The Queensbury tunnel explore

The Leeds Historical Expedition Society explored the mile & half long abandoned Queensbury railway tunnel to the West of Bradford. At 400' below the village this is the deepest & longest disused tunnel in England. A real monster! The last passenger trains ran through here in 1955 with all frieght finished the track was lifted in the early 1960's. We could only traverse 1.1 mile into the tunnel as the amount of water pouring in the tunnel buids up & gets deeper as the tunnel is on a fall of 1 in 100, As we stand at the waters edge the water level rises untill it touches the roof & covers the whole portal half a mile away at the Halifax end in Strines cutting. The tunnel took 4yrs to build. Blasted out of sheer rock it's a n incredible testament to the victorian engineers & builders. Suprisingly there was only one man killed during it's construction. We've added long exposure camera shots as the tunnel is incedibly hard to light up for video work due to it's so cavernous size. It's all held together with the classic Get Carter sound track from Jacks train ride journey home to Newcastle on his deadly mission. Enjoy the trip.
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• urban
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• underground

[TONYJUD]

Fantastic, Phil your a gem! I used to live in denholme, queensbury, and clayton, i know all the tunnels well and could,nt keep out.

I remember seeing my last train at the inverted arches north of doe park tunnel, i think the engine was either a standard type 4 or even a WD, anyway it was the end as it was dragging away track panels on bolster wagons which had been lifted with a 22RB which is also consigned to history no doubt.

keep up the good work phil. Tony

[philldavison]

Many many thanks for the kind words Tony.

I'm glad i could show you a place you'd never normally see,

Cheers!

[samthegreencat47]

it appears to me these people entered this tunnel illegally ,very foolhardy in its present state!if i had a house above this tunnel i would be extremely concerned!

[philldavison]

Don't be a complete boring arsehole Sam.

It's people like you who would have us never venture on to the moon or climb Everest because it's too risky.

Get real and get a life my friend!

[andrewbarrett42]

I,ve been in it today,went as far as the water.Very scary when I could hear banging noise in there.

[philldavison]

Hi Andy. Glad you made it at last. Usually It' around a mile into te tunnel before you hit the water line. The banging you can hera is coming from the earth moving machinery at the Strines cutting end. We heard the whine of generators when we were down there. It was very lousd and sounded to be inside the tunnel at times.

[iloveamericans1]

@Trapperjohn4077th I walked this tunnel too in 2008,went as far as the water,I got bollocked afterwards.

[Trapperjohn4077th]

I walked this tunnel back in 2002 , most of its length until i hit the water near the south portal..absolutely awesome. We also walked Clayton tunnel up to the brick wall. I'm sorry to see it getting worse since i moved away from Yorkshire. Thanks for uploading !!

[0DavidYoung0]

I spent a lot of time in Queensbury tunnel between 1975 and 1980, when I was a research student in the Geophysics Department of Cambridge University. The tunnel was used for research into earth strain caused by tides and distant earthquakes. We had an array of strain meters and seismometers, including a long-baseline laser strainmeter, and there was a hut with recording equipment in which we sometimes slept. We'd drive to this in a transit van, dodging the heaps of rubble.

[ButterflyRebellion1]

@philldavison Loved that comment!!

[mrvikingdna]

@samthegreencat47 if i lived above that i would be more worried about the amount of water flowing in not the people

[iksproduction]

great video!

[poolmatt1]

Excellent video i always look down to the tunnel entrance when i come over North Bridge and think what it would have been like to see it back in its glory days such a shame it is no longer in use

[dongirdlestone]

wanna go in there. but its been locked up now.

[nickg2k5]

walked this tunnel so so meny times and when u get to the water 2 mates did not stop they got blow up boats and crossed it the **box as it was called now filled in and the water did not always tuch the roof just some times of the yr that was bak when u was aloud to b down station rd and do stuff like that

[beararms2]

what is the soundtrack