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 chalk from quarries at Burdale and Wharram bound for steelworks on Teeside. This underwent spectacular boom and bust in the 1920s, petering out in the 1950s, which spelled the line's death-knell.