Explore Abandoned Stainmore Railway Signal Box & Huge Belah Viaduct

[@Marcus.D.P]

Another really enjoyable video Gordon 👍brilliantly put together...photography and cinematography to rival any program maker..others have touched this line on you tube but the level of information in yours is on another level 😊 a must watch for any railway historian 👍

[@simaesthesia]

You said it for me @marcus pick

[@tbalmer1207]

like to add something as you didn't go to one of the viaducts (i believe the taller of the three between Kirkby and Belah viaduct) Resgate viaduct a 9 span 97ft tall and 324ft its a lot like Merry gill Viaduct. its privately owned by a farmer. if you would like some photos of it please get in touch and i would gladly take some of it as i believe there is not many of them around i could only find two different photos of it on the web and they are a bit crap. its currently not in bad shape as its used by farm traffic but obviously not the best as the cost of maintaining such a structure is well out of reach of a single farm. there are also some very deep cuttings into the hill side on the Stainmore side of the viaduct which they used the matreal from to construct a large embankment over the Coldkeld gill with large tunnel for the river to flow throw that you can walk through but it's a bit wonky. but ye let me know if you would like some pictures as i believe some of this needs to be archived before it is gone for good.

[@pauljones401]

This series of films are just what we need right now. Stunning and take us somewhere else. Thank you very much. Paul

[@nikbennett4894]

Another brilliant video. Martin Zero was up there not too long ago and all. Really enjoying these walks.

[@michaelmiller641]

Another interesting one! That belah viaduct would probably have been a nightmare to maintain, had it survived!

[@Andrewjg_89]

This is what the North of England looks like. Incredible mountains, breathtaking scenes and lots of history. Including the lost railways that once dominated the North of England. But this place is amazing. Wonderful video Nodrog. This has to be the best video of 2021.

[@christhompson2126]

Fond memories! Aged 12, I travelled on "The Stainmore Limited" and still have my ticket. I recall hearing recorded sounds on someone's "portable" tape recorder on the train just before it left Carlisle for Darlington. When the train briskly departed from Kirkby Stephen, I could not help crying... this really "WAS IT"...

[@simonmcowan6874]

That was truly wonderful to watch, excellent research, what occoured to me was you probably walked twice the distance! with your approaching a gate, closing it-close up, then walking away from it, then the shot of you way off walking over a foot bridge, I know you had to go back all the way to pick up the camera. For this superb style of film, I can see how much work you put into it, for that I say simply marvellous. Cheers.

[@nodrog]

You’ve nailed it on the head there. One camera four angles. But worth the time. Thank you for your support and watching.

[@frankfitzgerald5832]

What a joy to be able to share these railways with you gordon...Stunningly filmed and with a genuine fondness theres something bout your work which is truly very enjoyable....Thank you so much for all your hard work its very much appreciated stay safe and keep up the great work ...regards Frank & Lee.........Lancs Walks....

[@nodrog]

Cheers buddy. Really appreciated your nice comments. These lines are truly amazing to explore. Hidden gems.

[@jacobporrett]

Great video Gordon. You find some hidden gems on your adventures.

[@euromodellertrainz]

Another outstanding production, cheers!

[@CampervanJon]

Fantastic production, Great as always

[@desmondswallow6989]

Great video. You mentioned snowdrifts, just wondering if you have seen the video on KZbin of Snowdrift at Bleathgill? It's the same line as your video but in 1955. The locomotive shown is preserved and is at the Great Central Railway. Worth a watch.

[@waynepaxford7263]

Excellent video Gordon loved it 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@MrMansun95]

Another great video Gordon !

[@levelcrossing150]

Lovely video.

[@dleigh112]

Really enjoyable.. One of my ancestors Henry Law was farming at Podgill back in 1754. It's rough country to build a railway.

[@chrisnicholls8636]

Super interesting with great camera work and a real passion shining through for the lost railways. Keep these blogs coming Gordon they're brilliant mate 👍

[@tonystack7375]

Great walk with lovely birdsong accompanying I’ve seen this before and am still amazed,keep it up!

