A Disused Railway line in Manchester

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Martin Zero

Martin Zero

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In this video we walk a disused railway line in Manchester. Its the Red Bank carriage sidings along the Collyhurst branch line. The railway sisdings have now dissapeard into the history of Manchester. This is railway archeology. This is an urban explore urbex along an old railway line that is now abandoned. We eventually get to the end and see Manchester Victoria railway station #abandonedplaces #disusedrailways #urbexmanchester

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@COL-1
@COL-1 5 жыл бұрын
Great Video! 11:38 That lump on the birch tree is known as a burl , it's the result of the tree undergoing some form of stress, It can be caused by an injury, virus or fungus, some larger burls can be quite valuable and are favoured by furniture makers as they have amazing grain patterns when cut, some of the best examples of which are from walnut trees and are used by Rolls Royce Cars for their dashboards, and Purdey of London for their hand made shotgun stocks. Jaguar Cars also uses a thin veneer of burl walnut for their dashboards and gear knobs.
@craigja1667
@craigja1667 5 жыл бұрын
burl walnut makes sense now Thanks Col
@KingFluffs
@KingFluffs 3 жыл бұрын
I always wonder how old cars get in the middle of the woods. Remember finding a classic "Hot rod" style car back in the early 00's filled with leaves and fetid water by this middle of nowhere lake and wish I knew it's story.
@SpeedLockedNZ
@SpeedLockedNZ 5 жыл бұрын
Dude I hope you'll let Manchester council, libraries, etc know of this channel, it's is & will be an important social history for now & into the future, best wishes, I hope more people document there local history as well as you are.
@dylvasey
@dylvasey 5 жыл бұрын
Isn't it a shame that people just use these places as dumping grounds? Great video as always Martin.
@stevenbaxter8657
@stevenbaxter8657 5 жыл бұрын
dylan vasey not people. travellers (gypsies) who else has so many gas bottles and caravan microwave s and silly radiation themed cushions.
@richardsales6996
@richardsales6996 4 жыл бұрын
None travellers fly tip as well you know. GOD lol
@wladniem
@wladniem 6 жыл бұрын
You're doing a great job with these videos Martin. Thanks
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mr N Power 👍😀
@pauloconnor2980
@pauloconnor2980 5 жыл бұрын
As Peter Crenshaw, from the Three Investigators, would say:” I’ll buy a double helping of that”
@martinroberts8089
@martinroberts8089 5 жыл бұрын
Your videos are amazing Martin, I don't know Manchester that well, but since watching your videos have gain me historical insight of Manchester. I'm from Birmingham, you should do Birmingham in the future :P
@MRPUD1
@MRPUD1 6 жыл бұрын
Alas another piece of our Railway heritage lost . I remember the Redbank news train coming through york on a Sunday normally a class 40 . So seeing this was a trip down memory lane it make you wonder where the Railway industry went wrong but hey brilliant video Martin keep them coming
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Hi mate, yeah I remember the Red Bank coming down our line from Leeds at daft o clock in the Morning. Like you say always a 40
@MRPUD1
@MRPUD1 6 жыл бұрын
@@MartinZero yes always a class 40 it was getting the driver to open it up going through york station rattling the roof to say the leadt
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
@@MRPUD1 Thrash !!! 😀
@kevt48
@kevt48 4 жыл бұрын
I can tell you that there WAS a turntable at Red Bank. As kids growing up in Collyhurst in the 1950's, we would go there to watch the big steam engines being turned round! Also the concrete structure that you can't identify was an air raid shelter for the railway workers. Us kids would dare one another to go down there!
@gingerbread6614
@gingerbread6614 5 жыл бұрын
We have watched your videos all day. Love them. Thank you
@NOWThatsRichy
@NOWThatsRichy 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Martin, just found (& subbed ) your channel, this vid came up in my recommends after watching an 'exploring with Jake' vid. Intresting vid, yes its surprising how quick nature can take over abandoned industrial land, some of that looks like its been left for many Decades longer than 30 years. People say that nature is being destroyed by development but left to it's own devices nature will quickly take over again! Great vid & brilliant nighttime lighting effects at the end, not somewhere I'd want to go alone!
