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The map says "Dismantled railway". But a railway has never been mantled here. It was a railway that never was. Various earthworks were done but no track was ever laid. It was The Cleveland Extension Mineral Railway or more locally known as Paddy Waddell's Railway. This cutting was one of the few earthworks that actually was constructed in the 1870s. The contractor for the line was John Waddell, a Scot from Edinburgh but he employed an Irish engineer named Gallaher to take charge of the work. Hence the name. The line was intended to link the Glaisdale ironstone mines with the North East Railway at Skelton and was beset with problems, politics and competition from other railway companies. Finally, after many false starts hopes were rekindled in 1896 but it was not to be. See also Link