Loved the old photos. Super video. Sound, scenery, colours and explore so enjoyable. Thank you again Ant . Another masterpiece.

Ant, it's amazing how fast the Railroad in the UK grew and how large it got. So much has been lost to time. Thanks to people like you many parts of the R.R. may be gone but it won't be forgotten.

You literally finished at the back of my house I can tell you no end of story’s of the line pit slater brick We seen it all growing up in the 90s and 80s

Very interesting video. Without old maps, archive images and video, you'd never appreciate the extent of railway and industrial infrastructure in this area, only 30 or so years ago, the rapidity of the deindustrialisation process and the transformational effect on the landscape - and by extension, on people's lives and livelihoods.

Another great video, Ant. I love the way you walk through history and interleave the video with old photographs and videos of the railway as it was. Thank you so much for sharing.

Thank you for the video this day. I’m just viewing it today, May 22nd. Been under the weather for past week. I believe the end is coming, Ant. Your videos put a smile on my face, which is a rarity recently. I will always appreciate them in the past, and maybe the future. If I pass on, my bother Randy will email the news. Again, thanks for the tour this, and hopefully see you on the next. Cheers Ant! 🇬🇧👍😔🇺🇸

Silver Birch trees a sure sign of railway track bed every time

The shot of the train leaving Denby Station with all the oallets on the right,we used to nick pallets from there for our bonfire night

Great video. Loved the old pictures and film. Nice drone footage and narration. Never ever have been to the UK but I have watched so many videos I feel like I have been there at times. Really enjoyed. Jerry from Meriden, Kansas

Interesting video as always, look forward to the next one.. 👍

Excellent work as usual ant, The route does go off from Ripley junction towards cross hill and onwards toward Heanor with bits still remaining. Cross hill station is now a reclaim yard, I was born in 80 and remember a lot of the denby line and Ripley pit that backed on to the denby/Kilburn line. I grew up playing around that area. Especially fords pit, you could have done the cromford canal tunnel off this video as its about 200yrds away from the start of the video. Keep up the stellar work. Always look forward to your local (to me) videos

Enjoying all the old B / W Photos that you keep on finding - Amazing!!! Also it is amazing how things change over time!!! (Your forgiven for your mistake!!!) 😉🤔🚂🚂🚂

The signal in the fotos was probably lifting due to a bad treadle being squeezed by the loco crossing and raising a bell or two in the box for a train running a red if so equipped but I highly suspect there wasn't a spad indicator on this low priority line but the treadle is needed to show on the panel a train is occupying a block and create an interlock to stop the signal being raised until the block is cleared. I remember my father when I had gone into work with him on his duties the hour before shift started, he would have his bucket of oil, various key sockets etc and off he would trudge to oil up points and signal mechanisms, tighten or loosen point and signal rods all given a lashing of oil from his bucket then off in the opposite direction inspecting treadles, motors, rodding and cables, giving any signage a friendly wipe and a weather eye on fishplates and rail tops for breaks because that was what a signalman did on top of pulling levers and making tea.

Excellent really enjoyed it.

Another part of history that all added to the industry of the East Mids and the impact it had on the locality. Thanks Ant, also stange, yet nice to bump into you the other day. Cheers, Gary

@TrekkingExploration

24 күн бұрын

Ah we're you the chap in Tesco?

@garyh8315

24 күн бұрын

@@TrekkingExploration Yes, not the best place to stop you and chat. But thanks for all the vids. It is great to be able to put all those years of trawling OS maps and actually see the lines of industry.

Spalding to March....sure I've mentioned it before but that would be a good explore 🙂

Loved that thanks Ant. Historic railway are gorgeous. Loved the bridges too. Thanks for taking me along. Please take care

Nice job again, thanks Ant. It's great how the drone shots make everything much clearer even when it's difficult to find much evidence of what once was there down at ground level.

Another fine video, without the old maps they would be lost forever..

@TrekkingExploration

24 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching Chris

Thank you very much for this excellent video presentation, it is always great to see some remains, especially rails and old stations. There seemed to be quite a lot of passenger lines shut in 1930 or around that time, but it would have been around the time of the great depression and no doubt the popularity of the bus at that time too.

Thank you better than the telly...😀

@TrekkingExploration

24 күн бұрын

Thanks very much 🙏

I think that the signal in the old picture at Denby was off the horizontal due to wear of the arm and arm stops.

Great video.thanks Ant.😂

@TrekkingExploration

24 күн бұрын

Thanks very much 😊

this is going to be an interesting walk what a find to begin with thanks for sharing ant x

@TrekkingExploration

25 күн бұрын

I hope you enjoy it Jan thank you 🙂

thanks again for a very interesting film. remember seeing a pair of 20s on this line in the 1970s. caroline

@TrekkingExploration

25 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Caroline thanks very much ☺️

Absolute quality amazing trip top man👍👍

@TrekkingExploration

25 күн бұрын

Thanks very much Andrew 🙂

A super video, thank you.

@TrekkingExploration

25 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching Claire 😊

Great explore Ant.

@TrekkingExploration

25 күн бұрын

Thanks very much for watching ☺️

Also the buffers track and both platforms are still there at denby Station

@TrekkingExploration

24 күн бұрын

Yes not accessible

Nice one .. ...

@TrekkingExploration

25 күн бұрын

Thank you 😊

Really enjoying these videos as of late, makes me wonder if they removed the railway due to cars/vans/lorries being a cheaper alternative to railway use? Shame it's all gone and only some remains are left to be seen. Looking forward to the next episode

Those two bridges were still in place,,as was the track in 2012, so very recent removal.

@TrekkingExploration

24 күн бұрын

Not that long ago. Surprised both have been removed. Thanks for watching

@jakelast5860

24 күн бұрын

Think the bridges were demolished in 2015 or 2016

That was a good old walk, as usual you'd never know it was there. Re the double decker, I thought Trent Motor Traction livery was red, or was that later??

@TrekkingExploration

24 күн бұрын

I think it was mostly red. I'm sure there was a period that involved white too maybe not much

A shame they built the way they did around Ripley making it nigh on impossible for the Midland Railway today to poss rebuild to there and reinstate the rest of the line. Its like down here, Frome to Radstock, only real thing to have done was relay track and put in a pair of points to connect to the existing quarry line and a small chord on cleared trackbed to go into Frome station, giving the Radstock folk a rail link once again AND if it was done right maybe with a dive under to come out left of the roundabout, they could have gone all the way to Shepton Mallet connecting that once great town to the rails again too. Council no doubt bribed by dodgy builders refused at every step to reinstate that line and in the end gave planning permission to build houses deliberately in the way of the chord so it could never be reinstated grr

Trains carried on into denby way past 1963. Think the last train waa in the 90s

@TrekkingExploration

24 күн бұрын

Yes the line beyond Denby to Ripley closed in the 60s

The photo of Ripley station at 9:49 makes me wonder if it is “evacuees” arriving from somewhere else. Would be interesting to know is my assumption is correct. can anyone comment on this.

@TrekkingExploration

23 күн бұрын

Hi Mark yes it is. Dated 1939 ☺️

@markforsyth2721

23 күн бұрын

@@TrekkingExploration, Ant thanks for the confirmation response. Keep walking, as I love seeing all the places around Notts from my youth.

Stonking vid Ant, will you be heading south toward GWR at all?

@TrekkingExploration

24 күн бұрын

I'd like to do some stuff down the South West this year. Thanks for watching

First...... Really......

@TrekkingExploration

25 күн бұрын

🙂🙂😉😉