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Richy thanks for subscribing and glad you found me. How is that glue gun you got from Lidle is it still ok ?
@adrianford2336
@adrianford2336 5 жыл бұрын
Been enjoying your videos Martin finding the history very interesting. Thank you
@wideyxyz2271
@wideyxyz2271 5 жыл бұрын
I remember Red Bank Carriage sidings quite well always lots of interesting stuff to see when it was in use. I always find it amazing how quickly Silver Birch trees colonise old railways! Great video. Oh and yes it is a turntable pit that you found its also indicated on the map. They come in various sizes.
@lindamccaughey8800
@lindamccaughey8800 4 жыл бұрын
That was just great. Sad about mess that’s been made by people. I so enjoyed that I really did
@kierandonlon25
@kierandonlon25 Жыл бұрын
Impressive. I work at Victoria east junction a lot while maintaining the railway and never knew red bank was there. I’m going to have a look next week while I’m there and see what I can see starting from the main line end. Cheers!
@VintageTamiya
@VintageTamiya 5 жыл бұрын
Hi Martin, great videos as always.The growth you found on that birch tree is a burr. It is where the wood grain grows in a deformed manor. They are usually always much harder than the normal wood from the tree.
@otakarkuby3926
@otakarkuby3926 2 жыл бұрын
Chaga can look very similar to this and some other fungi's that grow on trees.
@68Squid
@68Squid 3 жыл бұрын
That old light pole in the middle of the forest was so oddly eeire. Great use of the stranger things music; really fits here
@pattyfarghaly1821
@pattyfarghaly1821 5 жыл бұрын
What a darn shame. It would be lovely cleaned up. I appreciate you.
@bellelise.
@bellelise. 5 жыл бұрын
It would be fun to clean it up! I got this crazy urge to call out my friends and familty and make a day of it...I wonder if the city would let you make fires. haha! I dont even live in Manchester! Oh but it would be fun. Ya know... keep it all natural as it is, but get the $@:!% out. Developing isn't all people can do. Regulating isn't the only answer either, it's compromise & money for sure. We can be left unsupervised -were not babies... Except it doesn't look like it there, but it could... 😏
@brianmoore7910
@brianmoore7910 6 жыл бұрын
Great video Martin enjoyed. the power of the camera I take my camera's everywhere time machines one day all that will be gone. film everything 👍
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Brian, yes very true mate. Some of the stuff I have done has already gone 👍
@brianartillery
@brianartillery 5 жыл бұрын
Why is rampant plant growth never harmless stuff? Why is it always bastard brambles and nettles?
@nicolek4076
@nicolek4076 5 жыл бұрын
These are the first plants to colonise a new environment. It's a similar story for the trees. Usually, the first trees are silver birch. Once they stabilise the soil and get things going, other species move in and create more shade, killing off the nettles and brambles. The tree stumps with the plastic plugs have been drilled and a rot-encouraging treatment poured in. The holes are then plugged. It's a lot slower but much cheaper than pulling them out.
@mikem3695
@mikem3695 2 жыл бұрын
@@nicolek4076 interesting. Are you a botanist?
@johnpowys5755
@johnpowys5755 5 жыл бұрын
Only discovered these videos a couple of days ago, but really impressed by the effort put into them. As others have commented this area wasn't wooded even 10 years ago. - Useless fact: most of the saplings there are silver birch which have white bark to reflect heat and not dry out when spreading into new, unshaded ground. This part of Red Bank gives the impression of a post-apocalyptic waste-land, but only a stones' throw to the right of this route is the newly "gentrified" Cheetham Hill Road, complete with TKMAXX.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Yeah it did feel a bit post apocalyptic
@lovelyskull3483
@lovelyskull3483 5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video, I loved the photography.☮️🇨🇦
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, yeah was fun lighting it up
@johnrogers2826
@johnrogers2826 5 жыл бұрын
Nice, another proud Canadian with good taste!👍🇨🇦!
