tramway

Explore Having known about this tramway tunnel for a number of years, we decided that a freezing day in January, after heavy rainfall would make for a perfect time to visit. It was surprisingly easy to find, and we had more difficulty trying to park two cars on the narrow streets of Mow Cop...

Explore Visited here with @GRONK a few months back, and after finding our way to the western portal, we soon realised that trainers and wellies were laughably inadequate. We did however stumble upon a bottle collection stashed away nearby, so not a complete waste of time. A few months later...

Grinkle Mine Level (Drift) - August 2025. Grinkle Mine, was an ironstone mine working the main Cleveland Seam near to Boulby in North Yorkshire, England. Initially the ironstone was mined specifically for the furnaces at the Palmer Shipbuilders in Jarrow located next to the river Tyne, but...

Trubshaws Tramway Tunnel. Opened: 1847 Closed: 1920 480 Yards Long. The history: I believe this tunnel is also known as Cauldon (or Caldon) Lowe but as Trubshaws Tramway seems to be the popular title, we will go with that. Is is known as Trubshaws Tramway because it was engineered by James...

Hello everyone have never done this before on a site so am completely new to this posting ,have been reading many other similar things and needed a helping hand getting this far, so I hope I done this correct this is a local tramway over Huntingdonshire was made in the 1920s1962 it ran believe...

The Peak Forest Tramway was an early rail system (1794) used to convey limestone from quarries in Dove Holes Dale down to the Peak Forest Canal. Some of the limestone was burnt to quicklime, and the rest shipped onwards. Limestone of course was used to make mortar, cement and soda ash - all...

HISTORY The need to move limestone from the Cauldon Low Quarries to the Cauldon Canal at Froghall led to the development of a railway in 1778. This was followed by improved routes in 1783 and 1802 and finally in 1847 by a cable and gravity operated line designed by the Canal Company's engineer...

Well this one ended up hurting The tramway tunnel is quite short and although the end I went in by was boggy and down a steep embankment it was relatively easy access. Once inside there are sections of knee deep mud near the portal, there is a really dodgy looking bit of re-enforcement in...