[@nodrog]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@davidcook380]

Again Great Video Gordon

[@blackwellcollierymodelrail3088]

Great video yet again, i live in this part of the country and forget what an awesome backdrop we have. Belah signallers used to get to/from work using a train, also provisions like water, coal, wood etc was delivered through the same means. It wasn't too long ago that Blea Moor signallers had a similar setup for water.

[@mickd6942]

What an absolute Gem of a video Gordon, this could easily be a tv program , excellent

[@bobsrailrelics]

Great video and suburb finds in the middle of nowhere.

[@bobsrailrelics]

BTW I am glad to see I'm not the only one out of breath on my videos 😁

[@mickd6942]

Still think this is one of those stand out videos for its presentation subject matter and production , excellent from start to finish and when it came up in suggestions well i had to watch it again and a year after first watching it i enjoyed it again .

[@nodrog]

Many thanks buddy. Hopefully more will be filmed this year.

[@jim8202]

Gordon, as a presenter you just keep getting better and better. Looking forward to many more videos as enjoyable as this one !!

[@RoboticManiacFC]

You go to places that are so beautiful I wish that I could go there

[@mikecelli1517]

Walk parts of that regularly. Fortunate to live in that part of Cumbria. Excellent video and historical information.

[@alistairshaw3206]

Another great video, Gordon. Sir Thomas Bouch was a great engineer, his work was amazing, unfortunately his career was finished after the Tay Bridge Disaster of 1879. He died a broken man the next year. He invented the train ferry, and had started building the Forth Bridge, but it was halted and given to another company after the disaster.

[@siennamayh]

As a kid I used to get taken to Kirkby Steven , if we were meeting his contacts halfway, or all the way to Stockton , by my dad to help him work. (No longer with us, but business still going strong down highfield rd!! 🙂) He used to point out all the old railway bits over those parts. I didn’t really understand it as a kid. Nowadays I frequent these parts on bicycle. Time trials on fast courses use a lot of the old railway based roads around there or into the lakes as they are so flat. Amazing how they made them snake through the rugged terrain.

[@nodrog]

Highfield rd BPL? I just live right round the corner. Great comment of your past connection to this line. Thank you for sharing.

[@siennamayh]

@@nodrog yes. I’ve recognised you down there a few times , and picked up a few clues from videos so guessed you live close! 🙂 Although I never venture off the roads to explore these things I am familiar with all the old railway landmarks all over the north from cycling past them. Never had an interest in trains in the slightest but old railway routes I do these days. Thanks to yours and Martin Z vids I can see what I don’t get to see further from the road. By chance this morning I’m off to collyhurst to work , another area that seems to have a lot of history I’d never have known about , judging by Martins vids!

[@Sim0nTrains]

This was epic! Really enjoyed watching this and it was a nice day for it as well.

[@Tom-gr6nx]

Thankyou gordon for another excellent video great work keep safe.

[@Ashworth-Media]

Nice video Gordon

[@richardbird4702]

Yes, agreed. Extremely interesting. Keep em coming. You have a quiet and easy style and know your onions. Walked a bit of the Stainmoor line (and have the book!) and each time I am on the adjacent main trans Pennine route, I always look for the little over bridge which featured in the excellent Snowdrift at Bleath Gill film. What an act of vandalism was destruction of the Bealah Viaduct.

[@judithsmith9274]

Really enjoying your disused railway vlogs. Looking forward to more of the same. Thank you.

[@alanhesketh9265]

Wonderful video Gordon, especially the drone footage. Visited the site today, been meaning to go for many years and was near Kirkby Stephen on holiday so took the opportunity. Went to see Smardale Gill viaduct a couple of days ago, also well worth visiting.

[@HeavensGremlin]

Great little video - well done.

[@nodrog]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Madonsteamrailways]

That was a nice nail!! And is this not a beautiful backdrop?!! I love it!!

[@nodrog]

Thought it was. Part of the old line I assume holding in a chair. Yes great views.

