The Tunnel , The Mill & The Viaduct -

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The Tunnel, The Mill & The Viaduct - A Disused Railway Explore
In this video you find me in the West Yorkshire Town of Halifax where we seek to uncover 2 lost Railway structures closed back in the 1960's
First up is Lee Bank Tunnel. 267 yards in length and mainly built from stone sections.
& on a curve & gradient too as it by-passes Old Lane Mill, a little bonus additon to this video.
We take a short look at Old Lane Mill from the exterior on ground level & from the drone. Almost 200 years old, this is the sole remaining building of a once huge bustling complex.
Our second piece of railway architecture comes in the form of the magnificent 200 yard long Wheatley Viaduct. Closed in the 1960s, access is now indeed very difficult. 100 feet at its highest point, the views either side of this curved railway viaduct are lovely.
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[@blw896]

Brilliant trio there Ant And of course not possible without Scottish Steve👍👍👍😍

[@TrekkingExploration]

Good old Steve, what a guy. Thanks for watching :)

[@trisrush9155]

I’m so glad that in this country we preserve our heritage, and historic structures. *sarcasm.

[@sc3pt1c4L]

Thank you for your continued efforts to document our history and engineering achievements for future generations to understand as the buildings and evidence of routes diminishes and is lost.

[@mcmarky1985]

Another great video had a bit of everything, got to say Steve was an absolute legend for getting up on the viaduct! 👍

[@ernestbailey9194]

Cant stop watching these lovely videos. Nothing is getting done today. The local council should make them walkways like a lot of councils have done. Gets people out in the fresh air and enjoying the views.

[@martinmarsola6477]

A fantastic video. Thanks to Steve and Richard for their assistance in today’s video. Always look forward to a trek back in time with you, Ant. Never disappointed in any video viewed by you! Enjoy the week ahead, and see you on the next! Cheers mates! 😊😊😊

[@Design2winLew]

Excellent vid Ant and special guest (access all areas Steve ) . Just amazing what lengths they went to in building these railways .

[@TrekkingExploration]

Glad you enjoyed it Lewis. Steve is a legend too :)

[@trainmanbob]

Thanks Ant (and Steve). What a magnificent viaduct. There is just something about viaducts. Cheers, Bob

[@looneytune6955]

Just down the road from me these. Viaduct part of the Halifax high level railway and the tunnel part of the old GNR line toward Bradford and Keighley. Old Lane Mill is a great explore.

[@Dave1976.]

Loved this vlog Ant. Enjoyable as always. Anything with a viaduct. Bit scary going in a tunnel. Fortunately, you had plenty of light & torches. A big thank you to Steve for the viaduct footage. It was great. Look forward to yr next vlog. Loved the out-takes at the end. 5***** must do more. Best wishes for this year.

[@ffrancrogowski2192]

The tunnel seemed in very good condition, Ant, seeing as the line had been closed for some considerable time. Amazing how it was warm inside, too. The mill is a grand building, made of stone and steel for such an early period, in fact built like a castle. It would be ideal for conversion to apartments or something. The viaduct, well that is remarkable, and Steve did a good job of doing a walk over. Great drone work you did of the area, and many thanks for doing this film.

[@stephensaines7100]

Excellent...

[@bobingram6912]

Thanks Ant, Steve & Richard for coming together to make an excellent vid👍 What a bit of engineering, a short curved tunnel on a gradient and doesn't that viaduct sit well into the scenery!!

[@TrekkingExploration]

Glad you enjoyed it. The viaduct was a little gem and thanks to Steve we got to see along the top :)

[@simonballard6413]

Brilliant video, Ant - as all yours are. Great old tunnel, too! Love the viaduct as well. Many thanks!

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Brilliant video as always! 😀👍

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much. I hope you are both well 👍🙂

[@lilchris26]

Nice one Ant, very enjoyable video, thanks to Steve and Richard too.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Many thanks Chris as always :)

[@sarahwinfield3989]

Another excellent view into our industrial past. Thank you for your continued investigations into the buildings and other infrastructures that were part of the areas commercial history.

[@yorkie2789]

Great to see you back in Yorkshire again Ant.

[@hisexcellencytrump855]

I'm so amazed at how much man power it took to build this stuff, and it's all abandoned.

