[4] In order to provide more space for passengers at Scarborough railway station, the NER built a new goods yard at Gallows Close between 1899 and 1902.
[5] In the early part of the 20th century the main commodities handled at Gallows Close were ale, bricks, fish, coal and manure.
[9] The coal depot at Gallows Close was furnished with an electric conveyor in November 1946, the first instance of this happening on the London and North Eastern Railways' area of operation.
[11] Another commodity handled was something that was euphemistically listed as night soil; human waste that was collected from doorsteps in the town and later used as a fertiliser.
[16] Oil traffic was converted into a block train that ran on an ad hoc basis to a terminal on the main line.