melthebell Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 And if you did manage to get in it would probably be full of dead junkies. are theres a positive aspect to the tunnel too then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IluvStaffys Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 I used to climb up and down the rocks (over the tunnel) four times a day on my way to and from Pye Bank School (c1944-1948). It was a twin track tunnel but only one was used in my day. The transfer was always done by an LMS locomotive - usually an 0-6-0 with tender. There were at least two transfers a day. A train would come up to Bridgehouses around 12:30pm (lunchtime), drop off a string of wagons on the transfer tracks and pick up whatever needed transfering to the LMS. There was another transfer around 7pm. Don't know if there were any overnight transfers. Some times there were only one or two wagons going in each direction - other times anywhere up to a dozen. Mostly, they seemed to be open wagons (possibly coal wagons being sent back to the pit that owned them), very rarely were they vans. The railways were nationalized in 1948 so I assume there was different routing of freight and therefore no longer a need to use the tunnel to switch systems. Regards yeah they did have overnight transfers, they used to wake me up every night going past the wicker around 1.10am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheff-king Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 i used to live on kilton place when it was first built and remember running through the fiery jack as a dare after telling stories about it. oh the memories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyrad29 Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Might be your last chance to see Fiery Jack from Savile street this week as there is a building going up right across the opening of the tunnel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanPud Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 hello, incredibly interested in this bridgehouses tunnel, i didnt even know about bridgehouses train station (though it was before my time), really interesting. Whereabouts was/is the tunnel located? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mocco57 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 me and some friend(Mick Mcdermott, Start Birch, Lawrence Bannister) were dared to go thro the tunnel when we were kids, and told all the stories about ghost's and other things lerking inside the tunnel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Had a look down the top of the tunnel the other day, does anyone know when it was closed? ...It was closed in 1948 according to Cobb's railway atlas. Here is a scan - the blue arrow shows the location of "Spital Hill Tunnel", opened 1846 and closed 1948. The closure was probably due to nationalisation as Falls wrote. I remember the two ends were open and the rails were still there in the early 1960s; I once walked up and down it for a dare.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidorry Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Can you remember the cattle pens by the side of the signal box on the little lane at the bottom of the bull rocks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillsbro Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Yes - I seem to remember seeing cattle pens from a train leaving Victoria station. I just found this photo of the top end of the tunnel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Hi Who walked through fiery jack tunnel as a kid.Did you dare !!! Thanks Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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