, kids! And don't be afraid to conduct background checks.

  • @andycap6786
    @andycap6786 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Interesting story which I vaguely remember. Although I appreciate you say 'railway station' several times can you change the video title to '...railway station..'. as well?

  • @mozeskertesz6398
    @mozeskertesz6398 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    People usually steal whole railway lines, with the stations remaining. The opposite happened here.

  • @420sakura1
    @420sakura1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What were the locales doing? Couldn't they gave asked for the papers and permits?

  • @fathernick9910
    @fathernick9910 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It’s a railway station. Train stations are an Americanism

  • @Del_S
    @Del_S 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can't leave anything lying around these days.

  • @robertwilloughby8050
    @robertwilloughby8050 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey, wait a minute. Is this the same Reggie Sedgwick that started the Gawthope Coal Race?

  • @janwitts2688
    @janwitts2688 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well.. the company legally hired saved some moneys and lost some moneys.. probably evened out..

  • @alicehodges9964
    @alicehodges9964 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've Heard Of Cleckheaton Station

  • @The_NW_EngineYT
    @The_NW_EngineYT 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Elementary, my dear Watson. Give me three weeks, I'll show you what I can do.

  • @eftalanquest
    @eftalanquest 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    there was recent case close to where i live. someone stole a road leading to an old station

  • @Austriantrainguy
    @Austriantrainguy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I´m sorry to be that late but...
    ...ENGERTH-LOCOMOTIVE!

  • @branwellbronte8663
    @branwellbronte8663 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Error in commentary, that should read - Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Co.

  • @BadByte
    @BadByte 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Well it was not like British Rail was using the station … so why not make a bit of money 😂

  • @yanwonj7064
    @yanwonj7064 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Man actually got the job done but that ment nothing to the railway. They needed their mafia guy on the job. I despise those impotent pencil pushers.

  • @guidor.4161
    @guidor.4161 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It seems he never heard of the Brooklyn Bridge?

  • @nathanwatson01
    @nathanwatson01 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Sorry guys, my bad

  • @rjmun580
    @rjmun580 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    0:35 : Shouldn't this be the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway?

  • @warrior3456_
    @warrior3456_ 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I would have got away with it if it wasn't for you meddling kids and your talking dog

  • @reachandler3655
    @reachandler3655 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So he saved BR a lot of money, and he was prosecuted for it?

  • @BlockedUser420
    @BlockedUser420 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ok but how does *one man* finish demolishing an already partially demolished train station in only three weeks?

    • @SportyMabamba
      @SportyMabamba 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      It’s important to have a hobby

  • @yeoldeseawitch
    @yeoldeseawitch 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I want to make a sherlock holmes joke but I shan't

  • @thomaspanditfan2435
    @thomaspanditfan2435 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So this is where Biharis learnt from...

  • @michaelcurrie6008
    @michaelcurrie6008 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    For God sake should have hired sherlock Watson would have been close by

  • @iscmiscm
    @iscmiscm 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Beeching stole most of the railway

  • @G-Cole-01
    @G-Cole-01 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    yoink

  • @Ilumenix
    @Ilumenix 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Shouldve expanded it with galvanized square steal with screws frkm his aun and rxo freindly would venire 🤑

  • @marceljagger3347
    @marceljagger3347 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Christ this bloke can put u to sleep

  • @NathanielPiscian
    @NathanielPiscian 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You like stealing stations don’t you - w-

  • @primrosevale1995
    @primrosevale1995 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A STATION

  • @DennisLora2001
    @DennisLora2001 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't know why people keep doing it they should know better than to take things that don't belong to them 0:54

  • @westinbridges7321
    @westinbridges7321 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Why would you steal a house? Just why?

  • @railworksamerica
    @railworksamerica 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    romania

  • @anthonyford411
    @anthonyford411 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Why use that nasty Americanism TRAIN station?