Aw seeing Rochester bridge took me back god knows how far back when as a small child I remember the old disused bridge that is now the road bridge, on a sunday we often had a picnic at Cuxton where we would watch through some binoculars the bridge activity as it was being rebuilt, my father was the signing off signalman at Sole Street, Cuxton Down and a few others displaced by Meopham and Dartford boxes. I gather there is getting a growing demand for a new rail bypassing Higham tunnels as the tunnels and Strood junction onto the Chatham line is a terrible bottleneck for them fancy trains.
@screeb0746
2 жыл бұрын
Wow- the first Chatham example you used, I used to live around there and that clip gave me so much nostalgia-
@Hertog_von_Berkshire
5 жыл бұрын
Inspired by you Morthren, I have nearly completed a photographic survey of all the rail bridges in my borough - Bracknell Forest. Thus far I have captured 19 of the 21 I know to exist. When I have snapped the last two, I need to work out how to roll the stills into a video, with captions, for uploading to KZitem. It won't be anywhere near as entertaining as proper video footage but hopefully an interesting little toe-in-the-water.
@brianartillery
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting such a great video. Bridges, unless very large or famous, are often overlooked. Not far from where I live, there is a railway bridge emblazoned with a 'Ferodo' sign - it's always been there, for as long as I can remember. It did, at one time, have it's own fan club, and web site - there are several other 'Ferodo' railway bridges in various places in the UK. In the area, too, we have a couple of really low bridges, at Manningtree (it has a level crossing for trucks), and another at Needham Market, which also, besides being low, is next to a river, and often has floodwater under it. Needham Market station also has a rather claustrophobic foot tunnel accessing it on one side. Suffolk, being flat, has, I think, only one rail tunnel proper, and that's at Ipswich station. There's a viaduct (which in my late teens, I walked across), immediately after Derby Road station on the Ipswich-Felixstowe line. However, there's the remains of a bridge that thousands of people pass every day, and never notice - to all intents and purposes, it's the front garden wall of a house. But prior to the second world war, there was a steep cutting there, that led to brickworks and clay diggings. The bridge crossed it, carrying the road to the village of Henley over it. A workmate put me on to this, and asked me to photograph it. As I was doing this, from the other side of the road, so I could see all of it, as it's obvious what it is, as it has a distinct curvature, the homeowner came out and asked me what I thought I was doing. When I explained, and showed him the wall, he was fascinated - but not too pleased about his house being over a filled in railway cutting. I've always wondered whether the piers and abutments are still there, under the soil? Nothing visible remains on the other side of the road, by the way. The railway was a spur of the Ipswich - Westerfield line, and can still be traced on Google maps.
@gregorystafford1411
5 жыл бұрын
I find most of Your 'Postings' to be excellent escapism & far more 'powerful' Artistic presentations than any Art Gallery can allude to as 'Creativity max'. Also It's great to be able to see all this without spending a Nickle. Thank you for this most Valuable 'Creative' Process.
@Teverell
5 жыл бұрын
I clicked because I recognised the Luton Arches - I used to live in Medway and still go back to visit pretty often. And I recognised the Woodlands Road bridge in Gillingham, too. There used to be a station near Rochester Bridge, in the days of competing rail companies, and my great-great-grandfather was killed by a train there - he worked on the railway. Thank you for posting this look at some of the rail infrastructure in Medway.
@eddherring4972
5 жыл бұрын
Rochester bridge reminds me of Ethelfleda bridge, the railway bridge is a very similar design but with castellated turrets and arches it is a work of art
@colinbignall7036
5 жыл бұрын
Edd Herring true one of Runcorn’s finest.
@BADBIKERBENNY
5 жыл бұрын
As a Canadian who is of European decent. I just love everything about the U.K.. Centuries of culture, history and beautiful architecture.
