Exploring Abandoned Railway | Only Lasted 47 Years - Glasson Dock to Lancaster

[@bobburgess5218]

Dear Nodrog, watching you walking around the building you described as a warehouse brought me out in goose pimples when I realized it was the 'Colour Shop'. I went to work there straight after leaving school in 1962 and can tell you it was a very happy place to be, the men (only one woman, I think she was a cleaner)were a joy to be with and treated me like a long lost son. Its there the paint was made for the Lino and Lancastrian floor coverings produced by Williamsons. I would have gladly stayed there but after twelve months my Dad decided I should get a trade so I had to leave and and became an apprentice plumber getting shouted at by bad tempered tradesmen all day long. I've been back to Lancaster several times over the past few years hoping to get on site and see the old building but everywhere was barred and bolted and no access and the last time I went everything seemed to have been demolished apart from the facade and power station, so I sadly gave it up as a bad job and contented myself with trying to find old photo's of it on the internet. So there you are young Nodrog, you're excellent video made me very happy, thank you. best regards, Bob.

[@nodrog]

Wow! This is amazing- thank you for sharing your story with us! It helps to build on this adventure and adds value. I wish you well. Take care. G.

[@Marcus.D.P]

I’ve said this before Gordon you’re ability to put together a brilliantly shot and very informative video is second to none….such an amazing talent you have and thank you for putting these together and sharing and I’m already looking forward to seeing what comes next 👍🏻

[@spongebobgrumpypants6862]

Hear, hear..............

[@Sim0nTrains]

Disused Railways, Stations and Abandoned Buildings, this was a brilliant video, possible it would had made a great heritage line as well with some of the stunning views

[@itisunusual6412]

A very interesting area is Glasson Dock. Thanks for adding some interesting history. Great video

[@andrewwilson6240]

The level of production is rreally at a professional level. Well done again Gordon!

[@nodrog]

Thank you 🙏

[@gordonholding5621]

As a child I watched steam trains travelling to Glasson along the line from Williamsons linoleum factory. I could see it from my bedroom window.

[@mrcogginsgarage7062]

Very nicely done Gordon Thankyou.

[@dazmc7744]

Very interesting video mate thanks👍

[@kennethstill5945]

This brings a lot memories back from when I was nine in 1949 when my father had two ex WarDept Nissan huts erected just after the old station. There bagged crushed cockle shell from Treigh Mhor Barra was distributed to various farmers in Lancashire for feeding grit to their hens. The pub was then called “The Carriboo”

[@keithporter9822]

Brilliant and fascinating as always - thanks for this Gordon!

[@IronHorseRailways]

Brilliant Mate, often go to glasson on my motorcycle for a lunch break 😎 Beautiful place, lots of ghosts of industry there. I'll have to try the smoke house, never been! Cheers Gordon!

[@johnboughton7451]

My Wife & I visited “Glasson” & it makes for a cracking day out !

[@Thornaby37]

Interesting video about the history of Glasson Docks

[@MM0IMC]

Looks like a 'made for TV documentary', well done for this production!

[@martf9875]

Hi Nodrog ,, Yet another brilliant Presentation, of our lost past ,, what a waste,, our heritage weather rail or otherwise needed to be preserved as they say when it's gone it's gone , , I can remember way back as a child back in the 1960s catching the boat train to Belfast from Heysham docks ,, happy memories,, you need to be picked up by some sort of TV channel, you would make a great presenter,, keep em coming ,, stay safe all ,, 👍

[@nodrog]

Your very kind thank you 🙏

[@idiotdriversonourroads]

Great one once again.. wonder how many watch till the end for the outtakes.

[@Tom-gr6nx]

fantastic video gordon love these videos well done.

[@podbabatransport7515]

Another really great video, Gordon... really instructional. I knew there used to be a railway to Glasson Dock but did not know the line of it or, indeed, that you can now walk it. I have just made arrangements with one of my best friends to walk it when the weather improves. Thanks as always.

[@nodrog]

My pleasure buddy. Have fun!

[@chrisnicholls8636]

Great videos Gordon, I've mountain biked that route stunning countryside and steeped in railway history too

[@bigadefourfiveonezeroseven4063]

Very enjoyable...nice one👊

[@ianrx122]

Fantastic video. There's something about finding odd pieces from an old railway line or visiting an old building and wondering what it was like when it was operating. Keep em coming.

[@markoosuk3533]

Great video, hoped for a while you’d cover the Glasson line.

[@adriannorthcott873]

An excellent video Gordon keep them coming 👍

[@levelcrossing150]

A very enjoyable video.

