Ledston Luck to Peckfield light railway 04/06/11

[myke]

After the closure of Ledston Luck colliery in 1986([ url]http://www.urbexforums.co.uk/showthread.php/13127-Ledston-Luck-Mine-Castleford-April-11?highlight=ledston+peckfield[/url] )The light railway 2’ 6” gauge that run to Pecfield transporting the coal was no longer needed .
I can remember steam trains running there as a child and decided to see what remains of the railway which run parallel to the A656 and under the A63 roundabout.
The trackbed is easily visable as a row of trees on google earth and after scrambling through brambles found the ledston side just after the ledston industrial estate

The trackbed gets gradually deeper until you hit the blocked tunnel portal

Numbers on portal
Two 6” Victaulic pipes capped off enter the tunnel base

Tunnel portal at peckfield end

Now theres a deep limestone cutting

One of the two track plates found

Wooden sleepers still buried

Water pipes over head

Bridge to a local farm filled with junk

Trackplate complete with 2 dog nails

Brick structure as trackbed disappears at peckfield

After this the trackbed disappeared under piles of pit rubble more pictures on my photobucket if you can face anymore
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[rikj]

That's a cracker. Bet not many people know that's there.

Suspect there are a few more colliery tramway tunnels to be unearthed.

[TK421]

Love it, what a good find