GHOST TUNNEL SD

[@KnightFilms32]

Rewatching videos I used to watch 11 years ago, worth it!

[@AlanBondFilms]

Thanks very much for that. I still try to make my little movies which are really different to watching shouting people playing their video games on KZbin......! Keepa watching!!

[@UI_Shaggy05]

I remember when this use to creep me out as a kid! Lol😆

[@AlanBondFilms]

Good to know.....that it does its little fun job.......

[@UI_Shaggy05]

@@AlanBondFilms Now that I'm 17 years old, I look back at that moment and just laugh! 😂

[@leviisverystupid1992]

I used to watch this video when I was young omfg this brings back a lot of memories

[@AlanBondFilms]

Spooky memories I hope! Check out my film BATMAN Vs the GHOST TUNNEL!!!

[@florjanbrudar692]

7-8 years ago did I discover this which *still* terrifies me the same way it used to

[@AlanBondFilms]

Glad it still does....!!!

[@EerierFish16]

Nostalgia man

[@AlanBondFilms]

Sure is.....

[@AlanBondFilms]

Yes, it's fascinating. There's also another tunnel nearby you can actually walk through from Otford to Stanwell Park. And just as creepy. That one, a lot of local people think it should be made tourist friendly.

[@panderball]

I remember watching this video when I was a kid just for curiosity. I had nightmares back then but now that I'm watching this again, it feels relaxing and interesting

[@AlanBondFilms]

Thank you for it....glad it's become an old classic.....hope you catch hypo with the other ones I did on the Tunnel and other abandoned tunnels in the area.....

[@johnsnider8334]

Old HELENSBURGH station was between 2 tunnels. Till the bush fires station was hidden. damaged track was removed from main line and laid in tunnel after bush fires. end of tunnel is used for dam water for the mine. Good job on the video! regards, DLE DELEC-ENFIELD

[@scottngabriela]

By far the scariest movie i have ever seen in my life. I'm not easily shaken, let me put it this way i'm in the Marine Coprs infantry and it takes a lot to freak me out. So scary movies are easily wasted on me. THIS MOVIE FREAKED ME OUT!!....lol. LOVED IT I GIVE IT 10 STARS INSTEAD OF FIVE. Plot is...

[@rrrailroad6888]

Damn I remember this from when I was like 9 lol, thanks for the memories!

[@brittinispurlock73]

Alan Bond you did an amazing job on this video and near the end of it when I saw that yellow orange color light in the tunnel it made me imagine that there is a ghost train coming out of there at night dude 😃👻🚆

[@AlanBondFilms]

Thanks, all a bit of fun and an excellent setting that I've used a few times in my films..you should checkout BATMAN Vs THE GHOST TUNNEL too!!!

[@doofuss100]

this is an AWESOME little flick! it's a perfect example of how you can make something really cool with little to no budget if you have a great imagination and some know-how. great job!

[@gm16v149]

It adds to the history of a perfectly good mountain, plus it would be very interesting walking through some industrial history unused for a century. I'd love to go and have a look at it.

[@70CarStall]

The funny thing is that this is alot better then most Hollywood movies.

[@Toyboy789]

I visited this site only yesterday . . . It's one of my all-time fave railways sites in Australia! The rails are not the originals, having been laid by locals and the nearby colliery to remind visitors that it was once a busy mainline scene. However, I must say the area has fallen into further disrepair since this footage was shot. Following recent heavy rains, it's quite buggy - and several tres have fallen into the cutting just near the tunnel mouth . . nice job on the vide!

[@AlanBondFilms]

Hi Mark, The line was abandon because the gradient slopes further on in the longest tunnel were too steep for the trains to go through quickly, thus choking passengers with their fumes despite closing windows. So a new line a few hundred metres away was cut and the lines now follow that route.

[@kraftsportNO]

A friend of the mother of my grand-grand mothers sister used to work in the proximity of this place, one dark autumn in the year of 1834, he entered this tunnel, never to be seen again. To this day locals swear that on thundernights, his screams can still be heard!

[@20PhantoM07]

This is cool, i remember seeing old/disused railways around NSW, i visited when i was about 5 yrs old even as a kid this stuff was fascinating lol, thanks.

