The closest freight traffic to the original concept was limestone from quarries at Burdale and Wharram bound for steelworks on Teeside, but this petered out in the 1950s, spelling the line's death-knell.
The closest freight traffic to the original concept was limestone from quarries at Burdale and Wharram bound for steelworks on Teeside. This petered out in the 1950s. This was spelling the line's death-knell.