but were merely calling places adjacent to level crossings. There were also several sidings handling freight traffic: A short branch was opened in 1915 at Wick St Lawrence to serve a jetty which the railway company built on the River Yeo. There was a loop on the branch from which a single line ran out onto the jetty which had a concrete platform supported by wooden piles. Public goods facilities in Clevedon were provided at Parnell Road where there was a siding with a platform made from old wagon underframes. From here another short branch served the town's gas works. There was also a private siding near the Tickenham Road for Mr Shoplands but this closed in about 1920. All these were between the station and the Portishead side of town. Conygar Quarry was served by a long siding from Walton Park station. There were more quarries in the Gordano Valley. Black Rock was the largest and had a double loop line in 1919 but more sidings were added in 1931. Nightingale Quarry had its own siding near Black Rock. In 1937 the Conygar Quarry transported 3,968 tons by rail and the other two moved 34,755 tons. Connecting lines When the line opened in 1897 there was no connection with other railways. A connection was made at Clevedon in 1898 when a tightly-curved line (of radius) was laid behind the engine shed to connect with the GWR's goods yard. locomotives ran with one pair of wheels uncoupled, making them s, so they could negotiate the tight curve of this line. The 1892 Act of Parliament to allow completion of the line also authorised connections to be built to the GWR at both Portishead and Weston-Super-Mare. The Portishead connection was brought into use on 2 November 1908 after which the connection at Clevedon was seldom used. The connection near Milton was never built, instead a 'Weston-Super-Mare Junction Light Railway' was proposed to take a line to Locking Road where it would connect with the Weston-super-Mare & District Tramway near their depot. It was hoped that coal traffic could be taken to the tramway company's depot and a nearby pottery, while tram cars from the sea front could reach the WC&PR. The Light Railway Commissioners refused approval for the connection to the depot and the lines were never built. Rolling stock Most of the locomotives and rolling stock were bought second-hand from