Abandoned Stations on a Live Railway - EDS18 - Salisbury West

#EveryDisusedStation
Welcome to another Episode of Every Disused Station where we aim to visit all of the 6800 abandoned stations in the UK. If you are enjoying our productions please do consider becoming a Patreon. Details here: / everydisusedstation
This weeks Episode see's us attempt to visit 15 stations on active lines to the west of Salisbury.
Thanks to:
@Richardf
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Richard has produced an essential resource for the Abandoned Station explorer in you. Go visit the website and click on the top link. Check our Geoff Marshall's Choo Choo chat too where he interviews Richard.

[@pwhitewick]

Hey lovely peeps. Forgive the slightly different video today, I hope you like it! Also forgive the random over exposure on the camera. I really do keep forgetting to put the ND filter on! Oh and yeah, I completely messed up the blur! Working on that!

[@simontay4851]

Why do you always make so many mistakes. Its unprofessional. Please do it properly.

[@brianthetrain9283]

Your daughter is a spitting image of Rebecca , including here mannerisms. Good video as usual

[@pwhitewick]

Ha, I guess I don't notice living with the pair of them! Cheers Brian.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

deffo'

[@thebigchip]

Uncanny the way Freya mimicked Rebecca’s mannerisms. She must have paid very close attention to all your videos. 👍🏻

[@pwhitewick]

😂😂😂

[@markstarmer3677]

Yet another cracking vid. Keep them coming sir. Your daughter is the spit of the wife, brilliant.

[@colinburton113]

Great video loved the intro, Freya did you all proud, just like her mom lovely xx

[@pwhitewick]

Cheers Colin, she did indeed.

[@bobingram6912]

Nice one guys and girls!!! A mini Rebecca, just like Mum. Other burger and coffee outlets are available (thank goodness). That's a good railway mapsite, learnt a lot from that, nice and clear. Driven along that route many times and never realised what was the on the other side/under the bridge. Thanks Teach!! 👨‍🎓👍👍

[@pwhitewick]

Always a pleasure. Yup Richard has done a great map, I think he has more to follow.

[@paulhoggard2227]

Great balance of fact, interest and humour! ... Excellent contribution from Rebecca's 'mini-me' :-)

[@pwhitewick]

Cheers Paul, glad we struck a good balance.

[@steveboarder518]

Great video with an amusing twist, academy award nominations next year? I grew up in Gillingham (even living down Station Road for a while) and as a teenager used to regularly catch the train to Salisbury on a Saturday so remember vividly passing the old station at Semley as it always had loads of tractor parts in the yard next to it!

[@pwhitewick]

Cheers Steve. Yup as teenagers we used to travel to Salisbury to via train. Perhaps from the opposite direction!

[@davekirwin]

Nice cut backs to 'Becca still stuck in the loo. Freya was great and you managed a fair few stations in the limited time frame. Clocked the old Scimitar at Semley.

[@pwhitewick]

Cheers Dave. Yup I didn't notice that either as we walked straight past it!!

[@tardismole]

I'm sorry, but I couldn't help but laugh. I can't think who Freya gets her cheeky side from. :D

[@pwhitewick]

That was certainly the intention Mr Tardis. 👍👍

[@webrarian]

No man would go to the toilet without his mobile phone. And now we have an excuse for doing it :-) Lovely video. Freya is a star!

[@pwhitewick]

This is very true! Cheers Chris.

[@mileshigh1321]

Lots of history and info while having fun with your daughter! Thanks for sharing!

[@pwhitewick]

Cheers Miles, hoping to get that balance right.

[@harleancarpenter8043]

OK, that was funny, I must say, just what I needed today. Seeing I have a more recent video, I assume you lived, lol. Love all 3 of you, lol

[@pwhitewick]

Cheers Stevie. Yup a tad different this one!

[@jaundicedoutlook7247]

Lovely stuff, thanks again. Plus a bonus Reliant Scimitar at 12:23 ... nice.

[@pwhitewick]

Well I didn't notice that.... As I walked straight past it!!

