the dairycoates engine shed closed in 1970. tilcon built a rail connected asphalt concrete plant in the 1970s. as of 2013 the plant is operated by lafarge tarmac (2013), with the rail connection operated by db schenker rail (uk). supplied (2009) with stone from rylstone. the neptune street goods branch of the former hull and barnsley line also had been closed and removed by the 1970s.