Some of these urbexers like to indulge in a bit of hyperbole, making out stuff is super secret when you can just walk in there, or ‘abandoned’ when it’s not.
I think the appeal for some urbexers is the thrill of the chase, so you dress up a mundane site visit as a "train graveyard" or whatever.
My issues with Urbexers is their slightly sanctimonious tone in general. They suggest that they don't break into stuff, but they then mention how hard it was to gain access to a building. Hmmm! There is always a bit of 'nudge nudge wink wink' about how they get into sites. Beyond this, once a site is known it tends to get repeatedly visited, items go missing and graffiti appears. There is always the notion that it is other bad guys who carry out these acts, but you advertise to the world at large that these places exist in the first place.
Yes agreed. A lot of the stock appears to have been taken to the railway many many years ago when there was a reasonable prospect of it being restored. But as has been commented upon much of it is now only fit for dismantling with the wood burnt and the metal sold to a scrapman. However I am sure that many of the owners would prefer to sell it or donate it to someone on the proviso that it would be restored and therein lies the dilemma.
This issue came up a few times in threads I started or added to. There clearly isn't enough impetus to restore everything out there. At a guess it is tricky to restore the obscure stuff, while the appetite to restore common stuff (like knackered mk1 coaches) probably isn't there either. There are other examples of the same types out there that would be easier to save.
I remembering seeing a video of an urbanex explore of the former Fife circle loco stock from the EWS / DBS days ... Think it was up Thornton way...
If anyone recalls this I wonder
1) is the stock still there
2) how come it was abandoned there in the first place... The vegetation had seriously claimed them.
That stock has long since departed I think. From memory it was a rake of maroon mk2s in horrid condition. No idea where it went, though I saw similar looking coaches somewhere down the ECML earlier this year.