Womersley railway station Womersley railway station Womersley railway station was a railway station in North Yorkshire, England. It was situated on the Askern Branch Line. It was opened in 1848 and closed to passenger traffic back in September 1948 and the platforms have since been demolished, but the railway line through the site is still open and in regular use. The station house still exists, next to the level crossing. Trains mainly operate to the local power stations of Ferrybridge, Eggborough and Drax (the biggest power station in Europe). There are many trains, nearly always hauled by Class 66 locomotives of EWS, Freightliner
Drax Hall Estate found a new Drax Hall Estate on Jamaica in 1669. By 1680, Henry Drax was the owner of the largest plantation in Barbados, then in parish of St. John. A planter-merchant, Drax had a hired 'proper persons' to act in, and do all business in Bridgetown.' Drax Hall Estate Drax Hall Estate (Barbados) was a sugarcane plantation of Saint George in central Barbados in the Caribbean. It is the site where the first sugar cane was cultivated in Barbados and is still only one of three Jacobean houses remaining in Barbados. The estate has belonged to the Drax family since