Greetings all,
So it was lovely trip over the North Yorkshire Moors early this morning for a visit with Dobbo79 down Sandsend tunnel. I have called this a 'semi' because we were against the clock and my camera battery failed after shaft 2
However at least we have had a go and its great 
Heres the history schnizel:
Sandsend tunnel is about 1 mile north of the rather lovely seaside village of Sandsend unsuprisingly, it formed part of the Whitby, Redcar & Middlesbrough Union Railway. Building began in around 1871 although all work stopped in 1874 when the contractor went bust. It resumed under the finances and guidance of the North Eastern Railway, the tunnel was built because the orginal route was a tad too close to the cliff edge. The single bore tunnel was opened on 3rd December 1883. The tunnel is a little under a mile in length at 1,652 yards it is in the main a straight tunnel but for the last northern section where a curve means that you cannot see end to end. The railway closed for business on the 5th May 1953. Its very wet in places, definatley a wellies job and clearly brickwork has fallen in recent years, whilst we did not get to see it, the northern portal suffered a partial collapse in 2008. We will definately re visit this with a fully charged camera battery and not in such a rush.
Some photos:
The approach, feck me thats a bloody high wall!!
Into the dark:
Straight as a die:
Refuge:
Tis I:
"Hello operator are you on the line? Well you better get off, there's a train coming!":
Deposit your minerals here:
Dobbo left, TK421 right, light painting!
Side shaft for depositing the spoil down the cliff:
Ventillation shaft (this was about the only decent photo I got, the rest looking upwards turned out gash):
Last one from me, more tunnel:
This was my first tunnel expore and photography was certainly a challenge, I had bought a new petzl head torch and I was really glad of it for hands free action, if you see what I mean......
Dobbo will be along shortly with some of her photos, she got a bit cross with her camera and at times all I could hear was swearing in the dark When we returned to the entrance you could hear people talking on the other side of the wall, it took all of my will power to not jump over the top shouting rarrrrrrrrrrrrrrghg! hehe.
cheers
So it was lovely trip over the North Yorkshire Moors early this morning for a visit with Dobbo79 down Sandsend tunnel. I have called this a 'semi' because we were against the clock and my camera battery failed after shaft 2
However at least we have had a go and its great Heres the history schnizel:
Sandsend tunnel is about 1 mile north of the rather lovely seaside village of Sandsend unsuprisingly, it formed part of the Whitby, Redcar & Middlesbrough Union Railway. Building began in around 1871 although all work stopped in 1874 when the contractor went bust. It resumed under the finances and guidance of the North Eastern Railway, the tunnel was built because the orginal route was a tad too close to the cliff edge. The single bore tunnel was opened on 3rd December 1883. The tunnel is a little under a mile in length at 1,652 yards it is in the main a straight tunnel but for the last northern section where a curve means that you cannot see end to end. The railway closed for business on the 5th May 1953. Its very wet in places, definatley a wellies job and clearly brickwork has fallen in recent years, whilst we did not get to see it, the northern portal suffered a partial collapse in 2008. We will definately re visit this with a fully charged camera battery and not in such a rush.
Some photos:
The approach, feck me thats a bloody high wall!!
Into the dark:
Straight as a die:
Refuge:
Tis I:
"Hello operator are you on the line? Well you better get off, there's a train coming!":
Deposit your minerals here:
Dobbo left, TK421 right, light painting!
Side shaft for depositing the spoil down the cliff:
Ventillation shaft (this was about the only decent photo I got, the rest looking upwards turned out gash):
Last one from me, more tunnel:
This was my first tunnel expore and photography was certainly a challenge, I had bought a new petzl head torch and I was really glad of it for hands free action, if you see what I mean......
Dobbo will be along shortly with some of her photos, she got a bit cross with her camera and at times all I could hear was swearing in the dark
When we returned to the entrance you could hear people talking on the other side of the wall, it took all of my will power to not jump over the top shouting rarrrrrrrrrrrrrrghg! hehe.cheers
