WARTHILL STATION - WWII to Closure
All photos copyright of Mr. Elsworth and SOFHLHG unless otherwise stated.
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By buffer fence - Home Guard HQ Time of Henry Elsworth 1939 to 1955. The Home Guard 'dugout' (pill- box, hut, ?) was at the end of the platform near the buffers shown. Believed to have been in area of the clump of bushes behind the white fence. |
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Garden kept Spick &
Span John Newton's children c1956 |
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Michael Elsworth all togged out in Grey & Black for Pocklington School 1942/3. His sister Margaret is visable in the window. |
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NER door, columns and fanlight, typical of architect GT Andrews' work on this line. LNER notice board. Doris & Henry Elsworth (S. M. 1939 to 1956) about 1947/8.
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Late steam engine on the Up line to York |
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Looking towards the Waiting Room and Station House, Gents not visible. Ladies? |
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The late 1950s and whitewash, a legacy from the war time blackouts, is still put to good use. A fine display of flowers admired/grown? by Maurice Emberson on left and David Clark? (porters or signal men?). Is David related to Bill Clark who was a signal man when Henry Elsworth first arrived ?
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End of the goods yard loading dock |
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Warthill station looking west. The Sand Hutton Yard was on the right. (K Hoole Collection) The York, Beverley and Market Weighton Railway by C.T. Goode |
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Warthill station 1960's. The rails rusting, as Dr Beeching, deciding that the north of England is a wilderness having no need of railways, decreed that the York-Hull line served no purpose at all and so closed it. (Ron Evers - SOFHLHG have used with kind permission of Rosemary Hoppitt) Internet
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John Newton's time 1955 to 1965. Bay window of Station Master's Office. Note says " Barrier Arms (Stairs Reversed) Early 50s" Barrier arms of auto-level crossing installed 1953 The stairs were originally at the other end of the signal box to allow access to operate the gates. |
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John Newton, Station Master 1956 until closure 29/11/1965 |
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Inside the box after 1952. It shows the new 20 lever frame and gate wheel which were installed at the back of the box around the time of the fitting of the crossing barrier. |
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John Elmers' "home", building adjoining the Up side platform, in the early 1950s. Station still had paraffin lamps. |
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B1 4-6-0 No. 61122 negotiates Warthill level crossing with the 10:10 am York to Hull on 7th August 1957. (M Mitchell) From British Railways Past and Present No 25 East Yorkshire |
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The same view in spring 1994 with a lorry replacing the B1.. (M Mitchell) From British Railways Past and Present No 25 East Yorkshire |
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The automatic barriers as installed in 1953. (Railway Magazine) |
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Another version of the above picture said to have been taken in Nov 1952. The Stop banner was pivoted. (BR) |
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The barriers some time after mid 1957. See picture above and note height of lamps. Note Stop signs have also been removed. The stop signs may not have been present for long - see photo above of J Elmer's home which is believed to be early 1950s as they have already been taken down. (British Rail) Hudson's Way by Stephen Chapman |
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Taken on 31 August 1959
and said to show the simplified arrangements made to the crossing in
1959 following the relaxation of certain requirements for manned
controlled barriers in 1957 by the MoT&CA.
(BR (NER) CJ Woolstenholmes) |
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Pre 1963 Mr Levitt
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A rather unusual class of engine in an unusual location. BR standard 4-6-0 No. 73167 gets away from Warthill with a local train for York. (K Hoole collection) The York, Beverley and Market Weighton Railway by CT Goode |
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Typical examples of NER door plates. |
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Warthill on 6 December 1958 (Geoffrey Lewthwaite) Railways in East Yorkshire Volume Three, Martin Bairstow |
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The Hull Daily Mail coverage of the last trains on the line.
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The Last Train. |