Jorge Da Silva
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How much disused railway infrastructure (depots, sidings, platforms, anything rail infrastructure) is still visible? Provide the locations, when it was last used (if possible) and why it closed (if possible).
Do trackbeds count?
Under 20 pence a kg.Always have wondered how much disused rails are worth as metal scrap;
Of value then, but probably scarcely worth the effort of recovering same.
That would give all the wrong signals!If you want to "recover" rail metal, copper wire is a better deal
Not unless you enjoy that sort of thing! (I don't)There is so much around the country is it worth while even considering compiling a list...?
Lots of redundant electrification masts from when the Woodhead Route existed. Most of the railway used to be four-track so there are vast swathes of unused gantries, including going round to Guide Bridge Yard and (at least a small way) to Stalybridge.
Just past Guide Bridge going towards Flowery Field, there’s also a redundant semaphore signal pole, with three or four of them still there (the white board has been removed, but there’s still the black light housing there that would have moved).
There’s also clear remnants of where Hadfield used to be two platforms, and where Dinting used to be four.