@clagfest
@clagfest 6 жыл бұрын
Such memories. I worked up that railway in the early 90's, before it's premature closure. Although not as steep as the Miles Platting line, it could still be a challenge on a damp autumnal morning. One memory that sticks in my mind was watching a Class 37 on a heavy oil train start the climb that way, as we headed up Miles Platting on the early morning staff train to Newton Heath. Fifteen minutes later we watched from Newton Heath, as it breasted the climb at Thorpes Bridge Junction. The wheelslip relays on the loco were clearly knackered, and not doing their job. If the wheel loses grip on a Class 37, and slips more than a quarter of a revolution, power is automatically removed, and reapplied. Instead though, the wheels on this 37 were free spinning, like twelve spinning Catherine Wheels , showering sparks all over the place. Along with a crown of orange flame protruding from the two exhausts, the loco provided an awe inspiring sight, as it crawled past Newton Heath on full power. Happy days, never to be repeated.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Wow thanks for that !!! Brilliant I can picture it.Must have been one hell of a sight to see. Did you work as a Newton Heath Driver ?
@clagfest
@clagfest 6 жыл бұрын
I was a Guard at Manchester Victoria from 1989 to 1993, before transferring to Wigan, where I remain to this day, doing the same job. My days at 'Vic' were the best. Proper loco hauled trains, and plenty of Class 37's. I actually got paid to do my hobby. It was wonderful.
@murlthomas70
@murlthomas70 5 жыл бұрын
I wish more people could cherish the past the way we do. It might make the future better for our kids.
@TheInfoworks
@TheInfoworks 3 жыл бұрын
That's a natural burr on the Silver Birch, quite large but natural reaction of growth hormones, cheers
@lancekirby5141
@lancekirby5141 4 жыл бұрын
Another brilliant video Martin, awesome pictures in the dark. Keep the videos coming, most enjoyable.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you lance
@altern8tive
@altern8tive 5 жыл бұрын
no way I'd be walking along there in soft trainers, you just don't know what you could step on. thanks for the upload
@nunnaurbiznez8815
@nunnaurbiznez8815 5 жыл бұрын
I don't know why you don't have more subs! I subbed after watching your two most recent posts. Thanks for sharing your adventures!
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much 👍
@MrVTEC555
@MrVTEC555 3 жыл бұрын
I don't know how they got that Poor Sunny N14 there, but I'm surprised none of the interior is missing, considering how hard it is to find interior parts. Took me ages to find a breaker with a decent drivers seat for my N14.
@juliegreenhalgh8321
@juliegreenhalgh8321 3 жыл бұрын
That was absolutely fascinating that's so much XX
@Nathan.Manchester
@Nathan.Manchester 5 жыл бұрын
Like no.317 - you do a great service to Manchester- your videos should be on local Manchester TV 📺- keep up the good work 👍
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Hi Nathan, thanks a lot pal
@ianr
@ianr 6 жыл бұрын
Excellent video again Martin.☺👍
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Ian 👍
@MrJtappin
@MrJtappin 6 жыл бұрын
The green things on the tree stumps are tree killer plugs. Don't forget despite the jungle tearing at your coat you are walking over old brick arches. Big trees will break the structure and can cause leaks or collapse if the go too far.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Very true Giovani never thought of that 👍
@nickdsnik1675
@nickdsnik1675 5 жыл бұрын
Yes, you drill a hole in the stump, pour in the nasty sh*t then plug the hole.
@SkySightUK
@SkySightUK 6 жыл бұрын
Class video Martin! Great to see subscriptions going up too!
