Rediscovering Lost Railways
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Steam to the Sea! The Southwold Railway Story
Please *SUBSCRIBE* *SHARE* and *COMMENT* You can also *FOLLOW* on Instagram @rediscoveringlostrailways. Exploring what remains and what there is to rediscover of the lost narrow gauge railway to Southwold.
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Many thanks to Southwold Museum for the archive footage.
Unless otherwise stated, all photographs were sourced from the Facebook page 'Memories of Norfolk's Old Railways and Stations (Suffolk, E Cambs, SE Lincs).
Music c/o Epidemic Sound
00:00 Prelude
01:37 Introduction
02:12 Halesworth
03:37 Departing Halesworth
06:10 Wenhaston
07:20 Death on the Railway (1)
08:22 Trackbed Journey (Drone Footage)
09:21 Blythburgh
10:16 The Railway's Locomotives
11:42 Waterways & Woodlands
13:31 Drone Footage
14:19 Walberswick
15:17 Death on the Railway (2)
15:43 The Swing Bridge
16:31 The Harbour Branch
17:26 Return to the Main Line
17:58 Southwold in Sight...
18:13 Southwold
19:12 Why did it close?
20:17 Coda
Corrections
- Locomotive No.4 was constructed by Manning & Wardle, not the makers mentioned in the film.
- It seems I have mispronounced 'Wenhaston', despite my best efforts! I have it on good authority, now, that when Wenhaston is said, the 'H' is silent and the 'A' is changed to an 'I' - thus it is pronounced: 'Weniston'
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The Railway Lost in Time
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Please *SUBSCRIBE* *SHARE* and *COMMENT* You can also *FOLLOW* on Instagram @rediscoveringlostrailways. Exploring what remains and what there is to rediscover of the lost Colne Valley & Halstead Railway. Might you consider supporting my channel even more? www.buymeacoffee.com/rediscovering Subscribe to The Alan Snowdon Archive, here: www.youtube.com/@AlanSnowdonArchive 00:00 Introduction 01:03 ...
The Lost Branch Line to Hadleigh
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Please *SUBSCRIBE* *SHARE* and *COMMENT* You can also *FOLLOW* on Instagram @rediscoveringlostrailways. Exploring what remains and what there is to rediscover of the lost branch line to Hadleigh (Suffolk). Might you consider supporting my channel even more? www.buymeacoffee.com/rediscovering 00:00 Prologue 01:18 Route Overview 01:49 Bentley 03:15 Junction to Hadleigh 04:05 Bentley Church 05:26 ...
Metro-Land: Revisited
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Please *SUBSCRIBE* *SHARE* and *COMMENT* You can also *FOLLOW* on Instagram @rediscoveringlostrailways. Following in the footsteps of Sir John Betjeman to see what remains of the Metro-Land he explored in 1973. Might you consider supporting my channel even more? www.buymeacoffee.com/rediscovering 00:00 Prelude 00:31 Where is Metroland? 01:58 Baker Street 02:46 St John's Wood 03:17 12 Langford P...
The Last Narrow Gauge Railway Adventure: The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
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Please *SUBSCRIBE* *SHARE* and *COMMENT* You can also *FOLLOW* on Instagram @rediscoveringlostrailways. Exploring what remains and what there is to rediscover of the remarkable Lynton & Barnstaple Railway. Might you consider supporting my channel even more? www.buymeacoffee.com/rediscovering THANKS Foremost, I must thank Mr Keith Vingoe for sparing me his time and imparting his extensive knowle...
The Missing Link? The Hertford, Luton & Dunstable Railway
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Please *SUBSCRIBE* *SHARE* and *COMMENT* You can also *FOLLOW* on Instagram @rediscoveringlostrailways. Exploring what remains, what there is to rediscover of the railway between Hertford, Welwyn, Harpenden, Luton, Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard. Might you consider supporting my channel even more? www.buymeacoffee.com/rediscovering Particular thanks must go to the ever excellent www.disused-sta...
Attacked. Derailed. Blown-up: The Surprising Life of the Saffron Walden Railway
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Please *SUBSCRIBE* *SHARE* and *FOLLOW* on Instagram @rediscoveringlostrailways. Exploring what remains, what there is to rediscover of the Saffron Walden Railway. Might you consider supporting my channel even more? www.buymeacoffee.com/rediscovering Particular thanks must go to the ever excellent www.disused-stations.org.uk and its contributors. Fascinating and thorough account of filming 'The...
East West Rail: Past, Present, Future?
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Please *SUBSCRIBE* *SHARE* and *FOLLOW* on Instagram @rediscoveringlostrailways. Exploring what remains, what there is to rediscover and what the future holds for a railway between Cambridge and Oxford. Might you consider supporting my channel even more? www.buymeacoffee.com/rediscovering Particular thanks must go to the ever excellent www.disused-stations.org.uk and its contributors. In additi...
'How do you reopen a lost railway?' | The Lost Branch Lines to Wisbech
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Please *SUBSCRIBE* *SHARE* and *FOLLOW* on Instagram @rediscoveringlostrailways. Exploring the rise, fall and what remains of the lost branch lines to Wisbech and examining what it takes to reopen a lost railway. Might you consider supporting my channel even more? www.buymeacoffee.com/rediscovering Email: rediscoveringlostrailways@protonmail.com 00:00 Introduction 02:05 March Railway Station 02...