@snaiians
5 жыл бұрын
I have never been interested in railway videos until youtube recommended this to me, now i have a new interest :)
@jcrailwayvideos6588
4 жыл бұрын
*Summary:* This is a low bridge This one is even lower This is abandoned This one is old This is an under bridge This one is an under bridge Thanks for watching I'm only teasing, I found this very interesting
@southwest455
5 жыл бұрын
A great video morthren! I found it very interesting! Great camera work as well! Looking forward to more intriguing videos like this :D
@seamanjive
5 жыл бұрын
Looks like most of this is shot in the Medway area. It's oddly fascinating...and reveals just how run-down and tatty so much of the area is ...
@harleancarpenter8043
4 жыл бұрын
It was in 1983, when I left the area, nothing has changed!
@skyboswell
5 жыл бұрын
Love this. Know the Chatham/Rochester area slightly and have many times driven under that 3-bridge section. Didn't know it was called Luton Arches; didn't know there had once been trams running beneath one of the bridges. Your channel is wonderfully educational, Morthren, and I love that it's always about the subject, not the presenter - unlike so many channels. I find it very restful. Thank you.
@morthren
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@jfreelan1964
5 жыл бұрын
I know there are many bridges. Many that over long valleys. Its amazing how much time and effort went into building your whole system.
@TDIMAXDIESEL
5 жыл бұрын
Very interesting, thank you for sharing !
@stevehutchesson1321
5 жыл бұрын
This is interesting enough, an on the ground look at bits of the UK without the tourist traps, pleasure to watch.
@andyash5675
4 жыл бұрын
These vids are great! It's like having a dream whilst you're wide awake. :-)
@tobeytransport2802
4 жыл бұрын
Andy Ash why? It’s good but they are just ordinary bridges
@tobeytransport2802
4 жыл бұрын
Andy Ash why? It’s good but they are just ordinary bridges
@andyash5675
4 жыл бұрын
@@tobeytransport2802 They might look ordinary to you, but I think every single one is different. Each had an architect an engineer and lots of brickies. Some of them even have acts of Parliament. These days they would be more expensive, less well considered and probably made of concrete. No doubt there is a compound in Birmingham, where they store them up after they arrive from China. If we need one in a hurry they just hang one under a helicopter. A brickwork skew bridge is an absolute marvel of design, craftsmanship, patience and determination. Hell they even paint the bricks onto plastic Wimpey homes with robots nowadays. I don't think anyone can remember how to do English/Flemish bond any more.
@pwiller7980
5 жыл бұрын
Hi, very interesting video. I was born in Gillingham and the last footbridge you showed is indeed well over 60 years as it was there during WWII. The reason for it's arched covering was that up until the late 60s, early 70s it was covered in a corrugated roof and the sides were also covered half way up. Keep up the good work. Fascinating stuff.
@Teverell
5 жыл бұрын
I clicked because I recognised the Luton Arches in Chatham... It's a small world!!
@ianwhatmore3184
5 жыл бұрын
Just came across this video. Thought I would give it a watch. Glad I did. I was born in Chatham and brought back memories. Thank you
@vincentdeguard4726
5 жыл бұрын
nicely produced video...i not a big "rail-fan"; but found this quite interesting.
@angusgtw
5 жыл бұрын
Phenomenal video!
@scrappycat1647
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tour !
@fihan_naru
5 жыл бұрын
I like the Rochester Bridge over River Medway. The steel bridge seems amplifying the sound of the wheels when passing the rail joints. It creates loud and unique sound as I listen on your video. It also has beautiful construction.
@leeclegg2943
5 жыл бұрын
Thats my home town area
@reubenrocks2608
3 жыл бұрын
This is right around the corner from me! Edit: I live on Victoria road by the Luton arches! There is mural there now
@dodgydruid
5 жыл бұрын
Theres a very old brick built quite high footbridge at the Grove Park end of Elmstead Woods tunnel, further along too is a very large foot tunnel between Chinbrook Gardens park and the Bromley side. The Bromley North branch has some quite old architecture including a Victorian bridge to accommodate the river Quaggy.
