Sad seeing those stuffed animals abandoned like that... It never ceases to amaze me how fast nature reclaims old buildings with the vines growing through the windows. Overall it wasn't in horrible shape.
I agree with you on the paranormal hunters, just because a place is abandoned doesn't make ghosts suddenly appear. I once bought a new house in New Mexico, I was the first owner and I would regularly hear footsteps down the hallway upstairs when no one was up there. Paranormal doesn't come from abandonment, it can there from day one. The developer probably built one top of an Native American graveyard...
Cool pictures and a fun adventure. Not sure I would want to ride the train through that area with loose tracks!
Living somewhere like that is a different story. I am not a non-believer but the ghost don't seem to be around when I am. I would like to experience something but to date, it has not happened.
The train always slow down when going through Crewe. The UK is not famous for it's decent rail system. It just has to rain and it all closes down.
I wasn't a believer in the paranormal either until I lived there!