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Andrew thanks very much. Yeah had a flurry of subscribers last weekend. I was like a dog with two Dicks 😀
@seany84uk
@seany84uk 5 жыл бұрын
I remember riding trains going to oldham used that line now and again in the early 90s. Its suprising how much nature has taken it back!!
@kevinparkin5438
@kevinparkin5438 3 жыл бұрын
Hi martin just watched your Manchester railway walk can I say I really enjoyed it first all places have rubbish about spoiling things second they put them stud things into trees to stop them growing but sometimes they don't work last thing have you got some spare car parts all the best Kevin
@michaelgamble296
@michaelgamble296 4 жыл бұрын
Earlier, Martin, you passed and commented on a number of Caravans. If these were 'Romany' Caravans we all know that where these encampments are there will be much rubbish. They are inveterate litter-louts. If they could be trained to pick up litter instead and to deposit it in known sites England would become a cleaner, nicer place. End of rant. Excellent and interesting video!
@empireofnoise2200
@empireofnoise2200 5 жыл бұрын
i used to work in redbank in the late 80's when it was full of little workshops went through there recent and its just full of flats ....totally changed
@navelriver
@navelriver 5 жыл бұрын
Was that a ghost at 6:16? Oh, that's your buddy! Very interesting exploration! Surprising how fast nature takes over. New forest on the elevated line!!
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
I hope they do it up and make it a walkway
@AnEnglishmanInNewYork71
@AnEnglishmanInNewYork71 5 жыл бұрын
I agree, GREAT job...you're making me homesick.when I was a kid I used to see these places and wonder what the history was behind it. I guess no matter where we roam, we always mancunians
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Hi Lee thanks mate, where are you now ?
@oakashthorn5714
@oakashthorn5714 6 жыл бұрын
Impeccable timing martin,log burner bouncing & this flagged up👍 "another great history lesson"...
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Hello Greg well am glad that worked out well 😃 Thank you very much
@clive.r1414
@clive.r1414 5 жыл бұрын
Just found you Martin and really enjoyed this video. I dont know Manchester at all but these records are important for you and people who come after. It is really amazing how mother nature can soon take back what is rightly hers, Thank you!
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Hello Clive thanks for the comment. Yes your right its incredible, there was a part of that walk where I had to stop the camera put it away and concentrate on climbing through it had been completely take over 👍
@talesofbazzilbrush5800
@talesofbazzilbrush5800 3 жыл бұрын
great video pal great history of manchester
@pit_stop77
@pit_stop77 5 жыл бұрын
Fascinating 👍👍
@philtimson5449
@philtimson5449 4 жыл бұрын
Scary by day so you went back at night.. Thought I’d watch this to find a nice walk.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 4 жыл бұрын
Yep at night go in numbers
@imagesrandom1918
@imagesrandom1918 5 жыл бұрын
Great video mate. I remember seeing the old signal box coming out of Victoria on the train back to Bury back in t’day. Could see the sidings and hundreds of carriages and wagons. Keep up the great work.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Hello thanks very much. Yep I remember it also good days 👍
@teresaoswell6981
@teresaoswell6981 6 жыл бұрын
Hiya Brilliant video yet again thanks for jogging my memory and also showing me more about this interesting city of ours your doing an amazing job 👍
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Hello Teresa, thanks very much. Its a strange and interesting place that branch line 👍
@BrasherFox
@BrasherFox 6 жыл бұрын
Another great insight into what was and what is. In the Wigan area which was a big mining area, there was also a myriad of railways serving these pits. Some of the networks are now linear walks and some have disappeared into obscurity unless you know where to look. Thanks for another great vlog Martin.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Brian. Oh to go back eh ?
@andrewschmitz9707
@andrewschmitz9707 5 жыл бұрын
That was so interesting, a mix of the past moving into what the line may become. But the best thing was supermodels Martin and Connor doing a night shoot! Love watching you guys explore,so hope we can do a bit when I finally can get there.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Andrew. I think Connor definitely had his Model head on 😆
@robertmeadows895
@robertmeadows895 5 жыл бұрын
A wonderful video as usual Mr Martin ,so pleased I discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago ! Great presentation & enthusiasm Sir ! Thank you .
