Thanks for posting this, thanks for keeping the memory of the GCR alive. The fact we had a north to south mainline in this country (which still had so much potential) and just threw it away is beyond frustrating and angering
@NWP_EXPLORING Жыл бұрын
thanks for the support and glad you have enjoyed watching.
@smhorse Жыл бұрын
Brackley Viaduct was substantially built and wasn't easy to demolish. Apparently it took a few goes with explosives, as the first attempt failed to have any effect. It might have been cheaper to leave it standing. The A43 bypass now crosses through the site. The GCR London Extension might have survived, if only in part, if it had remained under the management of BR Eastern Region. Once control was transferred to London Midland Region, the attitude was somewhat different. BR/LMR already had existing main lines to the North and North West; it did not want or need a third one which effectively competed with the Midland line from St. Pancras.
@peterscouse8252 Жыл бұрын
Only got to be on a train twice going over Brackley viaduct, but saw it every schoolday for 5 years from the school rugby pitches. So sad to see the dereliction left behind. And for what? So they could build HS2 a stones throw away.
@AFCManUk Жыл бұрын
Being born in 1976, I was too young to ever be taken to see this magnificent structure before it was demolished 2 years later. Watching videos like this makes me very sad that I never got to see it, and angry that this beautiful Victorian masterpiece was just erased from the landscape.
@MF-fg3cg Жыл бұрын
Utterly short sighted distruction of infrastructure.
@Hard-Boiled-Bollock Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@timpage3142 Жыл бұрын
Could not agree more.
@SimonPass2302674 ай бұрын
Brilliant. It was still something you could walk across when I first moved there in 1977. But the walls were low and it was a dodgy and dangerous structure. My late Father was furious when they knocked it down. Great video, thanks.
@seamusmcevoy2011 Жыл бұрын
A superb video with some great historic references. I can't begin to imagine the thoughts of the locals when that was being built in 1897-99, it looks so futuristic they must have thought aliens were landing!!! I've been up by the remains of the viaduct and got some great photos, then called in at Brackley Station for a coffee, it remains one of my favourite days out.
@NWP_EXPLORING Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@Hard-Boiled-Bollock Жыл бұрын
1:02 - That photo is particularly sad
@flyDJIuk9 ай бұрын
Loved that trip out. What an amazing walk. I'm going to explore this route and get some footage of my own. Thank you very much for sharing this. I loved the level of detail and the knowledge you have about the area. Top job! 👍👍
@ctyl5686 Жыл бұрын
Super video as always. Thank you.
@mikehindson-evans159 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for a useful trip down Memory Lane.
@Sharron-Idol Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed watching. Thanks for posting. 'Hope you don't mind that I snagged one of your pics lol.
@NWP_EXPLORING Жыл бұрын
Which picture?
@Sharron-Idol Жыл бұрын
@@NWP_EXPLORING 15:24
@PrinceJohn84 Жыл бұрын
The telltale Heras fencing heralds the arrival of yet more poorly built, yet grossly overpriced housing.
@highvoltageswitcher6256 Жыл бұрын
Could have become a nice rural trail like the former Midland Railway in central Derbyshire. Shame!
@gavinnorthants11 ай бұрын
I think the residents have extended there gardens might be worth mentioning it to the council as its public land, and they have stolen it!
@trammix Жыл бұрын
Great video. Seems such a waste ; all the effort and skill went into building the GCR only to be demolished a few decades later. Now the HS2 ?
@NWP_EXPLORING Жыл бұрын
Totally agree
@tmb880711 ай бұрын
Incredible waste, especially given its extremely short life. On the HS2 thing - I've seen it said that a key factor in the GCML's downfall was that it served fewer urban communities along its route than the MML. Somewhat perverse then that the new high-speed mainline has no stops _at all_ between London and the Midlands.
@robster-vision475 Жыл бұрын
How did you get up there? I live in the old town very close but don't know where to start to get up there
@NWP_EXPLORING Жыл бұрын
from dale close
@robster-vision475 Жыл бұрын
@@NWP_EXPLORING thankyou, so literally go over the white fence😊
@tomlowery222 ай бұрын
Neil do you have the photo of the woman in the dress on the viaduct? I saw it on your vids and can’t find it.
@NWP_EXPLORING2 ай бұрын
If you are on Facebook it’s in the Brackley railway group