Timeline Stories

Open Day as part of Natura 20000 open day organised by the Humberhead Peatland National Nature Reserve

Simplex loco and peat winning equipment moved from Farm storage site to The old Peatworks https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=CrowlePeatlandRailway&set=a.1341975775897392

Heritage Open Days. Visit to see locos as part of Isle of Axholme Minibus Tour

Open day to view static locos in the Goat Shed. They were not even on rails at that time – this was part of International Bog Day.

The two Schoma Locos and Slave units were delivered from Ray King’s site in Norfolk. They were initially stored in an existing Romney Hut on the Crowle Peatworks site (The

Visit to see locos in Norfolk – https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=CrowlePeatlandRailway&set=a.966014746826832

Site visit for members to Crowle Peatworks to see where our base was going to be constructed.

The two Schoma locos (5220 & 5129) and three slave units were acquired by Crowle Peatland Railway and remained in Norfolk until storage at Crowle was sorted out.

The Simplex Locomotive was recovered from Bank Top on Thorne Moors where it had been left after peat extraction finished. From photos in “The Peat Railways of Thorne and Hatfield

The inaugural meeting of the society was held at Ealand Victory Hall to adopt a constitution and to elect officers of the society.