What a thoroughly enjoyable video of a place I have never visited. Nonetheless, with the traffic these days simply intolerable I can't help but think it was a shame so many lines were closed....Thank you for taking the time to post this video.
Thanks for posting this video. The Bradford to Keighley line would have made a wonderful heritage railway. If only the planners had been blessed with a bit of foresight. The tourist revenue would have been a great boost to the area all along the line. It’s one line that I really wish I could have traveled.
I was there in 1968 for the re opening of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. My father was the guard on the first train out of Keighley. Such a shame the GN line was closed.
Fantastic video of days gone by. My dad told me hiw they played by the track on line to the city goods yard, they lived nearby in listerhills. Told me there were serious cuttings on the line with big drops. I now live on top of queensbury tunnel, the line wemt under our house about 20 yards up the road, albeit about 375ft below. The old boy who lives behind me has lived in his house 75 years, he showed me a photo of what was just fields at the time behind our houses, the only standout thing in the field the cap of the airshaft from Queensbury tunnel. All those fields full of houses now
Great memorabilia video for us who lived near these lines,I can remember three trains in the Worth valley at the same time in 1955.An Halifax -Keighley passenger train passing a pick-up goods near Blea moor tunnel and a Keighley- Oxenhope train passing Damems station.
Get the 3 Willowherb publishing books Great Northern Outpost by the late Jan Rapecz and Alan Whitaker of these lines in their death throes. Went to these tunnels etc with my late brother in 2000 after reading about them back in 1993 from an article in Steam days magazine “Over the mountain to Queensbury”. Like most closed railways it was never cut and dried how it closed. BR put the rates up for the remaining goods trains forcing traders to use the roads. The narrator does put the usual closure bias on it
Beautiful people, beautiful places, beatiful times. Now all replaced.
So true!
Interesting footage with some good sound dubbing. So much railway heritage lost in those parts, but thanks to the KWVR for keeping a small part alive.
Thank you for the compliment. The footage is taken from a Cinerail production DVD... Marsden Rail 31 "Yorkshire Byways", available from Videoscene.
What a thoroughly enjoyable video of a place I have never visited. Nonetheless, with the traffic these days simply intolerable I can't help but think it was a shame so many lines were closed....Thank you for taking the time to post this video.
Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for posting this video. The Bradford to Keighley line would have made a wonderful heritage railway. If only the planners had been blessed with a bit of foresight. The tourist revenue would have been a great boost to the area all along the line. It’s one line that I really wish I could have traveled.
Fascinating .
Thank you.
I was there in 1968 for the re opening of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. My father was the guard on the first train out of Keighley. Such a shame the GN line was closed.
Fantastic video of days gone by. My dad told me hiw they played by the track on line to the city goods yard, they lived nearby in listerhills. Told me there were serious cuttings on the line with big drops. I now live on top of queensbury tunnel, the line wemt under our house about 20 yards up the road, albeit about 375ft below. The old boy who lives behind me has lived in his house 75 years, he showed me a photo of what was just fields at the time behind our houses, the only standout thing in the field the cap of the airshaft from Queensbury tunnel. All those fields full of houses now
Yep, all gone... At least parts of the line are walkable now.
Absolutely brilliant.Thank you for sharing . Is there anymore footage especially of Ingrow East......
Glad you enjoyed it. Unfortunately no.
Brilliant film
Thank you.
May I add they made a wonderful job of restoring Damems Station.👍
You may!
Great memorabilia video for us who lived near these lines,I can remember three trains in the Worth valley at the same time in 1955.An Halifax -Keighley passenger train passing a pick-up goods near Blea moor tunnel and a Keighley- Oxenhope train passing Damems station.
Glad you enjoyed it.
In a way, a good job someone filmed it otherwise we wouldn't be able to see yesteryear
Get the 3 Willowherb publishing books Great Northern Outpost by the late Jan Rapecz and Alan Whitaker of these lines in their death throes. Went to these tunnels etc with my late brother in 2000 after reading about them back in 1993 from an article in Steam days magazine “Over the mountain to Queensbury”. Like most closed railways it was never cut and dried how it closed. BR put the rates up for the remaining goods trains forcing traders to use the roads. The narrator does put the usual closure bias on it
Beautiful footage great days only to turn back the clock 👍
Brilliant footage. Thanks for the upload.
Superb video
Thank you so much 😀
Sad to see the railtour visit those crumbling closed stations.
Yep, all gone...
Superb.
Interesting to see the Damems station the view looking in that direction today is unrecognisable as the land behind completely built up with housing.
A lovely line - good that it was saved.
Marsden rail,west riding steam,part2.
3:31 bros riding in the truck 💀
Nope, in the guards van.
@@kevinmothers904 it would be really cool to ride in a open truck though but nowadays with safety regulations that'll never happen
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