Stoke to Leek Mothballed Railway Line, with the DJI Mini 3 Pro and Historical photos.

[@NeathSpadge]

An outstanding and very interesting video. Now to check out your others. Thanks for putting this together.

[@cowboyonrail]

Many thanks for the comment it's appreciated, I will be exploring more closed railway lines and attractions with the drone this year. So keep an eye on updates 😊😊

[@jonathanmiddleton6877]

I used to cycle large sections of that line commuting from Lonsdon (just outside of leek) to Stoke. Slowly more and more sections were closed off, which was a real shame. From lonsdon to Milton was absolutely beautiful. Milton to fenton park was great because it traffic free.

[@keithbroomhall7139]

Great video, excellent work, good to see how the railway lies from the air, and how so far the progress of the CVR is doing, it's amazing how trees have spung up along the track, nice to see photos thanks to mr. Croft.

[@ABSpotter_24]

Interesting video mate. Enjoyed that.

[@cowboyonrail]

Thanks for the comments, we are currently producing the next portion of the route but the lovely British weather is causing problems with being able to launch the drone. We hope to have the next route published very soon

[@ABSpotter_24]

@@cowboyonrail no probs. I'm subscribed to you now so will see notifications of future posts. Looking forward to the next part of it. Cheers.

[@ABSpotter_24]

@@cowboyonrail When are you next going through Acton Bridge mate? I'm heading there this Friday for the day. Will be there from around 11ish.

[@cowboyonrail]

I will be going through with GBRf service's to and from Ditton this week

[@ABSpotter_24]

@@cowboyonrail Hi there mate, With the Euro's being on I'm not sure if I'm going in the coming week but will let you know here if I do end up going. Will definitely be heading there the week after though. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

[@neilbaldwin592]

Mothballed implies some degree of care and maintenance. This has seen none of either. It could be part of the Churnet Valley line running heritage trains from Stoke. Plus useful commuter line taking some pressure off the roads which to be honest have road works in some areas every day of the year causing long holdups.

[@cowboyonrail]

The route is still shown in the Network Rail sectional appendix which shows all lines and states out of use. I totally agree it would be great to see this route brought back into some form of use including to the quarry and also even the route putting back all the way to Uttoxeter 🙂🙂

[@neilbaldwin592]

Network Rail are just waiting until it has degenerated so much that they can just tear it up. If we still had the old loop line traffic and pollution would have been greatly reduced. This country has got to get out of the “Quick buck” mentality

[@garryparsons7246]

sounds like mr duncan has been on the moonshine again

[@cowboyonrail]

Haha quite possibly 🤣🤣

[@clangerbasher]

That lovely green corridor would be lost because of the potty idea that persons in Leek want to go Stoke regularly.