I was naturally disappointed to find, when filming the video, that Little Weighton cutting had been completely filled in, and not even that long ago, the work having being completed sometime earlier in 2019. I missed out on seeing the cutting by only a matter of months, which, when dealing with these old features, is almost yesterday. Luckily for me, a viewer and fellow enthusiast, Ian Philpott, got in touch and sent me these images that he took during his time driving trucks to and from the site in 2018. The first two images show the rapid progress of the filling in of the cutting, both looking east towards Eppleworth, and the third shows just how high up the work had progressed, making it level with the abutments of the old accommodation bridge just east of Little Weighton station. For perspective, in the video I shot the panning footage from pretty much the top of that abutment.

 

The next two images are showing the condition of the Riplingham Road bridge and its drainage system; this was the first piece of abandoned railway I ever walked on when I was about 11 years old; my school did the Beverley 20 walk, and the route took us under this bridge and in those days it was very easy to scramble up the side of the embankment. Being on an old railway bridge was ridiculously exciting for a young kid who already loved trains! 

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The final image shows a farm access bridge that crosses the trackbed before the Little Weighton cutting begins. As far as I know, that bridge is still present.

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Some marvellous pictures that show the end of an incredible piece of Victorian engineering, buried forever.