Exploring the trackbed of the former Sandown to Newport Railway & delving into it’s difficult history.
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Vectronia:
Wind Over Water & Lament For Our Time.
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Used with permission from the composer/artist.
King Kuna – Isolation Music & 6/8 Interlude – composed by Jack Singleton.
Kuna’s War/ Lady Of Plague – Original tracks by Jack Singleton.
All other music composed by Jack Singleton specifically for the YouTube series in question.
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Images:
Sandown with Canopy: Unknown Photographer.
Sandown in Br Blue –
Date: 1987 Cr: David Keogh
Newchurch Town- Cr: Basker Eyre – Used under CC liscence.
Walk the Wight image: Southern Vectis website.
Blackwater Station image: Cr: Jonathan Piers Butler
Newport IWR Image/Painting – Museum of Island Railway History.
Shide Station – Unknown Photographer – Source: M. Chapman – FB.
Tourist image: IWSR collection – R.J. Maycock & R. Silsbury’s ‘The Isle of Wight Railways from 1923 onwards’ hardback edition book.
Coppins Bridge: Unknown Photographer – source: A. Thompson – FB
Mersrone level crossing image + Ne #freshwater #viaduct wchurch station: Source: N. Catford – Disusedstations.org
Railway flood image: Cr. IsleofwightFHS.
Isle of wight map age: Wiki images: used under CC liscence.
Archive OS maps images: Maps.nls.uk
Googlemaps shot: Cr: Google 2023.
Archive Footage – Public Domain.
12 Comments
Hi, Great review of the Sandown to Newport line. Full of interesting information and nostalgic archive footage. So well researched as usual. As a young boy I was a railway fanatic and spent every holiday from 9 years old until I was 15 on the Island. Sad to say I am old enough to just remember the closing of this line. Look forward to your review of the line to Ventnor West which was a difficult decision to understand.
These have been great videos. Well done you two. Will miss these when they come out. Very informative. 😊
Well done guys another great informative video! Thanks for sharing!
I cycled this line between Merstone and Sandown yesterday coincidentally. Another great well researched episode. I live in Godshill so looking forward to the last line where the St Lawrence tunnel is walkable (torch advised 🤣)
Excellent video. Nice to see the old footage as well. Also nice that the some o f the old station buildings are still standing. Merstone will be high on my list when I eventually get back to the island.
Great video as always, thank you 🙂
Loving these videos Jack. Looking forward to the next one and your journey through the tunnel. I finally got to walk through it back in September.
Beware of the ghosts in there. 😉
Thanks for sharing 🍓🧶🌈💙
Thanks! I cycled that trail during my holiday on the island a couple of weeks ago. Good to see it again and to get a bit more information about its history. I too was surprised by the gradient just southeast of Merstone. No problem on a bike, but definitely a job for The Little Engine That Could when it was a railway!
Wow guys, love the video cant wait for the next video 🎉
Mrs got chatted up down the horringford stretch. Good times.
Very interesting as usual – thankyou!