Newark upon Trent & the Historical Disused Railway Walk What did i find at the end?

[@maccydobson2264]

Also the building you went to is called the powder house where the gypsum was crushed into powder. The mill stones are still inside. The oily brick work is from the motors that turned the g4indstones. Upper floor was the bagging area.

[@roberttatlow5535]

Travelled this line on a charter, still have the timetable. I now use the remains of the trackbed as a ground feature when flying south in a glider. Really stands out well to Bottesford

[@ExoticTropicTrees]

The start of my railway career my job was to patrol the line from Bottesford to Newark. The van at cotham was used by a coal merchant. There is at the Newark end of the track a locomotive derailed and is in the lake.

[@trainmanbob]

Any info available on this Michael? Cheers, Bob

[@ExoticTropicTrees]

@@trainmanbob Talking to old hands the loco was a Shunter that came off the track, and they could not recover it. The rumour is they pushed it in to the lake.There was a derailment at Cotham with an oil tanker that made a mess. After closure the line was a test track for a new type of stone blower tamper.

[@RollingforwardsNOTTS]

i cycle that route very often. nice to see the stuff i have not seen before. my mate ian has been really interested in how it looks south of newark road.

[@shirleylynch7529]

Fantastic explore. Loved the music. Great filming. Well done. Excellent work. Thank you for sharing

[@simonbradshaw3708]

Thank you for sharing another really enjoyable video, such a shame it closed in the 80's having managed to survive the Beeching cuts. Look forward to you hopefully exploring more of this line later in the year.

[@benabel7326]

Thanks for this, I'm disappoint with myself for not knowing about this walk. I shall look forward when you might get around to part 2.

[@felixwaterman4448]

Fascinating video. I have just left Newark on my narrowboat and now heading for Nottingham. Sorry I didn't see this before I left. Why do we love industrial archaeology? There is something about a pile of bricks and a piece of rail track in an overgrown landscape. Thanks a bunch.

[@trainmanbob]

Very interesting Ant as I live in Newark!! I never knew about the loco in the lake as mentioned in Michael Reynolds post. I have asked him if any info available. Super video as always Ant. Thank you.

[@MAX-tw3qz]

I cycle this route often. Thanks for the nostalgia.

[@michaelmiller641]

Railway, dead straight as a die! Wonderful video expertly made , thanks Ant

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Michael

[@DFKMunkky]

Local from Newark and I’ve used these tracks all my life, a lot in the recent 5 years as was on my route to work after getting rid of ny motorbike. Never put 2 and 2 together about the bridges crossing over previous tracks as I’ve always known the tracks to be like it currently is laid out. Also never been as far past Middlebeck as have never had need, will be looking to do this route later this week now the weathers cushty.

[@grahamfisher5436]

Diddley mushy 🤗 I grew up on the Hawtonvillie Estate ( Beech Ave ) So all this area was my childhood playground 😊 what history do you know about Newark? If you look into the history of the ball bearing company R & H Ransom & Hoffman (which later became R H P Ransoms Hofman & Pollards based at BowBridge Road ( now a Co-Op shop ) and its *role during WW2 - R & H manufactured the WORLDS finest precision ball bearings, which were used in machinery ... Which made little O Newark-on-Trent one of the Germans biggest targets to be destroyed.. which then leads to the night of - The Black Friday ( the bombing Raids of Newark) Read about that and your walks along the train tracks will become so much more fascinating 😊 Go to Newark Air Museum and buy the book - Newarks air wars The Black Friday story is in it.. Plus.... there are many many places of extreme interests (Including the macabre?!) All along that freight line

[@bobingram6912]

That was a good old trek with a "pot of gold at the end"!!! How the heck is that building still stood standing, interesting inside though👍👍👍Cheeres Ant.

[@christopherbraiden6713]

Thanks for the video, very interesting and informative, beautiful bridges along the route. The old building is very special but not going to be there much longer!!😎🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃🇬🇧

[@philliphammond399]

Hi Ant, fantastic video with excellent drone shots. Some lovely structures on the walk. Good information with old photos accompanied by very good choice of music. Thank you.