@itsonlyme458
5 жыл бұрын
I’ve just watched a video on bridges and found quite interesting!
@theovanstaden5766
5 жыл бұрын
very interesting, thx for sharing!
@telemachus53
5 жыл бұрын
A great vid. My favourites include the majestic Royal Bridge over the Tweed carrying the trains across into Berwick station. And the little footbridge over the Northern Line in Hendon Park leading into Cheyne Walk. What I loved about your vid was the timing, a climb up the side of the bridge "just in time" to see the Thameslink to Rainham, passing underneath! What would enhance the vid, I think, would be a caption or audio description showing where each bridge was.
@morthren
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I'll try to include locations on future videos.
@KeeperOfPoops
5 жыл бұрын
i remember the time near tynemouth a doubledecker bus got stuck under a bridge that the Metro services use
@kippen64
5 жыл бұрын
Great video.
@JamesSmith-zv9nw
5 жыл бұрын
How very interesting!
@DrivermanO
5 жыл бұрын
Interesting video - I enjoyed that. Always nice to see history surviving. But a small point. Not sure about your comment about the hills making for a lot of bridges around 5.40. Those brick viaducts were largely built to avoid massive earthworks in built up areas - lots of roads to cross, houses to demolish etc (although that didn't cause too many concerns when Euston was built!). I may be wrong, however.
@oo0Spyder0oo
4 жыл бұрын
To make this perfect it would have been great to see some yesteryear comparison photos of the bridges but otherwise very interesting all the same.
@morthren
4 жыл бұрын
I did want to show some before and after comparison pictures that I've found online, but getting approval to use them is difficult sometimes. If they are used without approval, the video can get a copyright strike
@oo0Spyder0oo
4 жыл бұрын
@@morthren Fair enough.
@Tylan_the_gamer
4 жыл бұрын
0:37 this one is in epsom
@skymiller6891
5 жыл бұрын
Very interesting, especially for railway modellers.
@Ramtamtama
5 жыл бұрын
On the subject of bridges, Lady Bay Bridge in West Bridgford/Nottingham carried the Midland Railway line between Nottingham and Melton Mowbray between 1878 and 1968. It was then converted to a road bridge and re-opened in the early 1980s.
@davidcronan4072
5 жыл бұрын
And is was used by the BBC in their 1970's production of "Smiley's People! , pretending to be a bridge over the River Spree in Berlin.
@MervynPartin
5 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video. Don't forget that Network Rail maintains the National Buddleia Tree Collection in its brick bridges.
@morthren
5 жыл бұрын
Very true!
@ovaltineforlife4778
5 жыл бұрын
There isn't a footbridge at Berwick level crossing, which was really annoying when we would have had to walk 4 and a half miles around to get to the car which was less than 20 metres away but we couldn't get to it, but then someone gave us a lift.
@noahfowler3220
5 жыл бұрын
Where abouts do you come from? The Swale crossing is an interesting one
@johnkeepin7527
5 жыл бұрын
Well done; evidently based in the South East. Of course, there are some notorious ones as well. Recently, there was a BBC News publication of a double-decker bus losing it's roof near Bristol Parkway: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-46077532 .
@EWSTrains
5 жыл бұрын
Kearseny Tunnel is hit so is Ely . In Deal we have a road bridge that goes over the railway amf a pootbridge that goes from P1 to 2
@iaspex1289
5 жыл бұрын
That beep from the driver lol 8:24
@morthren
5 жыл бұрын
Thameslink drivers always seem to give a tone.
@stevesmith9602
5 жыл бұрын
We’ve got some belting bridges in the North too. And tunnels. We’ve got a viaduct that’s 188 years old & still going strong on the main lune between Liverpool & Manchester. The world’s first proper passenger railway.
@Hertog_von_Berkshire
5 жыл бұрын
188 years is 3 x my life to date .... almost to the day. (Mental age about 15)
@stevesmith9602
5 жыл бұрын
Hertog von Berkshire The Sankey Viaduct. And it’s Grade 1 listed.
