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Report - Catesby Tunnel - Northants - Nov 2014

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JuJu

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Explored with The Wombat, Infared, Pigdog and Binky :)

I have wanted to explore here for ages; after hearing rumors that this site was going to be converted I jumped at the chance of an explore. Was a really fun day and included wire wool spinning (see Wombat's report). Well worth getting muddy for and dusting off the wellies.

Some history borrowed from Wombat:

Built in 1897, and closed in 1966 was on the great central railway from London to Sheffield. The line was the single biggest closure of the Beeching axe, and the most controversial. It was built not because of gradient, but because the rich owner of the Catesby estate didn’t want a railway blighting his landscape.
27 feet wide x 25 feet high, Ventilation is provided by five shafts. Four of these are 10 feet in diameter but the northernmost - 1,250 yards from the entrance - is 15 feet wide to provide greater air flow. Plans to use it as part of HS2 have now been shelved. There are now plans to convert it to an aerodynamic testing facility.

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The Wombat

Mr Wombat
28DL Full Member
Tell you what JuJu, your photos have come out really well :thumb
excellent work
pleasure to go exploring with you, as always
 

ACID- REFLUX

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Very nice young Lady :thumb

Certainly one of the bigger and better preserved Tunnels

Still on the to-do-list :rolleyes:
 

The Wombat

Mr Wombat
28DL Full Member
Very nice young Lady :thumb

Certainly one of the bigger and better preserved Tunnels

Still on the to-do-list :rolleyes:

Its certainly huge; took 3/4 hour to walk the length each way!
Rumour has it is going to be converted, so not sure how much longer this will be explorable...
 
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