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Robert thank you very much 😃
@lesliegprice6652
@lesliegprice6652 6 жыл бұрын
Great video, in London they've just demolished the carriage sidings outside Euston ready for the HS 2 station, uncovering mass graves of thousands of plague victims.....hope you didn't find anything similar....
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Hello Leslie no I didnt but would have loved to 😀. I know there was a burial ground just by Victoria Station
@neilb43
@neilb43 5 жыл бұрын
Really? I've spent hours driving the shunt-engines in that shed and had no idea! Officially called the "Down Side Shed" it was known to us as "Port Arthur" for some reason!
@rogerbarton497
@rogerbarton497 5 жыл бұрын
I remember going through Miles Platting on the steam trains. The place had a very distinctive smell and the noise the train made on the tracks changed. You knew you were almost in Manchester even if you had your eyes closed.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant Roger, when would this be ?
@rogerbarton497
@rogerbarton497 5 жыл бұрын
@@MartinZero I was with my parents so would still have been at school, probably living in Salford so that puts it at 1965 -ish at the latest.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
@@rogerbarton497 Wow cool. I wasnt born yet 👍
@spookyexplores936
@spookyexplores936 6 жыл бұрын
Your videos are the best thing on youtube. Love you mate
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Lee thanks very much. Really appreciate it 👌😀
@seiner0ne
@seiner0ne 5 жыл бұрын
Good news. Redbank sidings are in a game called train sim world. Theres a route called Manchester victoria to leeds set in 1983
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Really !!! Wow
@danielbarrows7144
@danielbarrows7144 4 жыл бұрын
Martin inadvertently discovers an alien spacecraft in the woods and mistakes it for a light post, has a close encounter of the first kind and is unaware of his monumental achievement! 👽🚀🌳🌿🌱💫 great job Martin, "One small step for mankind " keep exploring 👍🏻🤣
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 4 жыл бұрын
Cheers Daniel 😃
@carlhenshall5604
@carlhenshall5604 6 жыл бұрын
Love the video and the photos at the end martin and especially the car ones.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Cheers Mate, yep that car was spooky
@antsuxx
@antsuxx 5 жыл бұрын
Another great viewing Martin,another of my old stomping grounds as a young railwayman,great to watch but evocative too,,Best Regards,Ant.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Cheers Ant yes I am glad I went on the train on that branch
@alfiehenshall688
@alfiehenshall688 5 жыл бұрын
Don't think i would have gone back at night ! Spooky !
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Nah I had Connor with me 😀
@ep1929
@ep1929 3 жыл бұрын
I remember this spur of tracks that went off to the left when just leaving Victoria .The bury line went off to the right into collyhurst tunnel where it turned quite sharp left inside the tunnel, when you got out of the tunnel at smedley viaduct you could see all the carriages lined up on your left plus a main line running through the sidings towards Oldham/Rochdale. There were lines of old BR livered carriages where the metrolonk depot is now, they looked decommissioned parked up ready for the scrappers, this was around 1987.
@fac51nh
@fac51nh 6 жыл бұрын
Another great video.... was walking through here with my kid's last week.. showing them around before it all changes.. keep up the great work..👍👍👍👍
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Hi thanks, did you walk the branch line ? Its a great little hidden place isn't it ? Hope your youngsters liked it. They will always remember that 👍
@fac51nh
@fac51nh 6 жыл бұрын
@@MartinZero Yeah we walked as far as we could. Then back through st Catherine's
@majorpygge-phartt2643
@majorpygge-phartt2643 3 жыл бұрын
I can remember the last days of red bank carriage sidings in action in the late 80's, and the big four track junction at victoria and the locomotive stabling point where I used to see diesels being started up. And I travelled along the cheetham hill loop line at least once if not twice after catching a train from victoria platform 17, a little known bay platform on the far side of the through platforms of victoria station that was hidden away behind a long partition so a lot of folk probably had no idea it was even there. And I've got some pictures of it somewhere. And I remember the other sidings at the top end of the loop line at newton heath, some of which crossed over the loop lone in on a bridge.
