Urban Exploring Videos

Hey, thought you guys might enjoy some of my Scottish explores.
Feel free to pm for more information.

 

The train in question is the Eurostar 373018, one of many Eurostar Class 373 trains that started operating in 1994. Capable of speeds up to 186 mph, the Class 373s were specifically designed to transport passengers between London, Paris, and Brussels via the Channel Tunnel.

Since 2016, however, many 373s have been withdrawn or scrapped, despite just 22 or 23 years in service. Eurostar 373018 is officially in storage, but the word “abandoned” seems more appropriate.

Branches from nearby trees now reach out and touch its windows. Weeds rise up from the rusting tracks on which it sits. Graffiti covers what were once the clean lines of the train’s streamlined form. It looks like the kind of place where Rick Grimes would butcher a bunch of zombies, or where Mad Max would go shopping if he wanted to buy a train.

What the future holds for this high-speed train is anyone’s guess. So far, 18 of the 373 Class trains have been sent to be scrapped by European Metal Recycling (EMR) at Kingsbury in the West Midlands region of England. Others have been scrapped in France, three have ended up in museums or colleges, and some lucky 373s have been refurbished and remain in service.

Eurostar 373018, however, remains in “storage” in the north of France, a fine nesting place for birds, an interesting canvas for graffiti artists, and an intriguing landmark for train enthusiasts, eagle-eyed users of Google Earth, and urban explorers like AdcaZz whose video exploration of the train you can check out on YouTube.

And if you’re wondering why these 373s were abandoned and not reused elsewhere, well, it seems like a few factors were in play. Technology had simply moved on, leaving these 22-year-old trains out of date. It was also more cost efficient to bring in a modern fleet rather than overhaul these existing trains, especially as the replacements had a greater seating capacity, meaning more money over less time. In the end, therefore, many of the 373s were deemed “life-expired.”

There is more about the Eurostar here

 

I shot this video on the Blackmagic Cinema Camera
You can find the building on the a45 in Warwickshire.

 

I know many people are not too keen about videos on here and prefer pictures but I do love to make videos when I am exploring because it captures my raw reaction of what I am seeing. Anyways here's a video I made on the Purford Green Primary School and it would be very much appreciated if you checked it out.

 

Boys and girls!

We tried to show the Chernobyl zone from a bit different perspective. Production values are low, script was made on the spot and all was all fuelled by some amount of Ukrainian vodka, but I hope you enjoy it nonetheless.

We have also visited not so widely known antenna array near the Russian Woodpecker. The actual antennas are all cut into pieces for scrap now but we were lucky to find a layer of ice in the otherwise inaccessible building basement, where the remains of the main control room can be found. (Second video)

The Circle radar array is believed to be a complementary system to the Duga radar and its main purpose was testing signal propagation the the ionosphere to optimise working frequency of the the Russian Woodpecker.

 

Hello everyone!

As you may know Earnley Education Centre has sparked new interest in the area of Chichester. I decided to take full advantage of this and take a trip with @Smidgey88 to explore it before the kids took over. And what can I say! it was much bigger and more interesting than I was expecting. If you have the chance to check it out please do, you won't regreat it at all.

We began our explore by parking in the carpark next door (Convenient) and then we began rolling the video! We started at 6:30pm and finished at 11:00pm. Never thought I would be in there that long! Without boring you more with my chatter, here is the video from our visit. I hope you enjoy it, and I hope it meets the quality guidlines on this forum.

Also I may post my photos on the forum if people are interested to see them also!

 

Filmed in the rustbelt of Pennsylvania comes a harrowing look at a town called Clairton, a once promising town 15 miles from Pittsburgh which flourished from the mining of a fuel called coke. It was also the same town the film Deer Hunter was supposed to be filmed in. While things looked great for the town and it’s people, pollution from smoke stacks was slowly but surely eating away at the residents health. Years later when industry left, Clairton stood silent, poor, and broke beyond repair with a cancer rate higher than the countries national average. Paradise was truly lost and gave way abandoned homes, neighborhoods, boarded up business, a higher crime rate, and wide spread substance abuse problems. One of the most well known abandoned neighborhoods is located on a street named Lincoln Way. Many of the homes are fire damaged from an unknown fire that happened years ago. No one knows why so many people just up and left there homes and belongings on Lincoln Way. Some speak of a beastly animal prowling the neighborhood forcing residents to flee in the middle of the night. Find out if the myth is true. Watch the new video by Politicize “Last bullet” now on youtube.

 

Many a great memories of hanging out here with friends, and late nights huddled around a fire inside this giant red shed with a couple of cider bottles. Unfortunately now demolished, this place gave some great views over Backwell, Nailsea and beyond. For me this is particularly sentimental, being my first ever explore. Opened in 1857 the main quarry isn't going anywhere, and neither are the multiple quarries situated nearby. Rest in peace, Red Shed. You will be missed by many.

 

Hi Gyus
I came across this place, a few weeks ago, that hasn't been abandoned for long, (5-6 Months), the power seems to be still on too. So I bet it would be mint inside, with everything left in tact. My latest visit was more of a scouting session to check the place out, and get a feel for the place. I noticed some minor vandalism has occurred this my last visit, which is painful to see.

 

Having been inside this building most of last Summer with my mates, I wasn't into taking pictures and recording then but now I am I thought I would give the Cinema a revisit. My fellow exploring partner @Smiffyboi uploaded a post on here last summer which received a lot of attention and is most likely the reason the entrance got boarded up. There has been no access since last summer but a month ago when I was doing my weekly check on the building to see if there is a way in I realised someone had made a tiny hole that I could just about fit through.
However, since editing this video and going back to record some more clips the entrance I had used has now been re-boarded back up so I was lucky enough to get inside and record a video.

History:
This was the first new cinema to be built for Rank after the war (others were completions of pre-war schemes) and it opened on February 1, 1960 with "Follow A Star".
It was designed by T. P. Bennett & Son and had 1,244 seats on a single floor in the stadium plan, with a stepped raised section at the rear instead of the normal overhanging balcony. The projection suite was suspended above the raised section of seating and had an almost level throw to the large screen.
In June 1987, it closed for tripling and the raised section at the rear was converted into two smaller cinemas whilst the front retained the original box and screen.
The Odeon was refurbished in 2001 and rebranded with the new Odeon style. This was despite the competition from a six-screen multiplex which opened back in 1990. Its future looked hopeful, however it was closed in August 2005. It was purchased days after closing by a local businessman, and the building still sits empty and unused in 2018.
(Source: Odeon Harlow in Harlow, GB - Cinema Treasures)

Anyway please see top of page for the video I produced with very little time in the Cinema

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