Goole Docks 13 March 1999

Goole once had an extensive network of sidings, principally serving the docks. This 13 March 1999 view shows the large fan of sidings to the west of Goods Yard Junction. In the 1980s withdrawn locos had been stored here, but by the late 1990s it was just home to some condemned wagons. Apart from the straight line on the extreme right of the picture, which is used as a headshunt for the docks, all the rest of this trackwork has either been taken up or engulfed by the forest of trees that now occupies the area. In the distance 37883 can be seen crossing the Dutch River with the single wagon 6D99 07:20 Hull Saltend to Immingham, with the cooling towers of Thorpe Marsh Power Station directly behind. The other two bridges on the right cross the Aire & Calder Navigation, and a disused railway.