Philip Jackson Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Apologise if this has been posted before https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o0smjGAAao Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Except it's not abandoned, and it's an active private site. It's the Weardale railway https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Weardale+Railway+Trust/@54.7268134,-1.8731315,161m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xffd5f67da28cc8a8!8m2!3d54.7432984!4d-2.003034?ucbcb=1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted May 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 16, 2021 I just hope people don't now go in there and vandalise them 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium RichardT Posted May 16, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 16, 2021 What amazes me about these dim bulb “urban explorers” is how often they seem to have no idea what it is they are “exploring” (=breaking into), when a little bit of online searching & map-reading would tell them. Probably the prevelant internet conspiracy mindset. Perhaps it might also occur to them not to put other people’s property on the internet with an implicit invitation to vandalise. Richard 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jollysmart Posted May 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 16, 2021 (edited) 35 minutes ago, RichardT said: What amazes me about these dim bulb “urban explorers” is how often they seem to have no idea what it is they are “exploring” (=breaking into), when a little bit of online searching & map-reading would tell them. Probably the prevelant internet conspiracy mindset. Perhaps it might also occur to them not to put other people’s property on the internet with an implicit invitation to vandalise. Richard When you see that they have 85,000+ views and the channel is monetised, they are making enough from these incursions to live, they have found a money source and I expect that to them that is the important aspect of what they do. Edited May 16, 2021 by jollysmart 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 36 minutes ago, RichardT said: What amazes me about these dim bulb “urban explorers” is how often they seem to have no idea what it is they are “exploring” (=breaking into), when a little bit of online searching & map-reading would tell them. Probably the prevelant internet conspiracy mindset. Perhaps it might also occur to them not to put other people’s property on the internet with an implicit invitation to vandalise. Richard They probably know it wasn't abandoned, but it's click bait to get you to watch so they they get the revenue. They are careful what they show to make it look abandoned in the editing. Some of these videos are interesting and as long as they are not damaging and leaving stuff as they find it then there is no harm. The problem though is that there are only so many places to explore and then it leads to people taking risks to get something different and perhaps leads to more amateur people attempting something that is actually dangerous. There are a couple of chaps in the Manchester area who do local interest videos, history etc - they end up doing similar content because there are few old workings, tunnels, pipes, waterways and buildings left that haven't been explored. Luckily, they're both respectful and both interesting so I like to watch their own takes on the same place. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 16, 2021 12 hours ago, woodenhead said: Except it's not abandoned, and it's an active private site. It's the Weardale railway https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Weardale+Railway+Trust/@54.7268134,-1.8731315,161m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xffd5f67da28cc8a8!8m2!3d54.7432984!4d-2.003034?ucbcb=1 Hopefully the Weardale people will be taking these oafs to court for trespass, inciting trespass and anything else that can be dreamed up. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfreight1998 Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 4 hours ago, russ p said: I just hope people don't now go in there and vandalise them Some urban explorers don't show the journey to the location or the outside of the building to prevent people from identifying the locations and causing damage. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold adb968008 Posted May 16, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 16, 2021 (edited) Trespass is Trespass. it should not be encouraged, and theres no such thing as doing no harm... all it needs is for a younger viewer to see it, copy it, and not have the same awareness, then next thing is a death, and everyone shrugs shoulders and says its a sad thing. Throw the book at them, make an example, and let them live stream their 24 hours a day in a cell, so others can see the result. Edited May 16, 2021 by adb968008 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 5 hours ago, Oldddudders said: Hopefully the Weardale people will be taking these oafs to court for trespass, inciting trespass and anything else that can be dreamed up. And this is Britain so nothing will happen to them. There are no consequences here. Hell, you kill someone driving your car dangerously , you are out in a year and a half .. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 i'll tell you what - those "abandoned for decades" coaches don't half look clean inside and outside considering.... surely noone really believes this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Phil Parker Posted May 16, 2021 Administrators Share Posted May 16, 2021 This has been shared before, and to avoid this turning into a Hang'em and flog'em thread, I'm locking it now. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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