[@FlorianGT5]

incredible special effects !

[@AlanBondFilms]

Thanks, yep, people are fascinated by these tunnels and it's good to know they are still around.

[@AlanBondFilms]

It's a lot of people's favourite too... least that's what I think you said..... movies with no talking and only sound effects and music speak to everyone on earth in the same language....

[@IowaClass]

What happened to the train this video scared me as a kid

[@AlanBondFilms]

We'll never know.....but this tunnel was recently used for "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes".....

[@IowaClass]

@@AlanBondFilms who was she

[@AlanBondFilms]

@@IowaClass have no idea what you mean by "she".....

[@IowaClass]

@@AlanBondFilms have you seen 3985 UP?

[@AlanBondFilms]

@@IowaClass don't know what that is either....

[@AlanBondFilms]

Spot on. You hit the nail on the head. The challenge is to see exactly how you can take very ordinary footage and make it interesting. Thank you!

[@goff8128]

Very well put together. I walked the old Glow worm tunnel at Newnes about 10 years ago, love old places like this, good on ya mate

[@Mechknight73]

There's one sort of like this in John Forrest National Park in Perth, Wetern Australia. It's about 400m long, built in 1895. You can see the outline of where the line bypassed it post WWII. When the Indian Pacific line became standard gauge, it made whe whole thing redundant, and was pulled up in the 60s. Today, it's a nice flat walking track, although would have loved to see it as a rail line

[@deanfowles3707]

tunnels are spooky. ever since i watched the signalman as a wee child iv found them a bit eerie

[@coldblue9mm]

I like the blend of the old photo's showing the "good old days". Great video!

[@jukingeo]

The scariest tunnel I have seen here you YT was the Aberdare/Merthyr tunnel. The fellow that went through it mentioned that it was a 1.4 mile long tunnel that took him 45 mins to walk through. He edited/sped up the clip to take up only 15mins. It was one of those old brick tunnels and it had these 'rooms' in it. He certainly was one brave soul to give it a go alone with that one.

[@ZexionTheGamer]

I built up so much suspense waiting for something to jump out, then nothing xD

[@grl8862]

That Tunnel was hidden with overgrown with bush the last time I was there back in the 1980's. Boggy too. Nice to see it's been cleared and track relayed. The tunnel was supposed to have been blocked off inside and converted to a water resevoir for the local coal mine. Buggered if I know how that works. There's another tunnel not far from that one just north of Helensburg Station. Thats a shorter one and was locked up at both ends. Looked like it was used for storage or a workshop or something.

[@AlanBondFilms]

I saw Picnic At Hanging Rock when it first came out...... half way through the movie someone let out a big yawn and the audience cracked up with laughter. I'm afraid there's no influence here on this, but certainly the X Files. PS To me the gals just shot through to somewhere else. Thanks for the info and I would say you were quite right. The tunnel you speak of will be in my fun sequel, GHOST TUNNEL 2- THE DEAD LINE....!!

[@bcmalreadythere]

Lucky yoU turned around! That bird was like: "DUDE--DUDE!!! DON'T GO IN THERE!! YOU WON'T COME OUT!!!!

[@AlanBondFilms]

Hi, It is a straight tunnel. There is an end which comes out the Helensburgh Mine, but apparently that end of the tunnel is now used as water reserve for the mine. An old photo of when the line was operational shows a small dot of daylight in the distance.

[@AlanBondFilms]

This little film for some reason has intrigued people. I guess everyone was expecting some sort of Xplanation at the end of each episode of the X Files too, but that takes away the fun. People's imagination is the best tool for viewing film when it makes you wonder.

[@AlanBondFilms]

That's the best compliment yet!..... awe, pilgrim, ya right, doesn't take much to beat disappointing Hollywood movies these days.....

[@TheMicksterdee]

Rail Tunnels are creepy even when they are in use. I remember working a train through Totley Tunnel, UK late one night. A ghostly mist was hanging from the roof of the tunnel.

[@AlanBondFilms]

It's the old abandoned train tunnel at helensburgh, New South Wales, Australia.

