Abandoned Butterhouse railway tunnel, Saddleworth.

[Wacky Racer]

Thought I would share these with you....

Some pictures taken today of the long abandoned Butterhouse tunnel on the old Micklehurst goods loop line between Stalybridge and Diggle, Saddleworth.

The spur off the main trans Pennine line



Tunnel approach (Eastern end)









Stalactites hanging from ceiling



View looking back out (Eastwards towards Yorkshire)



Looking Eastwards from the earthbank at the Western end.



Pile of earth stacked up at the Western end, to prevent anyone entering.......



Graffiti



More Graffiti



Creepy......



The Eastern portal from above.

[spaceship]

Awesome! I love stuff like that.

[Hooli]

Very cool.

[Wacky Racer]

Found this on Youtube

Not me btw:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFxMwv7Z-fw

[Baz Tench]

If you are on Facebook, there is a great group on there for this sort of stuff.

Simply called 'Disused railways'.

I'm involved in railway maintenance/renewals and I love this kind of thing.

[truck71]

Try 28dayslater.co.uk