[@lynnthrop7544]

Excellent finds we need to see brilliant information superbly presented. :-)

[@a11csc]

awesome vid gordon

[@librarian16]

I did once travel, on a public passenger train, from Darlington to Penrith. I was too late to travel on the Tebay branch.

[@Jimyjames73]

Hard to imagine that there was once were you are walking today, there were Locos steaming along!!! - WOW - that bridge (the remains of) @ 8:44 - beware of drinking what looks like fresh clean water from streams - could be tiny bugs in it!!! 🙂🚂🚂🚂

[@RoboticManiacFC]

Another good video I enjoyed that and why are like about your videos is because you teach me new things everytime you do a video

[@Guard_Amos]

Fantastic edtion. I'd love to have worked boxes like Belah box in Summer. Not so much in Winter. One video for that was the BTC production called 'Snowdrift at Bleath Gill' which was somewhere on this line. Read somewhere that if it weren't for the BTC production. The loco that got stuck in the snow would've just been left until the snow had gone and thawed out etc. So without that I doubt that loco would still be with us now. 78022 which is now at the GCR (Loughborough)

[@jaygreen2648]

Another banger! 👍

[@alisonlee3314]

In one hundred years from now. People will be walking roads and looking at the old infrastructure.

[@Hard-Boiled-Bollock]

It pisses me off when I see magnificent railway infrastructure demolished, especially considering all the time and effort that went into constructing in the first place.

[@dazmc7744]

Nice 2 c this mate👍

[@dublinius]

Nice video, Belau viaduct is on my bucket list. Hope you picked up that plastic gun cartridge you threw and took it home for recycling!

[@nodrog]

It is a nice viaduct. Super spot. The cartridges are scattered in their 100’s there. I’d need a bag for life 😬

[@sparkyprojects]

Why would the signalman trek across the fields when there was an excellent means of transport, he would have been dropped off from the train, and the other one picked up ;) No wonder you're exhausted, all the walking to place the camera must double the distance :D

[@peterrossall9399]

I was thinking the same myself Sparky. Perhaps Gordon has an unseen PA who runs here there and everywhere organising the extra shots. Whether that's the case or not, that was excellent.

[@DaveinLeeds]

I was thinking about that as well; presumably the signalman was dropped off from the first train of the day and his relief taken home by the last one. I'd agree with the comment about the water; animals close to the stream wouldn't have good "table manners"!

[@tbalmer1207]

like to add something as you didn't go to one of the viaducts (i believe the taller of the three between Kirkby and Belah viaduct) Resgate viaduct a 9 span 97ft tall and 324ft its a lot like Merry gill Viaduct. its privately owned by a farmer. if you would like some photos of it please get in touch and i would gladly take some of it as i believe there is not many of them around i could only find two different photos of it on the web and they are a bit crap. its currently not in bad shape as its used by farm traffic but obviously not the best as the cost of maintaining such a structure is well out of reach of a single farm. there are also some very deep cuttings into the hill side on the Stainmore side of the viaduct which they used the matreal from to construct a large embankment over the Coldkeld gill with large tunnel for the river to flow throw that you can walk through but it's a bit wonky. but ye let me know if you would like some pictures as i believe some of this needs to be archived before it is gone for good.

[@nodrog]

Excellent! I do intend to hunt this one down in 2023. I found it very difficult to track down. Please get in touch. [e-mail] thanks.

[@polopowered]

Do the Coast to Coast walk!

[@raphaelnikolaus0486]

"I love a Happy Ending" - let that be our motto for the Pandemic (with a T-Shirt maybe?)

[@stationhouse5866]

👍👍👍😊

[@raphaelnikolaus0486]

Why didn't they call the Bridge over the Eden "Paradise Bridge"?

[@wam2610]

#thumbsup

[@Scots_Diesel]

A classic British Transport Films production was shot not far from the viaduct. Here's the link for Snowdrift At Bleath Gill. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6bKeqKDeZlsa6c

[@alanhesketh9265]

Watch the last few seconds of this to see trains steaming over Belah viaduct kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWeqg3lugtOIndk