The Lost Stations of Norwich
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Norwich had some lost stations - shall we explore them? Please *SUBSCRIBE* *SHARE* and *FOLLOW* on Instagram @rediscoveringlostrailways. Might you consider supporting my channel even more? www.buymeacoffee.com/rediscovering Particular thanks are due to the administrators and contributors to the Facebook group 'Memories of Norfolk's Old Railways and Stations' (tinyurl.com/35z35sa4) and the ever ...
Cambridge's Lost Trams
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Get 2 months free if you sign up to Readly, then thereafter it's only £9.99 a month -sign up here: readly.me/rediscoveringlostrailways Thanks to Readly for sponsoring my film. Please *SUBSCRIBE* *SHARE* and *FOLLOW* on Instagram @rediscoveringlostrailways. Exploring the rise, fall, past, present and future and what remains of the lost trams of Cambridge. rediscoveringlostrailways@protonmail.com...
The Bunt: Hertfordshire's Finest Lost Railway
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Please *SUBSCRIBE* *SHARE* and *FOLLOW* on Instagram @rediscoveringlostrailways. Exploring the rise, fall and what remains of the lost branch line to Buntingford. Might you consider supporting my channel even more? www.buymeacoffee.com/rediscovering MAP OF THE ROUTE: thebunt.co.uk/the-route Find out much more about this magnificent railway by logging into Facebook and following this page: faceb...
The Lost Stations of York
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Did you know York once had SEVEN stations? Now you do! Come along and explore them. Please *SUBSCRIBE* *SHARE* and *FOLLOW* on Instagram @rediscoveringlostrailways. Might you consider supporting my channel even more? www.buymeacoffee.com/rediscovering rediscoveringlostrailways@protonmail.com
Death of a Branch Line: The Oxford, Witney & Fairford Railway
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Please *SUBSCRIBE* *SHARE* and *FOLLOW* on Instagram @rediscoveringlostrailways. Exploring the rise, fall and what remains of the lost Oxford, Witney & Fairford Railway. Might you consider supporting my channel even more? www.buymeacoffee.com/rediscovering rediscoveringlostrailways@protonmail.com 00:00 Introduction 01:02 The Journey Ahead 01:58 Oxford 02:34 Yarnton Junction 03:45 Cassington Hal...
The Quintessential Lost English Branch Line? The Watlington & Princes Risborough Railway
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Please *SUBSCRIBE* *SHARE* and *FOLLOW* on Instagram @rediscoveringlostrailways. Exploring the rise, fall and what remains of the Watlington and Princes Risborough railway. Might you consider supporting my channel even more? www.buymeacoffee.com/rediscovering rediscoveringlostrailways@protonmail.com Music: 'Romance', Ralph Vaughan Williams.
The Lost Cambridge to Mildenhall Railway
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The Lost Cambridge to Mildenhall Railway
The World's First Branch Line (and its role in The Great Train Robbery!)
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The World's First Branch Line (and its role in The Great Train Robbery!)
England's Best Loved Lost Railway: The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
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England's Best Loved Lost Railway: The Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
The Lost Skye Marble Railway
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The Lost Skye Marble Railway
The Queen's Lost Railway: Rediscovering the King's Lynn to Hunstanton Line
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The Queen's Lost Railway: Rediscovering the King's Lynn to Hunstanton Line
A Tale of Two Lost Branch Lines: Rediscovering the Ramsey Branch Lines
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A Tale of Two Lost Branch Lines: Rediscovering the Ramsey Branch Lines
England's Lost Main Line Railway: Rediscovering the Great Central Main Line
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England's Lost Main Line Railway: Rediscovering the Great Central Main Line
The Lost Stations of Oxford
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The Lost Stations of Oxford
The Lost Industrial Railways of Cambridgeshire
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The Lost Industrial Railways of Cambridgeshire
Rediscovering the Banbury & Verney Junction Branch Line
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Rediscovering the Banbury & Verney Junction Branch Line
The Lost Stations of Cambridge
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The Lost Stations of Cambridge
Rediscovering the Maldon Branch Lines
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Rediscovering the Maldon Branch Lines
Rediscovering the Nickey Line: Harpenden to Hemel Hempstead
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Rediscovering the Nickey Line: Harpenden to Hemel Hempstead
Rediscovering the Cambridge to Kettering Line
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Rediscovering the Cambridge to Kettering Line

