Looking back to 1991, one of the small cage wagons is positioned on the simple tippler. Each wagon was hand pushed up a small gradient onto the tippler, where it was then tipped at an angle of 45 degrees. The tippler was operated from a small shed seen just behind the wagon. Once emptied and unlocked from the tippler, the wagon was left to roll down into the empties loop.
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Alan Keef No.5, built in 1979 was usually in use here, although there was also a small lister loco which spent much of its time in the equipment shed. This view is from 1993, when the peat firm then known as Croxton Compost, also purchased the rights of peat extraction at the adjacent Hollands site. Utilising existing track from the Hollands workings, the rails were laid out into the peat fields once again to harvest the block cut peat. At this stage the railway here was not connected with the trackwork at the original Croxton site. The wagons were emptied with the use of a dumper truck with a fork lift attachment.
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AK No.5 still looking worse for wear in 1995 is seen attempting to haul a load of peat back to the works. The last 4 or 5 wagons have in fact become derailed, a not uncommon occurrence. It took about 20 minutes with the assistance of about 5 workers to rerail the train and send it on its way.
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