[@davidberlanny3308]

Some great photography and drone filming. Very enjoyable to watch, well done!! Glosson looks like the place to go next time you do kedgeree!! Good luck from Spain!!

[@nodrog]

Yes kedgeree! Smoked salmon prehaps? Fabulous!

[@ReubenAshwell]

A brilliant video and very interesting. :)

[@mlp-hot-rod5824]

I've just looked at the line from aerial view. Most of the line could be replaced with little disturbance. Pity the industrial estate, new housing & road prevent a mainline connection. It would've made a gorgeous heritage line and helped local small businesses like that smokehouse and that cafe. I wonder if the local council would be interested.

[@nodrog]

It’ll make a fabulous heritage line if nothing else.

[@JohnSmith-bx8zb]

If I recall correctly the raised area at Conder Green that has the information board is the platform of Condor Green

[@frankfitzgerald5832]

Hiya Gordon Great Content As Usual Mate...Ive Added It To Our Lancashire Walking Group......Regards Frank & Lee.....

[@nodrog]

Super! Glad you enjoyed this. All the best!

[@chrisdavies3223]

I made brickets in that building on the quay. Thanks I'd forgotten that.

[@nodrog]

Glad I could help!

[@spiritofcantaolisboa-p8871]

Fascinating history.

[@psychokeef]

Great informative video Gordon 👍

[@nodrog]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Dave1976.]

Another excellent vlog as always Gordon 5*. You go to such great lengths to incorporate as much knowledge and history, to keep us gripped and glued to the screen. The vast hours you spend and time editing that will take hours and hours putting all together. Not many of us would know.

[@nodrog]

Your a star ⭐️ thank you buddy. Hope all is grand!

[@rmarsh401]

Hello. Great Video On Glasson Dock Gordon, a place I visited with my wife when we lived in Blackpool many years ago buy now I am in Scotland. We had many a Sunday lunch at the Victoria hotel and did you know that the Ship/Boat that featured in the film 'Moby Dick' was moored at Glasson Dock for a while as a tourist attraction. So glad you mentioned the smoke house and the fact that the Haggis was invented in England, what ammunition that is for the smug jocks. Cannot find the link regarding this. Cracking video thanks.

[@davidahugill9614]

I went on one of the guards van specials down the line from Lancaster Castle to Glasson Dock in 1963 hauled by an Ivatt 2-6 - 0 . Some photos are on the information boards along the cycle way . Before the gasworks was completely dismantled, we had to man the gas holder stations manually,and run boosters to send the gas out to the district at the correct pressures, especially at times of high demand eg . Christmas Day ! ( fond memories of those times ) . Still think it was a mistake to dismantle the electrified line from Lancaster Castle to Morecambe & Heysham via Scale Hall . Good video especially the drone shots .........cheers DaveH

[@nodrog]

Thank you 🙏

[@davidahugill9614]

We had a fireless locomotive at Morecambe gasworks ( the last coal fired gasworks to be built in the UK ) . I’m pretty sure it ended up at the Nuclear power station at Heysham . Cheers DaveH

[@CampervanJon]

Cracking vlog Gordon 10/10

[@madjockprojects7707]

Awesome Content ,Very Informative and fantastic photography

[@LugiaBilly]

great video gordon, have you thought about doing the old lancaster to wennington line via green ayre station. thats a nice cycle path now

[@nodrog]

Very possible this year. I’ve got it on my list. Thank you 🙏

[@Andrewjg_89]

Fascinating video but so true. Very nice to see how nature is shaping the landscape but also very sad to see how railways once dominated the industry before the Beeching Axe came into force and many railway lines and railway stations closed down. But some have reopened and are reused. Interesting stuff as well. Keep up the good work Nodrog. 😊

[@ribblehead02]

Gordon, Further to earlier correspondence. At circa fourteen minutes and fifty-six seconds in this video, a photograph of a 'fireless locomotive' is displayed. This photograph of a 'fireless locomotive' was not taken in the vicinity of the power station featured in the video. However, the photograph was taken in Lancaster, in the vicinity of a power station.

[@bernardpage4639]

Thank you for the video, I didn’t know the railway existed, very interesting. I will have watch more of them.

[@andrewwilkinson3022]

There is a 13 walk you can do round Lancaster which includes the canal to Glasson Dock via Galgate then the railway walk back to Lancaster. I've done it a few time's. Several pubs along the way to quench your thirst too

[@feste1012000]

Excellent, thank you.