[@leey7h]

What I find incredible is all the trouble the railway company went to. For example buiding all those beautiful bridges and therefore raising all those existing roads to pass over the track. It would cost millions now. thanks once again mate, enthusiastic and informative as always

[@stewartmcgrath1831]

I remember standing at the school boundary fence at what was Magdalene High School next to Barnby Road bridge watching the freight go past in the very early 80s. That video brought back some memories. A shunter driver let me and a couple of mates hop on along what is now the path at the very start

[@grahamfisher5436]

Standing at the East Coast main Barmby Road crossing when the Innercity 125's ( Flying Banana's) started to come *rocketing through Newark Newark was the fastest place along the mainline where the intercity went their top speed of 125mph .. Standing at Barnby Road crossing you'd hear the trainlines start to crackle and a high pitched whistle sounds way before the train was anywhere near Then suddenly ..... WHHHHOOOOOSSHHHHHH HHHH HHHHHH HHHHHHHSSSWWUUUWWWOOOOO there and gone in seconds 😊

[@seamusmcevoy2011]

A fantastic journey, to be fair a bit more interesting at the Newark end, but then BOOM you come across the old waggon!! When I went to Cotham to find the Station I couldn't get down to where the waggon was as it was blocked off with an enormous 'Keep Out!!' sign. To be fair I didn't know the waggon was there, as I would have taken a gamble and ignored the obviously non-official sign to get a photo.

[@westernmonitor]

What a great video Ant. Cannot wait to see part 2

[@lindamccaughey6669]

Really enjoyed that thanks Ant. Great video and yes super fantastic finish. That could have been turned into a nice house. Terrible waste. Thanks for taking me along. P,ease stay safe and take care

[@williamoates1754]

Thanks for that it brought back a lot of memories. Used to cycle from Nottingham to Newark and take that route back, I have even been known to put my bike on the train and cycle back from Lincoln that way, just a lovely ride through the Notts villages.

[@warwickman8177]

As the normal route between Nottingham and Newark (via Lowdham) was closed overnight the Crewe - Lincoln TPO was booked to run over this line.

[@barrythedieselelectricstea5217]

another excellent video👍 that old building does look in a sorry state and could fall down any minute very dangerous love the wagon hope you manage to go further look forward to the next video if you can

[@steviez110]

Travelled over this line in a DMU one Sunday during diversions many years ago.

[@matthewtrueblood408]

Literally yards from where I live and where I grew up. Watched that line being taken up through the summer holidays when I was 12-13

[@TrekkingExploration]

Sad memories for you then.... Thank you for watching 🙂

[@matthewtrueblood408]

Always

[@matthewtrueblood408]

The line got taken up in the summer of 1988 when I was 13. My friends and I sat on the hills of Lowfields foundry watching the crane remove each section of track. Think my mum might have some photos. We used to pick blackberries along there and took the workmen removing the track a blackberry pie my mum made the following day. Great memories.

[@grahamfisher5436]

​@@matthewtrueblood408 I was 15 and lived in Hawtonvillie And yes me and all my friends would walk from Balderton up to see watch the lines being taken up. It was a very sad time. The film Stand by me Reminds me of my childhood playing along that line ( we'd camp (( just sleeping bags no tents)) overnight on the Balderton (*Barrett houses estate) lake island and walk swim all summer long there. The place has certainly changed a bit now 😮

[@RichardFelstead1949]

Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Australia.

[@ffrancrogowski2192]

An excellent presentation is this, Ant. The overbridges along the route you took are of very good construction - they knew how to build brilliantly in those earlier days. The old photos of the trains on the line are fantastic. Many thanks for this video showing.

[@johnjephcote7636]

I love to see brick-built skew bridges. I remember one on the Midland, Melton line, south of Nottingham, where the MR crossed the Fosse Way, near Widmerpool. F S Williams in his 'Midland Railway' delightfully told how the engineers thought of bending the Roman road in order to build a straight, less costly bridge, but decided that was not playing fair and built one on the skew. It is now a monster concrete flyover...'szkoda!'

