Operation
The design estimate for the line was around 5,000 long tons (5,080 t; 5,600 short tons) per year, mainly coal, timber, road metal and bricks. To Heywood's mind it was the ideal application for this gauge of railway. One of the suppliers to the Hall was local Chester fuel merchants Allan Morris & Co. They arranged for fuel supplies to be delivered by rail to Balderton sidings where it was transferred to the Eaton Hall wagons. Allan commenced business in Chester in 1893 and the company still exists in Telford and Sandycroft.
The Eaton Hall railway closed in 1946 and was lifted in 1947 .
A new 15-inch (380 mm) railway, named the Eaton Park Railway was built in 1994 with a replica of Katie. It is not available for use by the public except on the various garden open days. The new line consists of a large loop with a spur leading to the engine shed. The latter follows a small part of the original route.
The original Katie was sold to the newly-built Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway and then in 1922 to the Llewellyn Miniature Railway in Southport. In 1923 she was sold to the Fairbourne Miniature Railway where she operated trains until scrapping in 1926. Parts of the original are currently back at Ravenglass being rebuilt using the original frames and various parts from other Heywood locomotives, while a replica is being constructed by the Perrygrove Railway in Gloucestershire which was built with Sir Arthur's work very much in mind.
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