@PhilPage227
@PhilPage227 5 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. I sometimes take the tram from Victoria up to Bury.
@l30njam3s
@l30njam3s 5 жыл бұрын
Quality.. Glad your channel popped up in my suggestions 👍
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Leon 👍
@pukkah7419
@pukkah7419 6 жыл бұрын
first comment haha enjoy your vids martin keep up the great work pal 👍
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Cheers Pal 😃👍
@anneforster510
@anneforster510 6 жыл бұрын
An interesting watch again Martin and in the area I know well. Yes a 'Hi-line' type of area from the centre of Mcr would be great. The designer is Piet Oudolf ,fantastic designer of these types of spaces and what an amazing facility that would be for the surrounding area which needs a boost like that. All those apartments , people would love a cycle /walking space that would act as a green lung for the city. It certainly needs cleaning up. I couldn't go there at night, but thanks to you I don't have to 😂 Thanks so much for the video.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Hello Anne, yes it would be great as a green corridor. I'd love to jog that from Collyhurst into town. Piet Oudolf might look him up 👍
@totherarf
@totherarf 5 жыл бұрын
Redbank was one of the places that Engles visited when it was predominantly a cloth producing area! I have been in some of the tunnels that were involved in the tram system (we even found a mini with a working battery in it, probably nicked by construction workers to get to work) ! The Eccles to Tyldsley line ... A result of the Beecham cuts...was made into a walkway. I am the last person to leave Worsley Station on a train! The line would make a good video for you if you are interested in crossing into the City of Salford ;0)
@HenrysAdventures
@HenrysAdventures 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting video! I'd love to see it become a highline! I've seen they've got some beautiful highlines in Paris. At 20:47 I think they're nail which contain copper to kill off the tree.
@sarahcrowther6267
@sarahcrowther6267 5 жыл бұрын
Martin, thank you so much for all this exploring, love it and wish i could join you.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Sarah
@chriscoalbran1829
@chriscoalbran1829 5 жыл бұрын
Great videos martin keep them coming.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Chris
@brit_in_bc1661
@brit_in_bc1661 5 жыл бұрын
Great job with your vid's Martin, I wish History In school would have been like this lol. We used to love exploring old places as kids back in the 60's and 70's around Partington and Sale where we grew up, moved to Vancouver In 1977 and still miss the History of home. Keep up the great work and say Hi to Lewis If you ever see him again :) Cheers mate.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot. I see Lewis frequently. I’ll try to remember to let him know
@stethemeterman1968
@stethemeterman1968 3 жыл бұрын
Another great video I’m catching up on the ones I’ve missed
@brc6137
@brc6137 5 жыл бұрын
Love your videos mate.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@takethehighroad5027
@takethehighroad5027 5 жыл бұрын
9:50 that is former twin line (scissor) turntable. there was also a single line turntable next to scotland bridge/road and also on the main line in middle prior to going under bridge next to victoria
@paulwilletts4687
@paulwilletts4687 5 жыл бұрын
Hi marting just subscribe to your channel, been watching your clips absolutely love what your doing mate its what I'm interested in love history so glad found your channel, i live in Swinton area born n bread in Clifton there's loads of history in & around Clifton area as of your video post history is all around us & most of us don't even know it, keep up the great work Martin be safe mucka 👍👍
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Hi Paul thanks very much. I think there is a railway tunnel in Clifton ? Thanks again mate
@thomastierney8705
@thomastierney8705 6 жыл бұрын
Them circular pins in that trunk of a tree think they poured a solution into the holes which seep into the roots of the tree stops it growing again
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Ahh right ok 👍
@paulbarnes8425
@paulbarnes8425 6 жыл бұрын
Another interesting video Martin....keep up the good work mate.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot Paul
@McMieke
@McMieke 6 жыл бұрын
Another great video. I've explored part of an old local line in New Zealand that closed down in 1968. As you say, amazing how nature claims the land back.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Hi John thanks. Something about old railway lines isnt there. Do you have a lot of stuff like that in NZ ?