[@martinmarsola6477]

A nice walk back in time. A decent weather day. See you on the next. Cheers Ant! 😊

[@RaggyAl1971]

Did a bike ride from Cotgrave to Newark via the back roads and joined the former track bed just South of Cottam,we did over 50miles that day,one of the hottest of that year.

[@bexhil7]

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[@benGBRf]

Another great video Ant. Would love to get out and walk some of these disused lines but time is precious. Thank you for bringing them to the screen. 👍🏻

[@Steve_Wardley_G6JEF]

Great video as ever Ant, that building you showed us is in terrible condition, looks like one good gust of wind would bring the walls crashing down.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Steve. It's certainly only just standing I think

[@exileinderby51]

Great video once again Ant, might I suggest that the oily brick structures in the abandoned building are the bases of lathes. Thanks for taking us along on your walk.

[@helenthorne8451]

Thanks for sharing never knew that was there xx

[@markrussell147]

Just found this video its only just up the road from me carrying on from where you finished you can get through to the former Kilvington gypsum works then it's overgrown to carry on to Bottesford still can get onto it via feilds bypassing the alverton road there are still a lot of features near Bottesford due to the junctions that were there leaving Bottesford you will cross the a52 heading out to the former Stathern station at the end ,definitely worth a video for that section .thank you for a great insight

[@jamesedwards7241]

A line I used on a regular basis with Immingham > Colwick trains and occasional freight into Nottingham/Derby area.

[@michaelmarck1878]

Brilliant, every minute was fascinating

[@johnlaw3323]

Great vlog Ant as always very interesting. Many thanks for sharing.

[@rontanser9369]

Thank you that was very enjoyable I did enjoy your walk

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Roy

[@nigelkthomas9501]

I’ve done this a few years ago, but only half of the old railway was available. The last few miles to Bottesford was overgrown and difficult to walk let alone cycle!

[@lilchris26]

Thanks Ant nice video, love your railway walks and finds. Chris

[@a11csc]

another good one ant ,bottesford was on my round in coop days

[@christoppo33]

On the drone footage no music was being played great find at the end 👍

[@chrisbradley1192]

Really enjoyed that, Ant. I followed you down the old Library of Scotland map and was able to see the building that's now in ruins and the mineral line that ran near it that you showed the remains of.

[@hornet1068]

I cycled from Melton Mowbray to Newark using this route a few years ago, and as a few people have already noted the section between Bottesford and Cotham was a virtual impenetrable jungle of undergrowth, plus at that time there was a quarry in the way.

[@grahamfisher5436]

any relation to the smalleys from Beech Ave, Hawtonvillie??

[@hornet1068]

@@grahamfisher5436 Don't think so, but never really checked, possibly somewhere if I go digging into the family tree

[@grahamfisher5436]

@@hornet1068 hi David, I grew up on the Hawtonvillie Estate, ( have you watched the tv programme - NEWARK NEWARK it's filmed in Hawtonvillie and uses some of the locals)) I lived on Beech ave and the Smalley family lived at the end of the road....

[@kevinmulhall]

Nice wqork Ant, I use to work at Newark Northgate as area relief station staff, shunt a few trains in both yards and also walked the line to Lowfields signal box

[@matthewtrueblood408]

I remember Lowfield signal becoming derelict. I still have a railway lamp I “borrowed” from it. My friends and I used to play in it.

[@matthewtrueblood408]

*Signal Box

[@IS-L]

December 1974. A date engraved in my life. I reported to Newark Northgate to start my RAF career

[@allanstringer4310]

I was actually the Second Man on the Royal Train rain that stopped at Cotham. We came from Immingham Loco Shed with a Class 31 and took over the train at Newark North Gate whilst the main class 47 went to get fuel at Doncaster Carr Loco Shed. When we got to Cotham our locomotive was uncoupled and shut down so it didn't wake Charles or Diana. Myself and the Driver then sat in the Valets compartment on the royal train and waited for the 47 to return. I've Also Driven Trains over the line to Colwick Rectory/Colwick Estates and Nottingham.