@Hertog_von_Berkshire
5 жыл бұрын
Steve, for sure, the North boasts some truly great items of industrial history. The Anderton Boat Lift is one of my favourites, though I confess I've never visited.
@UnhingedNarrative
2 жыл бұрын
4:14 - It leads to Gillingham Station even though it's in Chatham, for some reason.
@KeithHambidge
5 жыл бұрын
Great video
@liliwinnt6
5 жыл бұрын
4:30 jcdecaux, we have em in Shanghai, stdecaux
@Ducks-are-cool1
5 жыл бұрын
Hi.can you help me how did you get your Chanel to grow like it did can I have some tips if you get some ? Plz
@dylanward9486
2 жыл бұрын
At 1:08 where is this bridge ?
@malcolmmarshall4371
4 жыл бұрын
Great video I know a footpath under a bridge that slightly less than 6 ft high
@imautuber
5 жыл бұрын
To give you an idea of how low the bridge is at 2:37 I pass under it regularly on a motorcycle and have to duck or lose my head. I've scrapped it a few times.
@user-juoig7799
2 жыл бұрын
I have a low bridge not too far from my house. It clocks in at four metres or thirteen feet, six inches.
@kyleb06
5 жыл бұрын
Nice video!
@morthren
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@southengtranspo
4 жыл бұрын
Medway river is very polluted I saw at least ten trolleys where you filmed!
@AutoUnder
5 жыл бұрын
The lowest bridge I've seen (more of an underpass really) is on a pedestrian footpath in Bamber Bridge which I would say is around 5' tall (53.727215, -2.673222)
@cduemo
5 жыл бұрын
Your videos are always intriguing. Imagine vehicles striking bridges! Have you seen the videos of the famous American 11'8" bridge?
@morthren
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I have seen the 11' 8" bridge video's. That bridge seems to get struck a lot!
@chrisbodum3621
4 жыл бұрын
@@morthren They have jacked it up by 8" (autumn 2019). kzitem.info/news/bejne/joyl0Zmwgn99fno
@shellfound1350
5 жыл бұрын
Before, I always wondered why there is f'i" and I couldn't understand it until 2016 but now I gets it in feet and inches
@ivanolsen7966
5 жыл бұрын
only 29,950 to go ...keep 'em coming ....( Australia)
@WELLBRAN
5 жыл бұрын
Good video there is only one bridge that is important in my life being a Cornishman.. Thats the tamar bridge
@frankhan8993
5 жыл бұрын
I must comment to tell you I am enjoying it very much because I think a thumb up is not enough
@thetraincrazykid
5 жыл бұрын
Stone Crossing has a new footbridge just built to replace the manual crossing there I think. Which leads me to the point that you could potentially do a video on the different types of crossings on the railways, like the unprotected pedestrian crossings near me along the Gravesend - Hoo Freight yard, to the crossing where you have to pump the barrier up yourself (forgot where it is but it’s somewhere on the Southeastern network)
@morthren
5 жыл бұрын
Network Rail's goal is to close as many crossings as possible by replacing them with bridges or tunnels. I don't think any new road that crosses a railway can be a level crossing now. Thanks for the video idea... I know of two crossings with pump barriers, one near Canterbury, the other is in Deal. I've still got to see them yet!
@thetraincrazykid
5 жыл бұрын
morthren Didn’t know Deal had one, I was there a few weeks back as relatives live near there so I could have seen it aha
@morthren
5 жыл бұрын
Neither did I until I saw Down The Tracks video of it. Have a look at his channel.
@hairyairey
5 жыл бұрын
@@morthren not just that but every new overbridge has ramps as well as steps. This one has been replaced goo.gl/maps/HbGWit7WhV42 which is rather handy for running events. It's one of Peterborough's few hills now! Zoom out and you'll see it. In 20-30 years there will be virtually no level crossings left.
