Timeline

Crowle Peatland Railway Chronology

2018
September 5
HRA Visit
HRA Visit

Heritage Railway Association visit in advance of accepting our membership application

September 15
Loco moved to maintenance shed

Schoma Locos moved from Goat Shed to our Maintenance Shed. (Still no track laid!)

October 20
Work days start

Regular work days commence at The Old Peatworks

November 3
Track laying starts

Track starts to be laid in the maintenance shed

2019
January 5
5220 Rerailed
5220 Rerailed

5220 finally rerailed

February 19
Peat wagon arrives

Peat Wagon delivered from Hatfield Peatworks.

March 30
Track bed preparation
Track bed preparation

Work on levelling track bed outside maintenance shed began

May 12
Track laying starts
Track laying starts

Sleepers laid outside shed in preparation for putting track down.

May 26
Track laid to turnout
Track laid to turnout

Track laid to turnout and turnout placed.

June 5
5130 gifted to CPR
5130 gifted to CPR

Schoma Loco 5130 gifted by Evergreen Horticulture moved from Hatfield Peatworks, where it had been a gate guardian, to The Old Peatworks. We now have all three Schoma Locos.