[@johnjephcote7636]

South of Bottesford it forms the Joint Line (LNW/GN) to Market Harborough. It was very important in BR days for freight with Austerity 2-8-0s

[@unakey4814]

I walked part of this with my dog. Felt really vulnerable so turned back to newark

[@ianhudson2193]

Remember travelling that route....

[@maccydobson2264]

Hi, first off great video. However you have missed alot including the lowfield signal box the goods shed you walked right past and several other interesting facts along the way including the Balderton raf site that also used the line at cotham station siding. I have many photos of the line in use from my collection. I have walked the length of the line several times over the years. It is impassable after the kilvington lake area. If you need anymore info or pics message me back. I'm local to this area. Cheers

[@markIburgess]

Nice video as always. Not a complant, but there appear to be some sections with no sound at all. I have tried on my TV and laptop and it's on both. Unlike you to have blank portions.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Oh no I don't understand that I'll have to check. How far into it?

[@markIburgess]

@@TrekkingExploration First bit is when you are at the second bridge then another bit as you go to the abandon brick building and again when leaving. Think there was another in between too. Let me know if it's me lol

[@TrekkingExploration]

@@markIburgess I'll check it later this evening 👍

[@markIburgess]

@@TrekkingExploration Sorry Ant 3rd bridge is the first cut

[@paulcharlton4788]

I noticed the same thing if it helps.

[@bodders306]

Brilliant stuff again, are you doing north of Hose tunnel, through Stathern yard (still lots to see there ) and then Stathern junction where it splits to either Bingham or Bottesford? I can help with that

[@stephenparkes626]

Great video I'm local to Newark have you thought of doing a video around the ollerton ,Rainworth old lines

[@petersavage9938]

Why on earth did they stop the conversion into a cycle path there? It's middle of nowhere.

[@markstarmer3677]

At 15:20 you mentioned 1500 Kilograms re the crane gantry. Should that have been hundred weight - Cwt. baring in mind the age etc.

[@greigs9384]

The track that diverged at Newark NG to Bottesford was still there well into the early 90s. Not sure how far towards Bottesford it extended after the through route was closed

[@matthewtrueblood408]

It was removed in 1988

[@greigs9384]

@@matthewtrueblood408 Where did the rusting rails under Clay Lane go to / end then? They were there after 88 and removal of the through line.

[@matthewtrueblood408]

Sorry Greig. I have photos from 1988 of the crane taking the line up by Worthington Simpsons factory right up to the ballast fishing lake behind the paddocks. Maybe they stopped there

[@kenizzard4623]

Cracking video

[@CalumW1874]

I got concussion their from riding a pit bike at 17:10 😂😂

[@mikeandcheryl]

I have walked and cycled this route dozens of times but never considered it from your point of view about its history. Great video. Did you walk the second part? I always see that bit that continues from where it comes up at Cotham, but just thought it finished a few hundred yards on and was private property and fields after that.

[@grahampartridge9335]

Nice video. That last bridge was blue brick ? The others were mostly red .

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks Graham. I think so yes 🙂

[@grahamfisher5436]

Look into the trainline that used to run from British gypsum across the top of the Hawtonvillie Estate, over Sconce Park, to Fardon Marina. the train was called.. Puffin Billy. be dordy mushy duck, if you did a video retracing it's route.

[@Jimyjames73]

What happen to the sound - why did it kept going quiet??? Very good vid thou!!! 🤔🚂🚂🚂

[@TrekkingExploration]

I might have to re-upload it I'm unsure why it's done this

[@richardperry5538]

It's like there should have been background music but looks like it didn't come out, the music started playing again halfway through the video.

[@ianlitchfield9273]

What keeps happening to the audio ?

[@johnmeharg2818]

Please fix the long sound silences

[@johnboy8846]

no part 2

[@prezzie1]

I am from that area and where you were walking at the beginning you lucky you didn't get that camera equipment stolen from you. A lot of scum round that area