[@AlanBondFilms]

Well, Rahul, I could stick my camera out of trains and photograph the journey. It's surprising how many there are of those on KZbin. But I thought I'd make mine a little more interesting and fun. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@StephanieG1]

A strangely haunting video, good special effects.

[@Kalageracos]

I am lucky to live in this beautiful place called Helensburgh. The lights that you can see in the tunnel are from glow worms that are inbedded in the wet rocks. I didn't see any ghost in this fottage, but this area is in fact littered with ghost.

[@megatwingo]

Entertaining little video. As a railway interested guy I liked the comparison to the old pictures at the end. Thumbs up! :)

[@VauxhallViva1975]

Nice vid and effects. I especially like the period photos you included showing the line in use.

[@akosilolo]

Great video! Congratulation! Love the special effects, music and sound effects. Good job!

[@AlanBondFilms]

@ShadowSwordVideo I am sure THAT would be a smash hit on KZbin!

[@Joeyardmaster40155]

Hi Alan, Ghost tunnel part one and part two, That was some awesome videography the special effects were great. >Joe Morris

[@AlanBondFilms]

Thanks, Joe, All a bit of fun. Hope you check out GHOST TUNNEL 3 - IS ANYBODY THERE?....and keep a close eye on the end of it as it usually gets an interesting reaction. Have an eerie enough GHOST TUNNEL 4 as well. But if you want to see a real life special effect, check out my BIG STACK DOWN where a 40,000 ton chimney is demolished. Once again, thanks for the comment.

[@rosarinadeSF]

Buena filmación, mantiene un clima de interés misterioso, ayudado por el entorno natural, la tormenta que se avecina... Felicitaciones a su productor.

[@AlanBondFilms]

Now that would be like the X Files giving a neat wrap up answer each episode... it is whatever you want it to be......

[@mrghoul65]

WOW! Amazing site! Thanks for sharing this.

[@AlanBondFilms]

Thank you from the other side of the world :-)

[@AlanBondFilms]

Yes, it's a happy little video because it makes others around the world happy!

[@djt6012]

Great video, there its definitely something creepy about abandoned tunnels. I've checked out no. 3 tunnel on the Richmond Vale line near Kurri Kurri, NSW and it had the same atmosphere.

[@GhostmireHauntings]

Excellent sound effects! You should make more of these. Best wishes from Yourtubenetwork

[@BurtonRider98]

lets see how far you can go, nemo!

[@AlanBondFilms]

It was the South Coast Railway Line of New South Wales, Australia. At the time the tunnels ( and there were a few in the area) turned out to be too long and difficult because of the chocking fumes for passengers from the steam engines, so they ended up building a new route close by.

[@ClamTram96]

Sucks that the tunnels now closed off to the public

[@florjanbrudar692]

When did it close?

[@AlanBondFilms]

A few months back but there are access times of a weekend.

[@AlanBondFilms]

To continue. The existing Illawarra line was built removing the problems. The gauge for the old track was 4ft 8in. The tracks you see in the video have been placed at the site for effect. The old tracks can apparently be seen as fencing along the railway land locally.

[@AlanBondFilms]

Thanks toadman2723. All it is, is just a bit of fun and be a little eerie. I kept thinking what a great location for the X Files!!

[@mattbryant5120]

Stunning place, almost a 'Tomb Raider' feel to it.

[@AlanBondFilms]

Thank you, Mr Ghoul, you're no fool... many happy haunts to you....

[@AlanBondFilms]

To a film maker, it's a great set to be used in a film for where ever your imagination takes you. This tunnel and several others were closed down nearly 100 years ago because the trains of the time couldn't cope with them. People were getting overcome by fumes, heat, smoke etc especially through the longest tunnel of nearly 2 kilometres that was next on the line and as shown in Ghost Tunnel 2 - the Deadline which a group of us walked through on Friday 13th for a doco film. Keep watching!

[@AlanBondFilms]

The tunnel closed in 1920. Since this tunnel and the other from Otford through to Stanwell Park were very long tunnels, and the trains coughed out smoke etc, travellers would be apparently affected by the fumes, even though there were air vents up to the surface from the tunnels.

