workshop at Cuckoo's Nest at Pulford. Rolling stock The first engine was "Katie", an with Brown/Heywood valvegear (it had originally been intended to fit Stephenson/Howe valvegear). Following this were two identical locomotives, "Shelagh" and "Ursula". Further details are given below. Katie proved capable of handling up to on the level, or on the gradient, at a speed of around . Under test, was achieved in safety. All rolling stock was built to negotiate curves of minimum radius. Self-acting coupler-buffers were fitted and measures were taken to ensure interchangeability of parts. Thirty open wagons and a 4-wheeled brake van were initially provided, each wagon carrying about of coal or of bricks. The wagon 'tops' were removable to allow them to be used as flats, and bolster fittings were supplied to carry long items such as timber. An open 16 seat bogie coach, a bogie parcel van (for 'game') and a small open 4 wheeled brake 'van' were also provided at the opening. Finally, a closed bogie passenger vehicle, some long seating 12 people inside and four outside, a bogie brake van seating four inside and four outside were supplied after opening. Other wagons were constructed by the Eaton Estate and rebuilt over the years. Locomotives 1896 Katie boiler grate area heating surface cylinders wheel diameter Brown/Heywood valve gear. 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. In 2016 Katie was rebuilt, using its original frames. The engine has been on display at the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Museum, although it has occasionally been run, its first service was in 2018. 1904 Shelagh boiler grate area heating surface cylinders wheel diameter Brown/Heywood valve gear. 1916 Ursula as Shelagh Operation Lord Heywood envisaged that the line could transport about per year. Freight would mainly be coal, timber, road metal and bricks. Heywood believed this to be perfectly adequate for a gauge of railway. One of Eaton Hall's fuel suppliers was the Chester fuel merchant Allan Morris & Co. It arranged for fuel supplies to be delivered in Standard-gauge waggons to Balderton sidings where the coal could be transferred into the line's narrow gauge trucks. Closure Eaton Hall railway closed in 1946 and was lifted in 1947. Sections of it