On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:46:48 +0100, Mike Roebuck wrote: >On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 23:54:58 +0100, "Mortimer" wrote: >North Yorkshire County Council commissioned a study into the >re-opening of Rillington Junction - Pickering a few years ago. It was >on their website for a while, and I'm sure it included maps of the >former and proposed routes through Pickering, as well of lots of >photogrpahs of the then current state of the trackbed.. I saved a few extracts from of the report in 2002 - 3.9 Southern Approach towards Pickering Northwest of the A169 crossing, the alignment would rejoin the original route between the Showfield and the silver-grey barn with a curved roof (see Photo 8), located adjacent to the track at Roger’s Nurseries. From the A169 the route is flat with the formation largely remaining intact and used as an access track to fields and the nursery. Immediately to the southeast of Haygate Lane the formation has been incorporated into gardens. To the northwest of Haygate Lane a new house has been built on the track-bed in the gap between adjacent houses. Continuing northwards, the formation becomes obliterated in the field to the south of the Millfield Close / Pool Court housing estate (see Photo 9), built after closure of the railway. The houses along the west edge of the estate have been built directly along the original railway alignment. Demolition of houses would be unacceptable where a reasonable alternative route could be found. To the north of the housing estate, the original route crossed Mill Lane at the southwest corner of the present recreation area car park, and continued along the west side of the recreation area northwards, passing to the east of the present gasworks compound. Our reconnaissance indicates that there are at least two possible alternative routes on the southern approaches to Pickering to avoid the need to demolish houses. Again, at this stage these are only suggestions for further consideration, and are not in any way selected or preferred routes. Extract from the Malton to Pickering Rail Study (Mouchel July 2000) Sorry, not got the photos. Hope this helps. DB