Leek to Waterhouses + Leek & Manifold Railway. North Staffordshire’s Lost Railways.

[@simonwhyld3003]

I remember driving through the tunnel over fifty years ago and I'm glad to see it is still possible. It was always a case of being patient but that didn't matter then.

[@matthewcollins57]

I take my hat off to you sir for creating a fascinating account of some railways both standard gauge and narrow gauge in a beautiful part of England. Without people like you taking the time to make these wonderful documentaries, our children would have no sense of our railway heritage. Keep up the good work. And thank you so much!

[@cypher50]

The amount of infrastructure that was just abandoned after road networks were built is incredible. We are lucky to have channels like this that help preserve the memory of how complex and thorough such good lines from farms were.

[@fenso6664]

You have some of the best lost railways content on KZbin. Deserve more subs

[@scottiedog4236]

Brilliant hidden history … Thank you

[@douglasengle2704]

Thank you for including historic photos of railroad side-by-side with views in the video! Watching the British railroads shown in your videos I'm taken by what appears to be much care and labor in building the stone structures and railroad alignment. I do wish from my somewhat narrow perspective when building a path it would honor the railroad alignment by following it precisely. Using the centerline between dual tracks also accomplish this. I was surprised there were mile makers in fractions of a mile such as 3/4 of a mile. In the USA if the railroad miles are marked they are only by the mile. There were distances noted in "chain" lengths on some structures! Chain lengths are only known in old surveying books in the USA. As a measuring device chains are very precise. Getting video of the narrow gauge showing how the standard gauge wagons were hand rolled onto the narrow gauge holding cars was very informative. I wouldn't have believed such an operation was realistic otherwise. It would be interesting on some old railroads to show where a horse may have walked when pulling railroad wagons around. That was not a practice in the USA and it explains why British railroad wagons were built to the size they were. Much of the time if a railroad grade is holding water it can be traced to clogged drainage systems and not do to sloppy design. Another situation is when outside structures greatly increase or start dumping stormwater into the railroad. For your future travels in over grown areas a top quality 10" folding pruning saw can be used like a machete for cutting tall grasses and will cut through small branches in a couple pulls. It can fit in your back pocket. Amazon UK has them.

[@mikecrowther8131]

Great stuff as usual. I’ve just asked a mate of mine who used to be a Stoke driver if he went to Caldon Low. He said he used to swap to do that job, he enjoyed it that much.

[@gordonkayaksandwalks]

Thanks, having walked a bit of the line and visited the weight station, it was good to hear about the history.

[@SteamLance]

Thanks for doing the Leek & Manifold

[@ajollygoodchap]

Thank goodness for enthusiasts like you.

[@andrewmatley7688]

walked this line 2 years ago thanks for the memories.

[@nickmelling4238]

Nice to see the finished product mate, I know what works gone into this.

[@benhanson3601]

Would be fantastic to see the Churnet Valley reclaim the trackbed... would make the Railway a lot more of an attraction!

[@seany84uk]

Thanks for this. Even though ive never heard of some of these lines its great for them to be preserved on video as to what is left of them and where they used to run! :)

[@ivortheengine4572]

Great Stuff, keep em coming!!!

[@KidCurry666]

Thanks for some great vids, love following your adventures on old maps. Have a great Xmas, here's to next year 👍

[@barrythedieselelectricstea5217]

excellent video 👍shame it closed loved the clips of film's how it used to be riding on the train i did a walk on the old crab and winkle line between whitstable station and Canterbury West station 7.5 miles took 2.5 hours penalty of cyclists use it now there hoping to extend it to whitstable harbour

[@JimBobZee]

(17:50), Nice vintage clip, I didn't know the railway used transporters? Jim from northern New York.

[@nigelkthomas9501]

Why does the Caldon Low line keep being brought back then abandoned then brought back and so on? It needs to be brought back and kept in use - full stop!

[@garethorr1273]

Hi there you have shown all the disused railway's around Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, Merseyside, Lancashire and South Yorkshire area's those are all of the good youtube videos of the old disused railways and everyone likes it and thumbs up. Would it be OK if you can travel further up the North East of England by filming and videoing the 3 old disused railways like the Bishop Auckland to Carnforth, Appleby and Alston. And also could you video and film the Northallerton to Garsdale known as the Wensleydale disused railway line. It would be great if you could film those 3 old disused railway lines around County Durham, Cumbria and North Yorkshire it will be great if you can come and film those 3 disused railway lines and put on the KZbin channel as a new part. It would be great if you could do that and everyone will like a new video of those old 3 disused railway lines here in the North East of England. So is that sound OK with you. Thanks any written by Gareth Orr.

[@garethorr1273]

P. S no one dair not to put any thumbs down on my KZbin comment.

[@tom19871987]

You should do the old silverdale line here in stoke. plenty of track down and a 684yrd tunnel.

[@onemanc]

Thx for that, next spring when veg low….defo

[@Truerealism747]

As anyone adked why they took yhe track up such a shame

[@ConnorsWorkshop17]

How do you get here

[@onemanc]

Lovely part of the country, a few A roads and your in the middle of paradise…. That’s why I did 3 videos in this region, people are very friendly