@McMieke
@McMieke 5 жыл бұрын
I agree. So much history. In New Zealand it was similar to the UK in the late sixties with lines closing down everywhere. The closest one to me is the Catlins River Railway which closed in 1970. There is a tunnel there that you can walk through. There is the Roxburgh line which has three tunnels, one has a walking/cycle track going through. That closed in 1968. Then there is the old Heriot line, and the Central Otago line which has it's 150km turned into a cycle trail. There are many spectacular viaducts and three tunnels on this line. It closed mid 80's That's just lines near me. There are many more. Your videos are inspiring me to do a video too. If I only had time. lol
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
@@McMieke You Should do it John, sounds like you have the subject matter and it would be great to see 👍
@garycharles8649
@garycharles8649 6 жыл бұрын
Fantastic insight into that area! another top video Martin!!
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Gary
@MsStevieWoo
@MsStevieWoo 5 жыл бұрын
So glad i stumbled upon these vids that you do. I live down in sale and ride past Pamona island, i work on deansgate and i'm always aware of the history of manchester, so much change is going on right now in my adoptive home of manchester. I've grown up living various places around the uk. We need more folk to do what you are doing........ your music just ads to the vids too...... thank you.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Hi Stevie thanks very much. Yes a lot of change, sometimes I think I am catching stuff in time and sometimes I think I am 30 years too late. Glad you like the videos many thanks
@MsStevieWoo
@MsStevieWoo 5 жыл бұрын
@@MartinZero the lump on the silver birch tree is called a BURL........ example: when tree is suffers stress to the outer bark. Also pollarding or coppicing (ancient act for cultivating extra wood or fruiting) it gives that unique effect upon the bark. I spent many years growing up in epping forest a heavily coppiced/pollarded oak forest. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burl
@andyhill5115
@andyhill5115 5 жыл бұрын
Another great vid, love the arty photography at the end.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Cheers Andy
@ww2wendal34
@ww2wendal34 5 жыл бұрын
Cheers Martin, always enjoy your content.
@martinkavanagh196
@martinkavanagh196 5 жыл бұрын
10 out of 10 again Martin .. Brilliant work.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Martin
@Urbexy
@Urbexy 6 жыл бұрын
Well done, yet another great video. I think that area would be great it is was done up into a public area. Up here a lot of old railways become cycle paths/walkways. The green things stuck into the tree stumps are probably copper nails. Copper poisons the tree stump and often prevents it from re-growing.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Ahh yes I realise now what they were. Yes it should be a cycle path or a walkway like you say
@bigted1955
@bigted1955 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Martin for that interesting video
@theovanstaden5766
@theovanstaden5766 6 жыл бұрын
great video, big like from me, love old railway history ! btw hi from south africa
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Hello to South Africa. Thanks and glad you enjoyed. Looks like we have a shared interest in the Railways 👍
@theovanstaden5766
@theovanstaden5766 5 жыл бұрын
thx Martin for the kind reply, yes Martin i love railways and history behind it!!
@koningbolo4700
@koningbolo4700 5 жыл бұрын
Did you find any weed plantations. A perfect spot to do some urban gardening on top of them railway arches...
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
No I dont think so
@trobery86
@trobery86 5 жыл бұрын
That growth on the tree is called a burl in the USA. They call them burs in the uk. Very desirable for wood crafters. They have beautiful grains when sanded down and carved into furniture often.
@dchalkie
@dchalkie 5 жыл бұрын
Great video Martin, I remember those sidings well 👍
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks David, did you go through on the train ?
