Railway to Greenway Rail Heritage Scoping schedule
This excel file was compiled by Sophie Vohra of York University as a scoping exercise identifying documents that might be…
CGI recreates trains at Bishopthorpe and Naburn bridges
Local film-maker Dave Thorp has created an amazing CGI recreation of trains passing through Bishopthorpe and over the bridges at…
Incidents at BOCM outside Selby
These dramatic accounts were submitted by Cyril Pickup who worked at BOCM at Barlby, just North of Selby friom 1953…
Living by the line – 1972
York to Selby line I first saw the rented bungalow by the railway line back in July1972, the day I…
Escrick Sidings Nature Reserve and Maze Picnic Spot
When Sustrans purchased what is now the Solar System Greenway in the 1980s for £1.00 they sold on…
Some issues in the creation of the Solar System Greenway
PulPaul Hepworth is on the right in this historic photo – of course in those days you could build a…
Interview with a fireman
Working on the railway in the days of steam can often be romanticised by enthusiasts. One gentleman who preferred not…
Sara Robin MA Thesis on Arisings in Path Management
In 2007 Sara Robin of Yorkshire Wildlife Trust researched the impact of raking off of ‘arisings’ after the verge along…