[@martinorgan1945]

Princess Anne had one of those you know

[@jaundicedoutlook7247]

@@martinorgan1945 Yep, she was caught speeding in it ... shocking I know ;)

[@nwae8812]

Great videos. I used to be a train driver in England, and drove over this line. Now a driver in New Zealand, brings back happy memories 👍

[@pwhitewick]

Brilliant, thanks for sharing.

[@plucas42]

Love this. I was getting stressed myself seeing how many you were going to able to fit in against the clock. Another gem. Good new co-host too :)

[@pwhitewick]

Cheers Phil. I had no idea we would be as shockingly behind as we were.

[@marcuslee8789]

Just hilarious - thank you Paul, Rebecca and Freya :)

[@pwhitewick]

A pleasure Marcus. 👍👍

[@robertoboocock6443]

Excellent as usual look forward to the next adventure

[@pwhitewick]

Cheers Roberto. Editing the next adventure as we speak!

[@robertoboocock6443]

Great will look forward to it

[@radioman1170]

Love it - love the comedy twist! Here's to the next one - thanks to the three of you :-)

[@pwhitewick]

Twas a pleasure.

[@leey7h]

thanks again. amazing how very little of the station buildings exist given that the line is still there. a health and safety thing I guess. If the line had gone , maybe the buildings would have remained.

[@pwhitewick]

Nail on the head Herb. We were a little surprised especially on the Salisbury Branch line.

[@jonathandriver3415]

Great video, funny, and some great advice on charging chargers, as well as railway stuff. More than anyone could hope for

[@pwhitewick]

Haha... Yup just inspired. She really needs to take the idea to Apple or Samsung.

[@bullettube9863]

Such a great time to spend with your daughter! Learning some history and spending quality time with your dad is great, plus this video will last forever to show your own kids years from now. Just hope they don't get the idea that it would be fun to lock YOU in a closet!

[@pwhitewick]

Thank you. Yup this was a nice little adventure, I'm not sure she was fussed about the history side, bit you never know.

[@bullettube9863]

@@pwhitewick What she'll remember is spending time with you! Believe me, my grown son and daughter still talk about all the things they used to do with me: Digging potatoes, gluing scrap pieces of wood together and painting them, flying kites, fishing and oh yes, visiting the local rail road yard and poking around in the weeds looking for telegraph pole insulators. It's being with you that counts!

[@gameingguesty7991]

Great to see little one get involved made a good change great entertainment 👍

[@pwhitewick]

Cheers, aiming to do that a little more

[@gameingguesty7991]

@@pwhitewick looking forward to the next episode keep up the good work

[@berniesteadman7642]

A little extra history / info for you. At 1:32, just before the bridge, you past a sign on the right for the 'Bob Blandford Memorial Hall'. Bob Blandford was Mayor of Wilton on several occasions. He was also a keen Scouter. Upon his passing (2004?), it was decided that the already planned replacement Scout hall would be named in his honour for the service he gave to the community. He used to live in the Wilton South station you visited at 14:27, until his death. I'm not 100% sure, but I think he moved there shortly after the station closed in 1966.

[@pwhitewick]

Fantastic, thank you Bernard. We love the little snippets like this that people furnish us with.

[@nickwood4776]

Beautifully shot, great sound track too. Bless Freya for indulging her Dad's odd passion. Think it's a bit much having a camera in the loo though...

[@pwhitewick]

😂.... You mean you don't??

[@lindamccaughey8800]

Really enjoyed that very much. Wish we had actually seen the stations themselves as well. Was still fantastic

[@pwhitewick]

Thanks Linda. It was a surprise that there was hardly anything left at any location. With regards photos etc of how they used to look, without paying for copyright photos there was next to nothing available.

[@lindamccaughey8800]

Whitewick's Abandoned Railways I really loved it anyways. Just love railways and anything to do with them and I also love the way you present it. Thanks again

[@annepegum3351]

Some nifty brushwork by young Freya there - very amusing !! 😎😂😃

[@pwhitewick]

It took some takes I can tell you!!

