From South Cave village, it's about a two mile walk to North Cave station, on the long closed H&BR.
Situated on an embankment, the station building survives today. In LNER times, the mainstay of freight operations was in the hands of O4 2-8-0 locos, such as this one at North Cave.
We now go due south to the NER line at Broomfleet, an isolated spot, though the station is still open today. Here it is in 1961, photographed by Ben Brooksbank.
Broomfleet signal box in 2004.
A walk along the old Market Weighton Canal towpath will take us to the village of Newport, from where Holt's Coaches ran a service into Goole. An ex King Alfred (of Winchester) Leyland Leopard is seen at the depot in 1978.
While in Newport, we might as well call in at the Crown & Anchor. Back in 2003 it was brewing its own beer.
There was a H&BR station at Newport (later renamed) Wallingfen, but we'll walk to the one at Sandholme.
Sandholme was an important place for freight, as heavy trains were split here, before tackling the gradients through the Wolds. There was also some local industry.
From Sandholme it's only about a mile walk to Gilberdyke, served by a busy station on the Doncaster/Selby to Hull, ex NER, line.Today, it's served by Northern Rail.
Hull Trains pass through, non-stop.
Gilberdyke, once called Staddlethorpe, is where the line towards Goole and Doncaster, takes its leave of the straight route to Selby.
About three miles to the south is the remote village of Blacktoft. The Hope & Anchor pub is a great place to drink beer and take a look at the mouth of the Ouse, close to Trent Falls, where it becomes the Humber.
At the time of writing, I haven't decided where to go next, but it will be interesting, I promise.
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