@pauldevey8628
@pauldevey8628 6 жыл бұрын
My wife and I were on the High Line last month. It was fabulous walking by Chelsea, Meat Packing District etc.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see that 👌
@pauldevey8628
@pauldevey8628 6 жыл бұрын
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@fenso6664
@fenso6664 6 жыл бұрын
There’s loads of stuff like this in Leeds too. I wish there was someone like you from here that does videos like this
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Hello, show me and Ill come over 👍
@fenso6664
@fenso6664 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your reply. I don’t know as much history of the stuff here as you do about Manchester but I’m more than happy to take you :) there’s a huge viaduct that’s been closed since the 80s called the Holbeck viaduct. There’s a huge railway sidings (Hunslet midland goods) that’s now a shopping centre but there’s plenty of evidence of the railway still there. There’s much more too
@chucky2316
@chucky2316 5 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed that mate.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much
@NikEastwood161
@NikEastwood161 6 жыл бұрын
great stuff, as a kid i used to play on the old railways near adswood,stockport. the things you find are both amazing and worrying, although the area was my playground i had respect for it and didnt go near anything live. on the theme of this video there is much to explore around the city, no doubt you will. nik
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks Nik, slowly discovering and getting round to stuff 👍
@SteveInskip
@SteveInskip 5 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video. Thanks for that. Good work bud!
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Steve
@thetruth7633
@thetruth7633 5 жыл бұрын
0:30 so that is where E.T. left the phone 😁 Very nice video, thank you for the effort put in.
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much. 😆👍🏼
@HelenaMikas
@HelenaMikas 5 жыл бұрын
Good one especially the photography at night ! ..Worth framing a few .Re the bumps on the tree these are called Burrs and it's a deformity cased by shoots that got blocked Big like ..Helena
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Yes I realise now. I was a bit confused. I should of consulted you your good with Nature and things
@BossySwan
@BossySwan 5 жыл бұрын
Fascinating channel
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 5 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much 👍
@BLINDEXPLORERASIFMUHAMMAD
@BLINDEXPLORERASIFMUHAMMAD 6 жыл бұрын
Very amazing video well done and I love listening to your videos as I am blind and I am a white cane long cane user
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Richard
@BLINDEXPLORERASIFMUHAMMAD
@BLINDEXPLORERASIFMUHAMMAD 6 жыл бұрын
@@MartinZero you are most welcome and check out my new video
@paulanderson9072
@paulanderson9072 6 жыл бұрын
Brilliant work mate. Love watching your videos on mcr a place I worked all over at for 20yrs so I can relate the areas you explore. Would love to come on one of your explores 👍🏻
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Paul thanks very much. Whereabouts do you live now ?
@paulanderson9072
@paulanderson9072 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Martin. In Barnoldswick mate, the lancs/York’s boarders 😳 I’m a white rose though haha. Used to commute everyday and loved working in the city, but the traffic got ridiculous so I got out.
@nedkelly4999
@nedkelly4999 6 жыл бұрын
Cool vid again mate. Right at the end if that vid is where were working😁👍
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Ned, you working on a site in town ?
@nedkelly4999
@nedkelly4999 6 жыл бұрын
@@MartinZero yeah mate, we get on at dalton street and walk down towards victoria.
@KnugenMooMoo
@KnugenMooMoo 4 жыл бұрын
Love the intro music Martin Any change of a release ? Lol And another smashing videos seriously getting in to theys thanks for sharing
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you. This music wasnt me. I only do a small amount of the music. But thank you
@KnugenMooMoo
@KnugenMooMoo 4 жыл бұрын
@@MartinZero not a problem
@nixtax3526
@nixtax3526 6 жыл бұрын
Fascinating video mate, great stuff! Would be amazing if they turned it into a high line walk like the one in New York!
@MartinZero
@MartinZero 6 жыл бұрын
Hi Nix yes I really hope they do. Its a nice long ish walk could be beautiful
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