[@kevinbrennan2004]

We visited that tunnel, the other night, with about 20 cubs, joeys, and parents. Always a great place to visit. Always blows people away. What saddens me though, is how run down the place is becoming, I guess through lack of management. It truly is a wonderful asset, to the local community of Helensburg. I feel this area will soon be lost to all, if bobody steps up. My advice.. Get there soon, because it is only a matter of time, when someone will injure themselves on this site, or there is a tunnel collapse etc. At this point, you can bet, either State Rail, or the local council, will cordon off the area..

[@AlanBondFilms]

Actually it is listed as a site to be visited by State Rail. The Helensburgh Historical Society apparently look after the site but I don't think they want too many people to know about it because they fear vandalism, etc..... it is a great local asset but sadly not promoted (except maybe for my videos!!!) for the adventurous (especially the glow worms). I have just completed a new film there, BATMAN Vs THE GHOST TUNNEL, now on KZbin.... especially for kids (and BIG kids) so hope you catch up to that one..

[@AlanBondFilms]

It's good to see people's original comments.....

[@AlanBondFilms]

The old tunnel (plus another one) are/ is located near the present rail station at Helensburgh, New South Wales.

[@AlanBondFilms]

Thanks, kindly. There's a couple of more tunnels nearby, and where the train line ran through nearby Stanwell Park. That line was moved to a higher area but the old line ran was turned into a road, Lawrence Hargrave Drive which fascinates me each time I drive a long it. I guess watch out for GHOST TUNNEL 2 - THE GHOST LINE in the near future. Meanwhile check out the other GHOST TUNNEL - GLOW WORMS where some mates and I explore at night the glow worms.... it was spooky when we done it!

[@bdvids7930]

I remember watching this when I was younger

[@AlanBondFilms]

Keep an eye out for GHOST TUNNEL HALLOWEEN - KEEPING THE MONSTERS IN....my latest little fun movie I am working on....just in time for Halloween, Australian Style....

[@bdvids7930]

@@AlanBondFilms noted

[@justjeff53]

I liked it. Very imaginative.

[@HoschtonBoy]

I enjoyed, great sound effects.

[@AlanBondFilms]

It's an excellent hideout for glow worms as my my GHOST TUNNEL - GLOW WORM CITY shows!!

[@maxcelmilk]

i kept bracing for something to jump out at me, nice work :)

[@AlanBondFilms]

@MilwaukeeSDman I think it was in the early 1920's. The trouble was that it was an area of hostile terrain. There were a few tunnels in the area and all became abandon. The old locomotives started taking too long to get through the tunnels and people were chocking on the fumes. A new south coast rail line was cut through via a different direction and this is the one used today.

[@lockudlad]

It would make a brilliant setting for a spooky story but I think one has alrready been made. It was called 'The Signalman' and starred an English actor called Denholm Elliott. The main character (Denholm Elliott) keeps seeing a strange figure beckoning him into the railway tunnel close to the signalbox that he operates. Quite spooky as I remember it. The figure has no face and eventually lures him to his death when he goes into the tunnel and is hit by a train.

[@AlanBondFilms]

Actually it opened about the 1880s and closed I think about 1920. It's there to visit all the time and is located at Helensburgh, New South Wales, Australia, though I don't think that many people go there in person. It's also a great glow worm tunnel.

[@AlanBondFilms]

Thank you. Sounds interesting, the tunnel you describe. We certainly have some interesting birds in Australia but we also have sparrows!

[@Complicatedlife15]

Interesting vid, the special effects were pretty cool. I love ghost stories, vids and basically anything to do with the paranormal. Even though this is fake, I love the creepiness about it, I was just waiting for a train to come roaring through. :D

[@AlanBondFilms]

Hi Galaxy 2517, received your e-mail, in response the tunnel is just about over a kilometre long. Because of the huge interest in this video, I've just come with an update on how the tunnel, track etc look now. I'll do a straight forward film on this current condition so people can get a better idea of what it's like without the effects. I've also taken film of the tunnel opposite. They should be really opened as tourist attractions...