[@gazclass58]

Great bit of filming once again ant enjoyed watching it 👍

[@fhwolthuis]

Beautiful video again, Ant 💪🏻😃

[@TrekkingExploration]

Glad you enjoyed it! Frank, thank you :)

[@philipcroft9857]

Love these explores!! Those victorians knew how to build.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks for watching Phil. They certainly did

[@michaelmiller641]

Another wonderful video, Ant

[@TrekkingExploration]

Glad you enjoyed it Michael thanks so very much

[@100SteveB]

The photography in the tunnel was fantastic, did you notice how the mist just hung in the centre of it? Not touching the walls, floor or roof, an amazing site. Another really interesting video, always a joy to watch your content.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks Steve. Yes its like something had gone through and left a trail

[@shirleylynch7529]

Superb Ant. What a great video. The music and footage amazing. Well done. Thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you. Keep history alive.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thank you very much 🙂🙂🙂

[@2010ditta]

Very enjoyable. Love seeing how much is left of our railway heritage. Tunnels, bridges, viaducts etc. All the best.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thankyou very much Tim. Glad you enjoy them :)

[@philliphammond399]

Hi Ant, an excellent start to the New Year. Thank you.

[@simonbradshaw3708]

Thank you for such a lovely video and sharing it with everyone, I look forward to seeing your next adventure.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Glad you enjoyed it Simon thanks so very much :)

[@elainemclelland5121]

Thanks for another great video. I'd love to build a house ON the Wheatley Viaduct in the middle and have either end as garden.

[@jetsons101]

It was very nice for the local authorities to provide a doorway-- 4:33 --into the tunnel. Between the tunnel, the mill and the viaduct, all made for a great Sunday watch.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Mike. Yes the hole was convenient, unsure how long it's been open though

[@jetsons101]

@@TrekkingExploration I'm sure if bricked up it will magically appear again.....

[@andrewmatley7688]

Thank you for your great post always interesting cheer mate.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much Andrew 🙂

[@mbrewin]

Well done Ant and all you teem for my Sunday evenings entertainment. I remember Steve from previous videos but can't think which ones. Take care and keep safe on your many walks

[@TrekkingExploration]

Glad you enjoyed it Martin. It was great to get Steve out again. I can still understand him, just haha

[@michaelhollingworth1536]

Another great video,and great music,it highlights what is still out there if you are determined to find out and explore.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thank you very much Michael. Much appreciated and very true

[@007JHS]

The viaduct is a beautiful structure also.

[@TrekkingExploration]

It really is. Thanks very much for watching 🙂

[@samsungdex8296]

Nice video. I used to live 200 yards further down from the tunnel, just where Ovenden station would have been, so was really interesting to see it on video. The viaduct I think was part of the halifax high level line, but tbh, it would have been more interesting if you have researched the local history and included that as part of your video as Halifax is littered with old railway lines that have long since gone.

[@michaelrender1584]

Look forward to seeing your videos there really good 👍 😀

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thank you very much Michael 🙂

[@dilwyn1]

@@TrekkingExploration It has to be said.... If it were not for people like yourself, so much history would be lost forever, never documented or filmed and future generations would miss out on all the interesting facts that some of us remember as children and even for us, they are fading into the past.keep making history real 😁

[@TrekkingExploration]

@@dilwyn1 I'm pleased you are enjoying them and thank you very much

[@dilwyn1]

@@TrekkingExploration Watched a lot of your vids. Especially like the Derbyshire dam ones, at the time I was following the progress of LLyn Celyn in North Wales. Sad but exiting to see old villages revealed

[@johngleeson6351]

i love these vids ,the music is brilliant ,makes me relax and go back in time.many thanks for your work.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thank you very much John. I'm so pleased you enjoyed them 🙂

[@familylife3624]

Nice little local one to me just over the hill , we've done the tunnel and the mill before beautiful mill still inside shame it's been allowed to get so bad , although never done Wheatley viaduct before , anyway good little video again keep up the good work

[@TrekkingExploration]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you. I'll hopefully get more done up your way soon :)

[@ste.h9825]

Thanks Ant.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thankyou :)

[@007JHS]

What a beautiful mill building... seems such a pity that it is just left unused... but what could it be used for today? That is the question... At least it is still standing as a monument to past industry.

[@joegall7591]

Really interesting videos on your channel. Keep up the great work.👍

[@trainsinkansas576]

Excellent video. Drone footage outstanding. Meriden, Kansas

[@TrekkingExploration]

Thanks very much 🙂🙂

[@lindamccaughey6669]

Wow Ant your videos are getting better and better. They were already fantastic. Beautiful way to start with very old train 🚂. The stonework on everything was awesome. Thanks for taking me along. Please take care

[@benGBRf]

Great stuff Ant. Definitely considering getting a tunnel with these energy prices now 🤣

[@XGreywolfGamingX]

I'm only guessing but I think The building you walked into at the old mill was probably a boiler house there would been to or three big boilers fed by a stream maybe from the mill pond there would have been high pressure steam lines that ran into the mill and was used to power the equipment and provide heating as well

[@daviddillis1212]

Amazing video as always! Love the work that you do and the efforts you go to, you are appreciated by so many and very gifted at the work you do. I was wondering if you could do a video of the lost railway that ran between Morton and Stonebroom and on towards Shirland and Higham, all villages in Derbyshire and close to Morton Colliery. There’s an old railways line and embankment which I cannot find any information about and so would welcome any exploring you’re able to do on this. Keep up the great work!