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  • @Dewiart16
    @Dewiart16 6 годин тому

    You are to be congratulated for this video - really enjoyed it. And, like with the Corris Railway, the L&B railway and the Welsh Highland Railway, may we hope that the Southwold Railway rises phoenix-like for the good of tourism and the local economy. No one with common sense can surely stand in the way from this happening..

    • @RediscoveringLostRailways
      @RediscoveringLostRailways 5 годин тому

      Thank you indeed! I agree that reinstating thos railway would be such a boon to the area, but I fear it may never happen...more's the pity!

  • @pcgamermike27
    @pcgamermike27 6 годин тому

    please do a video on bungay

  • @peterredman235
    @peterredman235 7 годин тому

    Well done very well put together. For many years I owned a gatehouse on the closed M&GN on the edge of Long Sutton No 86. there where I think something like a hundred gatehouses on ninety odd miles of track. Or was it the other way round! Many of them still exist though some have been enlarged almost beyond recognition. Perhaps a future program in your series? Good luck anyway!

    • @RediscoveringLostRailways
      @RediscoveringLostRailways 5 годин тому

      I've given a lot of consideration to making a film about the M&GN, but I have yet to find an angle. But never fear, I will get round to it and hopefully get some shots of your former property!

  • @chrisloomis1489
    @chrisloomis1489 7 годин тому

    Such delightful simpler but richer times ... imagine living then , being English in England ... Though I am certain there were difficulties , there was richness then. So simply charming I am raptured.

  • @user-fg5fh9ps5u
    @user-fg5fh9ps5u 8 годин тому

    People have cars now interesting video

  • @EssGeeSee
    @EssGeeSee 10 годин тому

    Music too loud. Music too annoying.

  • @androidemulator6952
    @androidemulator6952 13 годин тому

    I love the now-and-then visual overlays. As a railway enthusiast , i can always spot old railway right-of-ways when travelling thru the countryside. I find old abandoned railways quite .. wistful? . Thank you for a delightful video. ;)

  • @WilliamDavidKirbyUK
    @WilliamDavidKirbyUK 13 годин тому

    beatifully put together, with all those archive shots and your wise commentary. A very wise and well thought-out video. Thank you for bringing this poosr wee line to life.Paerhaps one day it may be brought back to life?

    • @RediscoveringLostRailways
      @RediscoveringLostRailways 12 годин тому

      Very kind of you to say so. I'd love to see it return, but I have my doubts. Do subscribe if you've not already done so and enjoy my other films in the series.

  • @petecollins4925
    @petecollins4925 19 годин тому

    Having just found your channel from the Southwold line video I was intrigued to see this one covering another of my favourite destinations. I'm usually at Hunstanton for two long weekends every year and never realised that the railway actually ran through where the holiday park we stay at is nowadays. In fact, looking at the area on Google maps it's not much more than a stone's throw from where the station would have been. Must take a little diversion next time that I drive up there to have a look at Wolferton station. Thanks for another excellent video, subscribed.

    • @RediscoveringLostRailways
      @RediscoveringLostRailways 12 годин тому

      Thank you so much for your subscription and I absolutely endorse the idea of exploring parts of this wonderful line!