[@leswall6293]

I really enjoyed that , been to Glasson Dock a couple of times but know a bit more about it now , you forgot to mention the pub Dalton Arms

[@steadynumber1]

Nice video. I like your comment about a heritage railway. Clearly the route is now popular with walkers & cyclists. However the Bure Valley Railway in Norfolk was formerly a standard gauge railway which had been lifted for some years. Then a group of railway enthusiasts got together with the local authorities and the current narrow gauge railway was born. The beauty is because the present track is narrower than the original trackbed you can walk or cycle all the length of the route & catch the train back. Incidentally, the Bure Valley Railway at 15 inches (381mm) has the same gauge of track as the Ravenglass & Eskdale & the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railways.

[@russellb1212]

Brilliant, very interesting and informative, very well presented, more like this please Nodrog

[@nodrog]

On the cards buddy. Thank you.

[@ThePSIcrew]

You should do a video on the Lancaster to Halton (and beyond) line. I'm sure it used to join another line at a village named wennington (heading towards ingleton from Lancaster). I'd love to hear some more about that line. Also in Halton, crossing the river lune there is a bridge that was built from a train bridge that came from near the green ayre station (another interesting piece of the local area's history).

[@nodrog]

Thanks for the idea!

[@ThePSIcrew]

@@nodrog Lancaster museum will probably have some info to help you. Also Halton library has some books on the local history. If you need any info I'll try to help, just let me know.

[@ribblehead02]

Gordon, Further to earlier correspondence. At circa fourteen minutes and thirty-six seconds in this video you make the following statement: "around nineteen seventy-six, when the power station closed on the twenty-fifth of October" The referenced statement does not, to the best of my knowledge, apply to the power station featured in the video. However, the referenced statement does, to the best of my knowledge, apply to a power station in Lancaster.

[@richardbath3645]

Nice video this year gordon are you doing eny storm chasing videos like thunder storm I am a storm chaser up in Surrey ene way love the train video's

[@nodrog]

Thank you. Hopefully depends on our weather 😆

[@richardbath3645]

@@nodrog yes

[@andyrichardsvideovlogs8835]

Intriguing that the Glasson Dock branch lasted longer than the "Knotty" (Garstang and Knott End Railway) with Knott End station having gone by 1961 although not finally demolished to make way for a supermarket until the mid 70s.

[@Jimyjames73]

Interesting...🙂🚂🚂🚂

[@tristnFN]

Wait where’s your storm chasing videos please say your still going to make this content I absolutely loved your thunderstorm videos

[@nodrog]

Just filmed one today - the start of the storm season :) - Uploaded later.

[@tristnFN]

@@nodrog Oo okay that will be great!

[@wam2610]

👍

[@LeslieGilpinRailways]

You seen the new book on the Glass on Dock branch?

[@ribblehead02]

Gordon, Further to earlier correspondence. At circa fourteen minutes in this video you make the following statement: "built by the corporation of electricity" Surely this should be: 'built by Lancaster Corporation'

[@rnaftel]

Is that you mr burgess? The gentleman pipe fitter from 336

[@stationhouse5866]

👍👍👍😊

[@garrycroft4215]

They know not what they do.

[@TheSugarDaddy1]

mist these video's Nodrog

[@stevek6432]

none of st georges quay survives sadly

[@ribblehead02]

Gordon, I have a feeling you are articulating confusing, possibly incorrect, information regarding Lancaster Power Station, especially in relation to the fireless locomotive. If that is the case you may want to consider removing the video from KZbin.

[@nodrog]

Shame to remove really but I’m up for correction. Do you have any links or info regarding this. I must admit it was quite a difficult one to put in place at Lune Ind Est. I got most of my info from the local paper and a separate source 👍

[@ribblehead02]

Gordon. I need to watch the video again. It all comes down to the location of, what I deem to be, Lancaster Power Station. There is a photograph in the video of a fireless locomotive 'in action', the location of that photograph is definitely, without a shadow of a doubt, irrefutably, at the location of, what I deem to be, Lancaster Power Station. I agree it would be a pity to remove the video, but surely that must be preferable, if indeed it is incorrect, to leaving it in place. My aim is to prove myself incorrect, i.e. the video is correct and I misunderstood what you were attempting to articulate.

[@ribblehead02]

Gordon, Between 09:48:45 and 09:56:15 I have listened to the video three times. At 09:52:30 you refer to a "sideboard". Is this reference to a "sideboard" correct?

[@Andrewjg_89]

Nodrog does what he likes. Why does he want to remove his content that he's worked so hard on it. Maybe you should do your own video.

[@JohnSmith-bx8zb]

You really need back up facts and firm location info to make claims such as remove the video

[@martinclarke8094]

Lol cannow