Sugar Loaf Tunnel is a wonderful tunnel which was once part of a great rail network in East Yorkshire. It has not been used now for decades. This tunnel is very close to a Deserted Medieval Village named Weedley.
Here are some before and after shots of this place.
Sugar Loaf Tunnel (courtesy of Beverley Exile)Sugarloaf Tunnel 2012
More information can be seen at my previous post right here.
A really big thanks to Beverley Exile for letting me borrow another wonderful photo, yet again! Please go across to Beverley Exile’s flickr photostream (right here) and take a look at some amazing photographs of East Yorkshire!
Its common knowledge that the railway system was reduced around the late 1950s. East Yorkshire was hit bad. We still have some remains though.
Today we are looking at a small section in South Cave. It was run by the Hull and Barnsley Train line. Here it is on an OS map.
And courtesy of Gmaps.
This part of the line was turned into a road briefly, as part of the valley was quarried for a while.
Here are some pictures – Courtesy of field reporter North.
From the floor looking westand looking east
Stuff like this is knocking about.
Something to do with the rail line. Not sure what it is.
This is slightly further down the line…
two bridges, one slim, one quite long. Unused. Nothing goes across or underneath these anymore. (picture courtesy of North)Between the two bridges looking east. This is known as sugar loaf tunnel. Apparently has bats in there? (picture courtesy of North)
A better picture?
Sugar Loaf Tunnel – Sunny
Further down this line there is a really long tunnel, goes really far underground. Above the ground you can see chimneys protruding from the ground. You can see these between Wauldby and Riplingham.
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