[@daviddillis1212]

There’s also the Morton Colliery spoil tip to explore that was used for pumping water from other local collieries and there were steps on the front of the tip and settling lagoons on top which can be seen, also some old colliery buildings survive

[@seany84uk]

All of this is just 10 mins away from me! Great to see you exploring other parts of the uk! On the otherside of old lane bridge about 200 yards up still stands ovenden station building now used as a shed. Its on google maps a green building. Theres also a video from the early 1900s on youtube showing the mill. Look up tram ride into halifax.

[@barrythedieselelectricstea5217]

great to see the viaduct is in good condition after all these years it must have been a site seeing trains going over it has any off the route been built on can you tell me why they lift the track after the line has been closed 🤔

[@tobycaunt9257]

How did you miss the opportunity to get a Scott to say purple burglar alarm 😂 cracking video again what camera you using been thinking about doing album on all hull and Barnsley line gcr all round worsborough and cortonwood

[@Seat1AJoe]

This show is really fantastic. I’m wondering if any shoes became sodden.

[@TrekkingExploration]

I definitely stayed dry 😂

[@andrewnorth170]

"I'm talking shit again" lol. But seriously a very epic video.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Ha ha thanks Andrew. Its rare i put outakes on the end

[@TheShowgirl25]

The programme you were trying to remember at the end of this great video is ' Escape to the Country ',

[@rodgermoss8975]

I thought the prog.was called Who lives in a house like thi?..

[@TheShowgirl25]

@@rodgermoss8975 No, that's the one where people have to guess who lives there. the one I'm talking about, is where a couple get to see different houses in the countryside and then chooses which one they would like to buy.

[@a11csc]

great collab ant in my county west yorkshire,shame they cant do it like bennerley what a waste

[@lesbendo6363]

Thanks, have you ever used your drone to peek into the windows of a mill? 🇨🇦

[@TrekkingExploration]

I'd be worried about it creeping in and not getting it back 😂 Thanks for watching 🙂

[@lesbendo6363]

@@TrekkingExploration Experiment, you could get some great shots. Does your drone have a camera zoom?

[@MikeyJG]

Another brilliant video Ant. What music do you use for the "flashbacks?" Perfectly chosen.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Hi Mike, all the music in this one is by a chap called Gavin Luke I'll list them in order: 1. The Unforgettable 2. In the absence of light 3. What once was 4. Inner Spaces

[@MikeyJG]

Found it! Certainly will add that to the car play list! Beautiful music

[@TrekkingExploration]

@@MikeyJG he does some good stuff. I use Scott Buckley a lot too

[@MikeyJG]

@@TrekkingExploration Thanks Ant.

[@alanlake5220]

2.38 & 3.06 could be refuges ?

[@Jimyjames73]

"Don't do this at home" - don't have a Viaduct at home but I do have 3 Model Suspension Bridges for my Model Railway!!! 😉🚂🚂🚂

[@TrekkingExploration]

Ha ha ha i know, some of the things he comes out with

[@barrieshepherd7694]

So sad that the mill owners saw fit to remove all the windows to, no doubt, let the elements in to destroy the building to justify it's ultimate demolition "on safety grounds" rather than intelligently looking at repurposing the clearly robust building. No doubt in a few years the site will be cleared and some concrete and steel monstrosity, with no architectural merit, will be erected.

[@eggy77]

More like Location x3. As ever though I really wanted a tunnel in Huddersfield but they always insist on showing tunnels from other locations away from where specified.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Always out of the ideal price range too 😂😂😂

[@eggy77]

@@TrekkingExploration yeah think I'm going to have to settle for a cold one without heating.

[@TrekkingExploration]

@@eggy77 Seymour Bunker

[@eggy77]

@@TrekkingExploration most likely

[@karlatkinson2065]

What drone do you use. Plz. ??

[@TrekkingExploration]

Hi Karl, in this one it was the Mavic Mini 2. Most of the time however I use the Mavic Air 2

[@jarmoFI]

Great stuff again, thanks There is nice footage on KZbin called Tram ride into Halifax (1902) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpfZaKuahsmVi7s where you can see some parts of the industrial area . I think there is also Old Lane Mill near the end of film ??

[@keithbill310]

Watch out for dead fox,s