@dodgydruid
5 жыл бұрын
I remember the exceptionally long footbridge over the Rochester wagon repair yard, I grew up partly in Riverview Park and had a father signalling the local area and an uncle working his 33 out of Hoo yard in the 70's, I seem to remember the fireless steam locos at Imperial Paper too with their little peep peeps there.
@crazysharkgaming8947
5 жыл бұрын
I remember once in Dover, I was on a bus and it had to wait at traffic lights because the road under the bridge only had 1 lane, I found that slightly odd.
@morthren
5 жыл бұрын
I known the one you mean. Samphire Hoe Tunnel - goo.gl/maps/ZggJHDLuxZ12
@crazysharkgaming8947
5 жыл бұрын
@@morthren Sorry for the late reply, only just seen it now. But no that's not the one. I'm talking about the one on Coombe Valley Road
@markwhickman351
4 жыл бұрын
@@crazysharkgaming8947 there are a lot of one lane underbridges in the Slough area under the GW Mainline that have traffic light controls. Some have been converted to one way though.
@simonpeterhemingway6801
2 жыл бұрын
if the last bridge had a roof on it then least the pedestrians would get some cover from the rain and snow
@class56trainsrock62
3 жыл бұрын
8:28 I like that horn
@glat15
4 жыл бұрын
I don’t LIKE this video... ... I love it!
@grahamholt2089
5 жыл бұрын
Check the one near me at Park Lane Numeaton 6' 0"
@tallpaska5913
Жыл бұрын
No railway bridge or viaduct is unremarkable!
@leeclegg2943
5 жыл бұрын
My neck of the woods!!!
@UnhingedNarrative
2 жыл бұрын
9:24 - Oh yeah it's Gillingham crossing!
@Reyalty
5 жыл бұрын
3:35 where is this?? O: i wanna explore at some point
@morthren
5 жыл бұрын
The road above is called Burnt Oak Terrace in Gillingham Kent - goo.gl/maps/QbzA3asvxPC2
@williamg209two
5 жыл бұрын
1:35, does that number even work given rail track doesn't exist anymore
@bmorris5863
5 жыл бұрын
Mansfield town has a cool one ,js
@minniesmoos7296
5 жыл бұрын
Why are underground trains in Essex?
@morthren
5 жыл бұрын
It's part of the Central Line which becomes overground after Stratford and goes all the way to Epping.
@kevinenticott2206
4 жыл бұрын
1:50 is that an old railway building?
@randallflagg9498
4 жыл бұрын
Kevin Enticott ahhh I live in strood, and that’s gun lane. I’m not sure what it is, I remember finding out once, but I don’t think it’s to do with the railway.
@officialmcdeath
5 жыл бұрын
N Kent representing! Was half expecting to see the fine specimen just off your usual patch 3:07 to 3:10 on kzitem.info/news/bejne/mY98sp-nanShY6A - probably the tallest I've been over. Always a good eye for the built environment on this channel \m/
@tomservo5007
3 жыл бұрын
7:52 why does the shirtless guy have his hand down his shorts ?
@UnhingedNarrative
2 жыл бұрын
I watched this video only to see the Southeastern trains
@liliwinnt6
5 жыл бұрын
6:06 do people often dump shopping carts into rivers?
@brianartillery
5 жыл бұрын
Sadly, yes. It's so commonplace in the UK, that someone actually wrote a spoof field guide to finding and identifying shopping trollies. Years ago, I was out in the countryside on my motorbike, when my attention was caught by the sunlight glinting on something high up in a tree. As I got closer, I saw, to my astonishment, that it was a shopping trolley. It must have taken 3 or 4 people to get it about 20 feet up. But then again, when I lived in Yorkshire, 30 odd years ago, I saw an armchair on the top of a lamp post, so maybe some people can actually levitate... 🤔
@liliwinnt6
5 жыл бұрын
so people tend to discard shopping trolleys towards everywhere
@ninesquared81
5 жыл бұрын
@@liliwinnt6 there are plenty of trolleys in the river around Medway, especially around Rochester Bridge.
