The former IoWCR line from Smallbrook to Cowes via Newport, carrying a passenger train service from Ryde to Cowes, was the only residual part of the IoWCR now extant. The decision was taken to retain only the Ryde to Shanklin section on the island, and the Ryde–Newport–Cowes service, and the route from Smallbrook to Cowes closed on 21 February 1966, bringing about the end of the IoWCR network. Stock Locomotives Between 1898 and 1905, the railway purchased four London, Brighton and South Coast Railway class A1 'Terrier' locomotives to operate its trains. One of these had been sent by the LBSCR to the Paris Exhibition of 1878, where it won a gold medal. In 1901, this locomotive was bought by the IoWCR and was numbered 11, then brought to the island on 8 January 1902. This locomotive is preserved at the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. Coaching stock At the grouping, the IWCR had 37 passenger coaches and 12 non-passenger coaching stock vehicles. The passenger coaches comprised sixteen third-class (allotted SR numbers 2441–2456), eleven composites (6347–6357), six brake thirds (4098–4103), three brake composites (6987–6989) and one first-class saloon (7995). The non-passenger coaching stock comprised six guard's vans (979, 990–994), six open carriage and baggage boxes (4385–4390) and one horse box (3369). One guard's van was described as a mail van. Goods stock There were 317 goods vehicles lasting to grouping in 1923. These comprised 251 open goods wagons (SR nos. 27976–28226), 45 covered goods wagons (SR nos. 46987–47031), nine flat trucks (59024–59032), eight cattle wagons (53380–53387), three brake vans (56035–56037) and one tar tank (61383). In addition to these, there were eight in departmental stock: four ballast wagons (62881–62884), two water tanks, one travelling crane (429S) and a match truck (429SM). The open goods wagons were also used for coal, and had carrying capacities ranging from . The flat trucks included six designated as timber trucks – these had one or two transverse bolsters to support the load. The crane was hand-operated, and could lift ; and the match truck was used to provide room for the crane jib when travelling. Station list Cowes to Ryde (Smallbrook) Closed 21 February 1966. Cowes; opened 16 June 1862 Mill Hill; opened 1871; Medina Platform; unadvertised stop for Parkhurst Prison, opened by 1896; Cement Mills Halt; possibly in use from February 1879, certainly from 1905; Newport; opened 16 June 1862; Whippingham; opened 20