[@TheNgandrew]

Most amusing video, and fascinating also. I might show this to my twelve year old daughter, who is becoming reluctant to wanting to go out with her (super-cool) dad and little brother, to remind her what fun can be had. Your daughter did a stellar job by the way, and a very intelligent use of the broom.

[@davidcutts2650]

An amusing video. Well done.

[@pwhitewick]

Cheers David. 👍👍

[@hullhistorynerd]

There's something almost mournful about abandoned stations on a still live railway.

[@pwhitewick]

Yup agreed. Sad as well that in this line very little tea e of them can be seen.

[@SMILEVIDEOTRAINS]

Your vdaughter is a younger version of her mum and I love her,, By golly you did very well young lady while your mum was snoozing in the loo... !!!. Seriously I thought Semley station looked rather tired.....Very nice video sir.. Take care...all of you.

[@pwhitewick]

Cheers Keith. She was a good companion. Semley was tired but a bundle of potential.

[@michaelpilling9659]

Well done mini-Rebecca. A real scallywag! Poor Mum looked in the loo! Super video. Full of very interesting facts and information. 1955 seems to be a common date. Why were so many stations closed in that year?

[@HenrysAdventures]

Another great video! I always thought Wilton South would be worth reopening but maybe slightly further East so it could serve both lines. I remember taking a picture of the rail side of Wilton South from the train a few years ago. I'll try and dig it out and post it on your Facebook page.

[@christopherpragnell6375]

There has been discussions at some length about opening it again

[@Outandaboutwithpoggy]

A very pleasant video, thank you

[@pwhitewick]

Thanks Michael. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@owenrichardson1419]

Interesting Railways Geometry & Comedy. What more could one ask for?

[@pwhitewick]

The pleasure is all mine Owen. Well hopefully yours too.

[@nicklowe536]

Maybe watching this with my 7yr old was not a good idea just seen him disappearing with the brush

[@pwhitewick]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheLowerman]

Thanks for another great video! Glad Rebecca finally escaped.

[@pwhitewick]

Haha. Cheers.

[@davie941]

hi paul rebecca and fraya

[@pwhitewick]

Yup, first time! Freya. Well felt like the lack of Rebecca needed to be made up for in a comic way of course!

[@davie941]

@@pwhitewick lol , hope she's ok now :)

[@pwhitewick]

@@davie941 recovered well.... I think.

[@saltleywsc]

A mini Rebecca has appeared !! great video both !

[@pwhitewick]

Cheers Merv. 👍👍

[@chris4383]

Wonderful video, thank you.

[@pwhitewick]

Thanks Chris. 👍👍👍

[@CycolacFan]

Hope you'll pop back for the rest sometime. Even 100 years on I'm surprised how little seems to be left of some of those stations, they must have all been accessible by road at some point.

[@pwhitewick]

Definitely plan to come back. Yup couldn't agree more. Really surprised.to see so little left.

[@shaunwest3612]

Great video Paul and Rebecca, loving the new concept,if you get your own back Rebecca please film it👌😂👍

[@pwhitewick]

Haha. Cheers Shaun. I am sure she will!

[@shaunwest3612]

@@pwhitewick I forgot to say great cameo from Freya 👍

[@Sim0nTrains]

8 out of 15 disused stations isn’t too bad but your ambitious plan did a Rebecca! (Went to the toilet) Great video and always wondered how you was planning stations on live railway lines, hopefully we see more of this series in the future of abandoned Stations on live railways 👍🏻

[@pwhitewick]

Cheers Simon. It was the most exciting content with regards the stations themselves so we needed to give it something extra. 👍👍

[@nilo70]

Thank you , Cheers!

[@id70b40]

Stunning countryside... I love that part of the UK.

[@alexcharlesworth7580]

Was looking forward to my village of Milborne Port getting a mention as the station is still there as a private residence. Good vid as always though 👍

[@carolinegray3150]

Well done for eight stations

[@michaeljohnson4636]

Nice one again Paul , lime kilns are normally filled from the top which could be what that hole at the back is did you go on the top of it,the large arch over may have been there to stop the rain getting at the burnt lime

[@pwhitewick]

Ah that could make sense. Sadly we didn't scale it as we were a tad short on time. I know where it is though, so might go back and take another peak!

