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pictures

 

Part 1) The old line:

Market Weighton East – K1 class 62007 on the Leeds-Bridlington

express service in the summer of 1964 . Photo courtesy Tony Ross

 

 

Market Weighton – B1 class 61276 passing with an express from

the ex-GN Bradford area heading for Bridlington. Photo courtesy Tony Ross

 

Part 2) The Present

 

Still standing – Kiplingcotes Station in 2003 – part of the Hudson Way walk

and cycle route – the signalbox is still in place as well, just to the right of the photo.

Image supplied by Antony Myers.

 

The Kiplingcote viaduct – still in place.

Image supplied by Antony Myers

 

 

We would be grateful for more illustrative material – please contact

the webmaster: mailto:neil@pickford25.karoo.co.uk with details of material

 

This file is currently under construction – please call back soon.

 

There are some other images available at the following links:

 

There is a photograph of the last train in Market Weighton station here ...

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/image_galleries/last_train_gallery.shtml

 

Here is a webfeature containing interviews about the last train ...

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/articles/2006/01/18/last_train_feature.shtml