@sofa-lofa4241
5 жыл бұрын
The trolley's near Rochester bridge are there to act as mines to stop the Russian submarine escaping! (There is one moored up about 100 metres from the bridge)
@liliwinnt6
5 жыл бұрын
@@sofa-lofa4241 lol
@RWL2012
5 жыл бұрын
1:25 oh hey Bud 😝😝😝
@Rog5446
5 жыл бұрын
This is better than 'The Telegraph Poles of Dunstable' by far.
@hi24x
5 жыл бұрын
Telford never has any notice :c
@nukenvy2
5 жыл бұрын
6:00 so many 🛒!
@hausaffe100
5 жыл бұрын
They don't make Bridges like they used to
@paulkazjack
5 жыл бұрын
You've missed a few loads mate.
@TattiePeeler
5 жыл бұрын
What on Earth is a chain unit of measurement..? Google: 1 Chain = 20.117m/66ft/22 Yards. 10 Chains = 1 Furlong!
@morthren
5 жыл бұрын
It's definitely confusing!
@Hertog_von_Berkshire
5 жыл бұрын
A.K.A. one 80th of a mile.
@brianartillery
5 жыл бұрын
And eight furlongs = One mile.
@stuartfraser1856
5 жыл бұрын
A cricket pitch is a chain long.
@ronleitch7788
5 жыл бұрын
You’ve obviously concentrated on the South East of England, because you didn’t mention possibly the U.K.’s most famous bridge, the Forth Rail Bridge!
@morthren
5 жыл бұрын
I purposely missed out the famous bridges as there are plenty of video's on them. I was looking at the basic bridges like the few in this video, something that hasn't been filmed because they're just a simple bridge. That said since getting all these clips, I've passed so many more interesting bridges that would have been good to film but just weren't possible at the time. The SE, It's easier to film the stuff in your own back yard. Thanks for your comments, they are appreciated.
@ronleitch7788
5 жыл бұрын
morthren And thank You for your reply!
@ronleitch7788
5 жыл бұрын
Thomas Munn I feel you are being somewhat ‘pedantic’! I’m Scottish born (1949) and bred and have ALWAYS known the original bridge as the Forth Rail Bridge, even before the Forth Road Bridge was constructed!
@trainrover
Жыл бұрын
trying to understand the rationale to equiping a level crossing with a footbridge; it's not as though folks gotta wait for miles-long trains to pass by
@grahamsmith9541
Жыл бұрын
Its more to do with the number of trains that pass while the road barriers are down. During the peak periods you can sometimes have to wait for 3 or 4 trains to pass.
@trainrover
Жыл бұрын
that was a silly swipe I'd tried taking, wasn't it...and all on top of railway property owners over here customarily getting away with murder, you see
@trainrover
Жыл бұрын
there's a slew of crossings twixt Old Montreal and the old port, and aghast nighttime I watched dozens of revelers climb over and under stalled trains thereat; hundreds of passersby bunched up and thus spilling into the roadways too...cleptoparasitically operating a railway hereabouts, i.e.: kzitem.info/news/bejne/tn-Q132Hj3imp2k 👀
@MichalM
5 жыл бұрын
Bring back the lift videos!!!
@morthren
5 жыл бұрын
There will be more soon.
@MichalM
5 жыл бұрын
@@morthren Great!!!
@jim40135
5 жыл бұрын
Nice video about an interesting subject. A minor clarification at 1:40 - the distance is not "from London", it's from the zero point on that route, which is London Victoria via Herne Hill. I would encourage you to look further into the history and construction methods of some bridges as you've just scratched the surface here.
@morthren
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks and thanks for the clarification.
@levelcrossingswales9833
2 жыл бұрын
The lowest in Bishton
@iainhewitt
5 жыл бұрын
Scotsmen, Welshmen and Northern Englishmen (upon seeing, "The South East of England is very hilly"): HAHAHAHAHA. No. It's about as flat as a witches tit, mate.
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