[@michaeljohnson4636]

@@pwhitewickif you look at holy island lime kilns you will see a picture like that one in your clip,mind I found the picture on the undiscovered Scotland (ps holy island is in northumberland the least people per sq mile of any county in england)

[@pwhitewick]

@@michaeljohnson4636 well that sounds tempting.

[@BillySugger1965]

Loved this fun video. Naughty Freya, good sport Rebecca! I know that area very well, having grown up in Wilton and Salisbury. Curious to know where that line kiln is, in my teens I used to cycle from Salisbury to Gillingham that way.

[@pwhitewick]

Thanks Billy, twas fun to make.

[@andrewholloway231]

To be fair 8/15 stations was not bad going, so I say well done.✔

[@pwhitewick]

Yeah, we always over estimate!

[@thomasmann9216]

Freya is adorable. Glad she was able to star in this video.

[@pwhitewick]

Cheers Thomas. She certainly enjoyed the little adventure.

[@Brian_rock_railfan]

great video :)

[@ninjagoggles]

Rebecca looks different in this one...

[@JalanBax]

ATS Vicki looks different in this one...

[@JamesHardiman99]

Freya: next time lock Dad in and have an all-girls trip!

[@marysweet8858]

Rebecca looks different in this one...great video as usual and I liked the fact it was a bit different. Actually to me felt a bit like some of the first videos you did, with the very mild jeopardy of how many will they get to before they realise they've been hopelessly over-ambitious 👍

[@pwhitewick]

Sooooo true. Spoiler alert: It may well be that in the next set of videos coming over the next couple of weeks we have been a tad over ambitious on the High Peak trail on our bikes. 😬😉

[@RoyCousins]

I think your downstairs loo needs stocking with suitable railway reading materials for next time!! 😁

[@pwhitewick]

Now that is a very good point!!

[@ROBERTSCOIN]

that part building you came accross i think it was an old pottery building the part you saw was the old kilns for the pots to be baked in

[@professormcgorgeous]

No brushes were harmed in the making of this video.😁

[@pwhitewick]

Hahahaha... It survived a lot of abuse from clip after clip!

[@peterbuckley265]

WHAT BRUSHES, WAS PAUL DOING A SCENIC RAILWAY LANDSCAPE PAINTING AT ONE OF THE STATION SITES !!!! ????.

[@carolinegray3150]

Nice video

[@hubertvancalenbergh9022]

Missed Rebecca terribly, even though the miniature version was equally nice.

[@pwhitewick]

Panic not, she will return next week Hubert. 👍👍 (Rebecca that is).

[@andrewmarch7891]

That's the way; start 'em young!

[@christopherrosindale3175]

At the site of Wylie station, is that the base of an old signal box right next to the crossing? There is some clearly visible brickwork next to the track, with what may be the remains of the slot where the point rodding and signal wires came out of.

[@mistywolf312]

I think the closed live line stations are going to be the ones that take the most time, especially the London ones but I will predict that the Scottish Live lines will be the hardest.

[@pwhitewick]

Absolutely Misty. We are already planning a Scottish trip next year including a video in its own right... "Gorton", the UK's most remote disused station, which is just south of Corrour.

[@juleshathaway3894]

@@pwhitewick Sorry guys, been there, done that ;-) www.jules-merlin27.com/Railways/24-hours-at-Gorton-Loop/ It's 14 route miles south of Corrour.

[@juleshathaway3894]

Hans Kniezand Haha, yes very true, definitely NOT Whitewick style. And I don’t know what gangland style is??

[@juleshathaway3894]

Hans Kniezand Thanks Hans, I’ll give it a swerve I think. I hope you enjoy my photos, there’s a lot to see on the whole site. Best wishes to you.

[@stephendavies6949]

Great fun.