[@diane189444]

Very interesting thank you for sharing. We have one like that where I live in Perkasie, Pa United States...I am so interested in these tunnels :) Thank you

[@AlanBondFilms]

Yep, an Australian tunnel, one of about 6 that ran through a very rough terrain, so they had to basically rebuild a different way, but not too far from the tunnel. The houses and Helensburgh station you see in the photos were how it looked but only part of the platform remains and the houses have been replaced with more up to date. The cutting have always been there but nature and development have altered the area a lot. I have a few other films which show more of how the tunnel is these days.

[@AlanBondFilms]

Thanks for the comment it was only done as a bit of fun (influenced by the X Files!!) and to make film of an abandon train tunnel interesting. I've checked out your site, it looks good.... will be back for a better bo peep

[@chessie0414]

Very cool! Spooky for sure. Nice job!

[@AlanBondFilms]

The tunnel is at Helensburgh, New South Wales, Australia. About 50 mins south of Sydney and adjacent to the Royal National Park.

[@AlanBondFilms]

It is an Australian Lyrebird, also known as a bush turkey. They are excellent mimics.

[@AlanBondFilms]

Thanks, I always find that interesting too.... I did it with the Newnes retro 8mm film as well....

[@AlanBondFilms]

Thanks a lot, yes, it's always interesting to see what has gone before....

[@AlanBondFilms]

Indeed, most interesting.... most likely there are also train accident victims wandering onto the lines before the driver can stop as well....

[@lostmic]

Dud pretty cool effects, I loved the movie

[@AlanBondFilms]

Sorry, I missed your question from a week ago. The bird is a lyrebird and nests around the tunnel. Sometimes they are referred to as a "bush turkey'.

[@2FuriousFreak]

Thats for real a pretty cool tunnel ^^

[@AlanBondFilms]

Thanks, I think the old photos make it doubly interesting to see what went before. The tunnel is sure still going through the hill but an updated look can be found in my video GHOST TUNNEL REVEALED. It's being used by the mine down the other end as I mention in a recent comment. The line was discontinued because in the old days the trains fumes from the funnels would choke people. A new route was found nearby.

[@flamingfrancis]

You watched Picnic at Hanging Rock too many times! But seriously, in some of the very long tunnels - Woy Woy being one - passengers used to be affected by the poisonous gases from the coal burners. Carbon Monoxide and Hydrocarbons being some. My wife's Grandfather used to be a driver on the south coast line and they used to cover their heads with a dampened wheat bag while in Otford and probably this very tunnel. The line was rerouted in 1890's.

[@clemstevenson]

I don't know about Australian ghost trains emerging in the UK, but when it comes to haunted tunnels there's plenty of scope for spooky happenings on the London Underground network. Indeed, it is said that there have been many haunting reports from staff manning the London Underground as well as from passengers.

[@AlanBondFilms]

That's what they did in those days plus the fact that there are valleys and gullies and dropping down to a coast line to the flat lands further down the coast. This line had and even now, had to eventually drop a good 1,000 feet to get to Wollongong and the Illawarra.

[@AlanBondFilms]

Thanks, it was a lot of fun to do. But having Apple's Final Cut Studio Pro sure helped.

[@Littlun17]

I'd love to trek that tunnel, and just the this line in general. It's not everyday you run across an intact railroad that's been abandoned for ~100 years.

[@AlanBondFilms]

Hi. The track actually has been placed there by the Helensburgh Historical Society and only just goes into the tunnel. Back the other way it only goes to the start of the old platform. Still though it's a great look, and check out the other Ghost Tunnel films for walk throughs, and even looking for Glow Worms!!

[@AlanBondFilms]

Thank you, Paul.

[@AlanBondFilms]

Ahh, shhh, don't let anyone else know, but therein, lies the fun....

[@MastersGraduate2023]

Beautiful video.

[@1yne11e]

I think it would be good to bring a bit of tourism to the town, what with shops like House, NRMA and now Freez closing down. If we don't do something we will become a Ghost town!

[@AlanBondFilms]

Thank you, it is actually a beautiful site but now since this was filmed has sadly deteriorated even more.

[@sushantisgreat]

thanks for thr quick revert.btw good job on the video.