  • @Kulla1berg
    @Kulla1berg 20 годин тому

    Another excellent video of a railway that I never had heard about

  • @dolanbaker
    @dolanbaker 20 годин тому

    Great video, I have recreated this railway in Train simulator and here are a couple of "cab rides" along the route. Shelford to Long Melford ua-cam.com/video/yA8qjQvb_u8/v-deo.html and Marks Tey to Bury St Edmunds ua-cam.com/video/DJtNGqoRMgw/v-deo.html

    • @RediscoveringLostRailways
      @RediscoveringLostRailways 12 годин тому

      Thank you - I've managed to have a brief look at the first video and it is most impressive! I don't know anything about train simulators, but I would like to try one!

  • @majorbloodnok6659
    @majorbloodnok6659 21 годину тому

    I'm delighted your video has been so well received.

  • @aerotube7291
    @aerotube7291 21 годину тому

    Just subscribed , vid is good so far

  • @briankay4713
    @briankay4713 21 годину тому

    Superb documentary of a long extinct line. My grandparents lived in Southwold and then Halesworth in later years ...so I knew both towns aswell as a little of the history of the line ... Your footage brought back many happy memories ....particularly Southwold Common...

  • @jeremyrichards8327
    @jeremyrichards8327 21 годину тому

    My parents took us to Southwold and Walberswick in the sixties nand I remember taking pictures of the old course of the line towards the latter.Then it was not so overgrown obviously.

  • @kpc5
    @kpc5 22 години тому

    Well UA-cam, i finally watched a video that you have been recommended for the last five days even tho i have no interest in this video, sad really??

  • @douglasfleetney5031
    @douglasfleetney5031 23 години тому

    Another excellent film. Wonderful. Thank you for spending the time and effort on this sadly lost line. I have always been surprised that it did not end up in the Stephens Empire, another avenue of speculation to explore one day....

  • @gilliandoty836
    @gilliandoty836 День тому

    Much appreciate your 4K filming and all the old footage. Well done to the volunteers who have done great work restoring sections of this lovely little line.

  • @stephenpegum9776
    @stephenpegum9776 День тому

    Southwold is one of my favourite UK coastal towns and we've stayed there several times, the last time in a hotel that was a favourite of Joyce Grenfell, an actress, writer & singer who was most active in the 50's & 60's. Another very enjoyable & informative video - many thanks.

  • @reakold
    @reakold День тому

    Nice video, can you please make one about the Hayling Island branch line? I really like it, theres still a huge old bridge remaining and i believe one of the trains is currently preserved, which also has an interesting history in itself.

  • @kathryntaylor8926
    @kathryntaylor8926 День тому

    What a wonderful film. And what a HUGE amount of research and effort must have been involved in its making. Thank you!

  • @petecollins4925
    @petecollins4925 День тому

    Visited Southwold for a long weekend quite a few years back, well worth going there as it is an all round interesting and very photogenic town. Stayed at the Blyth Hotel which was originally the Station Hotel and is still in business today, you can see it quite clearly on the right of the picture at 18:36 in the video. It is partly obscured by what I'm guessing may be an engine shed. The defunct police station which still occupies the railway station site closed in 2016 and was operational at the time of my visit. The police station was preceded by Southwold Fire Station at that same site. Liked the video very much, thanks.

  • @johncourtneidge
    @johncourtneidge День тому

    Thank-you!

  • @RicktheRecorder
    @RicktheRecorder День тому

    In every way, delightful.

  • @miketherefurbisher8000
    @miketherefurbisher8000 День тому

    Another fine example of your dedication to making theses wonderful videos for our enjoyment! "Thank You"

  • @Perthshire
    @Perthshire День тому

    Outstanding video, as always. Thanks so much.

  • @christopherbutler7588
    @christopherbutler7588 День тому

    We have lost so much over the years 😊

  • @tr1ppyh1ppy
    @tr1ppyh1ppy День тому

    18:41 that is so cool

  • @romac9516
    @romac9516 День тому

    Magnificent film, thank you! Love the contrast of current footage with the archive bits. The effort which has gone into this is appreciated.

  • @lenodh
    @lenodh 2 дні тому

    Another great video telling the story of a lost railway. Keep up the good work.