[@darenhaines8830]

This video reminded me of your earlier videos where the humour was more prevalent. I kind of miss it. There again it must be hard to create comical situations when you're trying to visit numerous sites of disused railway stations in not much time at all.

[@pwhitewick]

Cheers Daren. We miss creating them too. The issue we had was essentially they took around a month to film and relied on a number of friends being available to help. We much prefer being able to make weekly content. But agreed, we miss them too.

[@MrLargePig]

Freya was a welcome addition, if a bit of a clever clogs. Did miss Rebecca, though...I should think 15 stations on still-used lines was a little ambitious, for one morning!

[@pwhitewick]

Panic not good Sir, Rebecca is back in full flow next week.... and this time not on the loo!

[@barrythedieselelectricstea5217]

sorry you didn't beat the challenge excellent video anyway 👍

[@pwhitewick]

Cheers Barry. Big fail indeed!

[@simontay4851]

Why no photos of how the stations used to look with platform(s) and station building. I wanted to see how they used to look compared to now.

[@pwhitewick]

No photos mainly because there were very few available. Without paying for copyright photos you are pretty much left with whatever wiki has.

[@simontay4851]

Oh, ok.

[@ukgeographer]

They may be on geograph.org.uk

[@shexec32]

That Rebecca missed these 8 stations means that, technically, she is disqualified from the challenge. You, Paul, are now the only person eligible to complete the Every Disused Station Challenge.

[@pwhitewick]

.....and then there was ONE!

[@geraldpayne417]

On a purely selfish note, as it was my home town,I would love to see an edition on the Fareham-Gosport branch line including the locations of the stations at Lee on the Solent and Stokes Bay. I still remember trains passing the back of my auntie's house on therir way down to Priddy's Hard.This was also the line Queen Victoria used on her trips to Osborne House on the ISle of Wight I believe.

[@MrLawnmower72]

i rely enjoy your videos i would love to visit some of the places you go do you have a list of where you have ? you are very lucky man my wife wouldn't come on trips it would be just me and the dog lol

[@pwhitewick]

We are a tad behind but check out the website and you'll find a map. On that map there is a load of pins which details where we have been.

[@MrLawnmower72]

@@pwhitewick will do thank you

[@skylarius3757]

7:30 I was surprised to see a crossing with only 2 barriers

[@pwhitewick]

Yup, I think there are a few along this stretch on the smaller roads.

[@andrewholloway231]

Oh dear, Freya is going to be in a whole heap of trouble now 😊 Another great video, really enjoyed it .... have to ask though, how long WAS Rebecca in the toilet for??

[@pwhitewick]

Well technically 6.5 hours..... 😉

[@simontay4851]

You need to do a part 2 to visit the rest of the stations that you missed. Theres no way you'd be able to go to all 15 in 5 hours minus lunch break so only 4 hours really. You needed a whole day - 9am to 5pm.

[@pwhitewick]

Yup. We have a part two planned for later in the year. Unfortunately with five kids time isn't always on our side.

[@simontay4851]

Five kids! Bloody hell! Most people stop at 2.

[@stephenablett1821]

I live on the Mayflower line...Manningtree to Harwich. Has a disused station...Bradfield. If you ever get to this line....off the London to Norwich main line, let me know...

[@pwhitewick]

Thanks Stephen. Keep an eye on our Twitter for news as to where we are heading.

[@neilthomas9244]

Another interesting vid. Good bit of comedy. Well done in getting your daughter to drive around for hours with you, looking at rail track, and where old stations used to be.Am betting that pocket money increases will be on agenda soon.You mention over exposure on the camera, absence of ND filter and blur, sorry! didn't notice, not that techy. Looked fine to me.

[@pwhitewick]

Thanks Neil. In that case ignore the techy comments and enjoy the video Sir.... Phew! lol.

[@mitchellasaro3181]

At 9:40,having the beat of the music matching the flashing crossing lights. On purpose or no?

[@pwhitewick]

Sometimes when you edit there are little happy coincidences that sit nicely. This was one of them!

