The railway had 5 Moës built locos numbered 6001 to 6005, plus 2 Ruston locos not in use. Each of the Moës locos was painted a different colour. No.6002 is seen at the brickworks discharging clay into one of three unloading sheds.

No. 6004 is seen on the way out to the clay pit with a train of new skips. all the locos ran with 10 skips in front and ten skips at the back, with the driver standing by the cab. The total length of the line out and back was probably about 1km.

The railway to the claypit was double tracked to facilitate the high volume of trains running on a merry go round principle. Upto 4 locos and 80 skips could be in use at the same time.

There are several disused pits in the area, some of which are now flooded. The last working pit in 1998 when these pictures were taken had a large working face, and was excavated by a huge bucket and chain excavator. It took less than 10 minutes to load the train of twenty skips, and before it was loaded, another train had often already arrived behind the first.

The cabs on the locos had an unusually low profile and the reason for this can be seen here. The whole train, including the loco had to pass under the loading chute of the excavator. 4 or 5 workers were required to assist with the loading process.

The green Moës loco was No 6005. None of the locos had been found to possess works plates, so consequently little was known about their history.