PHOTOS OF THE LANDSCAPE WHERE THE S.H.L.R. RAN
Warthill Station Aug 2007
(David Nix -The GnATTERbox forum)
Warthill Station and Staff Houses - dates not known
(Unknown)
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)
Bridal path Aug 2007
(David Nix -The GnATTERbox forum)
Bridal Path - date unknown
(Unknown)
White Sykes Junction Aug 2007
(David Nix -The GnATTERbox forum)
White Sykes Junction 1987
(John Strong)
1970's On again to where the line diverged, one branch going straight on to Claxton brick-works and the farms en-route, the other to the east to Sand Hutton and Bossall. This is the site of White Syke junction at the present day. Now all sign of the line has disappeared and a nursery for young trees is here now.
(Ron Evers)
I don't think caption/location is correct???
1970's Ing's farm - the site of the Claxton depot. Now a thick hedge grows on the site of the tracks, but the end of the building can be reconciled with the building in the period photos
(Ron Evers)
Ings Farm Aug 2007
(David Nix -The GnATTERbox forum)
The track near the brickworks in September 1999.
Nigel Welbourne
From Lost Lines British Narrow Gauge
The clay-pits now flooded in September 1999.
Nigel Welbourne
From Lost Lines British Narrow Gauge
The clay pits in 2012
(Philip Orton)
19th Century windpump standing guard over the ponds.
(Philip Orton)
The remains of the kiln 2012.
(Philip Orton)
Depot field Aug 2007
(David Nix -The GnATTERbox forum)
Depot In October 1965. A few weeks later it collapsed in a gale, and now no trace remains. Close to it is the house of Mr. Robinson who drove one of the trains for some years.
(Ron Evers)
The Depot derelict in 1964 after a period of agricultural usage. By this time it had been empty for some time and was gradually becoming more and more derelict. Half of the clerestory along the top had fallen apart.
(Ken Hartley/NGRS Collection)
Engine shed and works in use for agricultural purposes. Sept. 1957
F. H. 'Rick' Eyles Collection. R193 Frame No. 6
NRM ref AL5/13D
Sand Hutton Depot with wire chicken runs and used as a poultry shed in 1954.
(K E Hartley)
1970's This depot was close to the road from Sand Hutton to the York-Malton road and hereabout this road crosses a fair-sized stream known as the Stank or Stank beck.
(Ron Evers)
1970's This is the view from the bridge, a few yards along which brings you to another substantial relic...
(Ron Evers)
1970's Across the Forth Bridge the track ran on an embankment skirting the woods to Sand Hutton Central, the largest passenger station on the line.
(Ron Evers)
This may be the embankment after the Forth Bridge Aug 2007
(David Nix -The GnATTERbox forum)
Here is the site of the Sand Hutton Central station in the 1970's. The pile of logs is on the site of the shed and a slight depression in the grass verge just beyond the gate marks the line of the track.
(Ron Evers)
1970's After leaving the Central Station the line crossed the road and entered the Hall grounds,
(Ron Evers)
1970's After passing the Hall the 18" gauge line went along to Bossall, passing the Sand Hutton War Memorial where there was a station...
(Ron Evers)
Sand Hutton War Memorial
(Unknown)
1970's on past Kissthornes, it traversed two quite deep cuttings near Belle Vue Farm.
(Ron Evers)
1970's These were the biggest engineering works on the line, besides the Forth Bridge. They were cut through clay and after a lot of rain the line in the cuttings got out of alignment and a careful watch had to be kept on this part of the track. The cuttings are still visible today, their sides clothed with primroses in the spring.
(Ron Evers)
1970's The line curved here along the stream side and ran along the field side and crossed an open field to Bossall station
(Ron Evers)
1970's The line of the track across this field can still be discerned today. Here it is, beyond the fallen tree ...
(Ron Evers)
1970's and here is a view standing on the site of the track looking towards the site of Bossall station which stood on the edge of the distant woods.
(Ron Evers)
Railmarks in a field Aug 2007
(David Nix -The GnATTERbox forum)
The site of Bossall station in the 1970's.
(Ron Evers)
1970's Bossall station was on the bend in the road in the middle distance. There is a large church at Bossall, far larger than the number of houses seems to demand.
(Ron Evers)
1970's Across the River Derwent from Bossall lies Scrayingham and it was proposed to build a bridge over the river. This would of course have been a major engineering feat and was never commenced.
(Ron Evers)