[@nwae8812]

Correction to last post. Drove from Salisbury to Westbury and onwards. Should pay more attention!

[@paulwheeler4283]

Freya's so funny and she's just spitting image of Rebecca

[@TWX1138]

I'm not normally a fan of drones, but you may want to consider using a drone to fly in to the sites of the closed stations if your drone flight laws allow it. Just be careful and don't let the batteries go flat while the drone is in an inaccessible place.

[@pwhitewick]

Yup we do have a drone and always try to use it when circumstances allow. 50m from road, rail and people pretty much ruled this video out though.

[@Roblilley999]

Rebecca locked in the loo Scooby doo Style. She would have got away with it aswell if it wasn't for you pesky kids

[@MrLawnmower72]

h do you have anything that you have done in bedfordshire and hertfordshire i would love to know about the line that went from hitchin to bedford it was closed in the 60s it was in the film magnificent men in there fling machines keep up the good work

[@pwhitewick]

Thanks James sadly not as yet. We are a little behind with the maps and the database but nothing there as yet.

[@carolinegray3150]

A nice tunnel

[@3kimcarter]

brilliant i think you need to get freya on dragons den with her invention.

[@pwhitewick]

Definitely. I'm assuming she will see us right as we get old!.....

[@Phleeper]

Does this mean you'll have to revisit them seeing as Rebecca was inconvenienced?

[@pwhitewick]

Well I'd not considered that Paul..... Hmmmm

[@rockerjim8045]

Richard Fairhurst seems to have abandoned his map making North of Leeds

[@pwhitewick]

Yes indeed, its been a while. A great shame

[@spennykcn]

Can you guys leave the maps up longer? It’s impossible to digest any info from them as they disappear too quickly. Otherwise still loving the vids.

[@XANDRE.]

OMG and here i was just complaining about why the kids weren’t in the videos!

[@pwhitewick]

lol.

[@XANDRE.]

@@pwhitewick OMG YOU KNOW I EXIST!!! I can sleep in now and the world will not end! 😂🤣😜

[@2themoon863]

6800 stations? And I thought Geoff and Victoria had it tough at 2563 or so...!!🚂🚈🚅

[@Traveling425]

Keep an eye on your cameras or it could be “Fraya Explorers” on KZbin,

[@pwhitewick]

She has a little KZbin channel set up and ready to go so who knows!

[@dodgydruid]

Aw you missed the two best bits at Semley, the signal box and the Reliants, well except the Scimitar did have a show, the signal box is all complete exterior. If you ever see a mad beardy bloke driving around in a dirty yellow three wheeled Reliant lurking around old railway stuff that will be me as I do like old railway voyeurism and often go to Semley to see what's lurking about down there as I live one stop down in Gillingham. There is a campaign to reopen the station but further down the line a bit, it even got funded then bloody tories put a stop to it and the others that were so close to reopening in the area.

[@playwithmeinsecondlife6129]

Featuring Mini-Rebecca!

[@bobcooper6528]

I hope that Rebecca is better now

[@pwhitewick]

She is indeed well and will be back this coming Friday!

[@JasperCurtis01]

13:16 do you know where that is

[@dwegmull]

Have you worked out how long it would take to "visit" all 15 stations by train?

[@pwhitewick]

Good question. Nope, this was a Sunday though so I am guessing quite a chunk of the day!

[@michaelgamble296]

Poor Rebecca - there's a song: Oh Dear! What can the matter be poor R. . . . got locked in the whatever - But her understudy is excellent. Pity you were so rushed it was an interesting video - most of the Abandonment was more like 'expunged' than abandoned. More please - great that you involved the children.

[@01cthompson]

LOL. Someone's getting skelped.

[@wideyxyz2271]

Sooo was it a lime kiln?

[@pwhitewick]

Good question, we are 92.3% sure it was.

[@juleshathaway3894]

@@pwhitewick I would say definitely a lime kiln.

[@bobingram6912]

Come on, it's Friday, where is everybody?!!!!!!!

[@derekr1113]

I would like to think no chidren were harmed in the making of the video