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In 1966, Parliament approved the Post Office (Subway) Act 1966, which allowed the Postmaster General to construct a new Postal Subway beneath Birmingham. This followed the Post Office directly telling Parliament that the use of vans to transport mail wasn't practical. The Subway was proposed to...

1. The History Manton Colliery coal mine is located in north Nottinghamshire, just east of the town of Worksop. On land owned by Henry Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of Newcastle, a shaft was sunk by Wigan Coal and Iron Company in 1897. Initially digging through Sherwood Sandstone and Lower Magnesian...

My son and I explored Lee Bank Tunnel in Halifax during April, one of the surviving railway structures on the former Great Northern Railway Queensbury Lines. Opened in 1879, the tunnel once carried trains between Halifax and Holmfield before the railway closed in the 20th century. Today, the...

My son and I explored Doe Park Tunnel near Denholme in April, one of the surviving railway tunnels on the former Great Northern Railway Queensbury Lines. Opened in 1884, the tunnel carried trains between Keighley and Denholme for over 80 years before the railway closed. Today, the impressive...

My son and I explored Hamer's Hill Tunnel near Denholme in April, one of the surviving railway tunnels on the former Great Northern Railway Queensbury Lines. Opened in 1882, the 153-yard (140 m) tunnel carried trains between Thornton and Denholme for over 80 years before the line closed...

hi yes its your fag puffing farmer back from a bit of a hiatus in fact my last post was may 2024 with another bit of railbex i know you all enjoy. i dont do many of these now but with it being sunday afternoon and on my way back from grimsby it was time to do a mooch that i always said i,d...

1. The History Located in the English County of Derbyshire, the village of Harpur Hill lies 2 miles to the south of the spa town of Buxton. Immediately to the south of the village sits Harpur Hill itself. Over the years, it’s seen a diverse range of uses and activities including quarrying, the...

Already a post on here with much better history then I could give but thought I’d make a post from my recent visit. You’ll have to excuse the fact a lot of the pictures are off the graffiti I really liked a lot of the work down there and seeing how old some of it was. Think the oldest dated...

On 26 April 2026 me and my 5yo "tunnel expert" visited the hidden remains of Lee Bank Tunnel, one of the lesser-known surviving tunnels from the former Great Northern Railway Queensbury Lines network near Bradford, West Yorkshire. Compared to other nearby tunnels, such as the Clayton Tunnel...

Clayton Tunnel (Queensbury Lines, West Yorkshire) – Full Walkthrough, Collapse & Hidden History – May 2026 On 1 May 2026 me and my 5yo “tunnel expert” son carried out a full accessible walkthrough exploration of Clayton Tunnel, one of the largest surviving tunnels on the former Great Northern...

Visited Hamers Hill Tunnel on 18 April 2026 with my 5-year-old “tunnel expert”. This is one of the smaller and lesser-known tunnels of the old Queensbury Lines network in West Yorkshire. Despite its short length, it still has a nice atmosphere inside with visible old brickwork, several refuge...

We got word that the tunnel was open and having wanted to go there for ages we went along to have a nosey. Unfortunately between us and the tunnel was a 10ft fence that I certainly couldn’t climb but with the help of a handy discarded old mop handle we managed to dig down enough to slip under...

Quick condition update from 02/04/2026. Walked through Hamer’s Hill Tunnel (Denholme) from end to end. Conditions are broadly similar to previous reports, with ongoing water ingress and a very “thick” atmosphere throughout. The tunnel retains its characteristic Great Northern design, with...

Am sure those of you that have been around on here a while all saw the rash of reports about the London Tube Train at the HSE site in Buxton circa 2018 (this one by @True_British_Metal HERE is the pick of the bunch). Never got round to doing it myself. Was looking at Google Maps recently and...

This is on the Madrid - Burgos line. In March 2011, an internal collapse trapped a tamping machine while it was performing maintenance. It was noted that this collapse was due to a lack of maintenance and the machine's age.