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Crowle Peatland Railway

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the Scientific Peat Company with William Thomas. Herbert Pickett from Crowle became an additional partner in 1950, and in 1951, the company was bought out by his son Sid Pickett, and Herbert Mason. Turves were conveyed to the mill on a trailer pulled by a Fordson Major tractor, although a short section of tramway was used on the moors between 1954 and 1957. A diesel engine replaced the paraffin engine which powered the mill in 1955, and the mill was connected to an electricity supply in 1957. The peat was processed for horticultural use, and the firm pioneered the use of polythene packaging on Thorne Moors. Consequently, the company was renamed in 1960, becoming Poly-Peat Products. The mill was subsequently used by Ken Crow Peat Products, Richgro Peat, and finally Fernmoor UK Limited, which was incorporated in 2002, and was the last peat company to be formed.
214:, which moved the county boundary so that the Crowle turbary land was included in Lincolnshire. Peat exploitation to the east of the Swinefleet Warping Drain was always on a smaller scale than on Thorne Moors to the west of the drain, and in 1993 the boundary was realigned slightly, so that it followed the course of the drain. Over the years there were several small peat moss mills established in Crowle, all near to Moor Middle Road, and each working a ribbon of moorland which ran north-westwards from the mill to the parish boundary. The British Moss Litter Company also extracted peat from Crowle Moors, taking it to Medge Hall and Swinefleet Works, but this ceased in 1956 after a disastrous fire on the moors. 194:' to tenants, which allowed them to cut peat for their own purposes, but not to sell peat to third parties. There were attempts in the early 1800s to improve the moors for agricultural use, but by the time Makin Durham, one of the chief protagonists, died in 1882, there was a shift towards extracting peat for commercial purposes. In 1896 the Hatfield Chase Peat Moss Litter Company amalgamated with the Griendtsveen Moss Litter Company and other smaller companies who were working on Thorne Moors, to become the British Moss Litter Company. The new company controlled all of the major peat works on the moors, and began installing 260:
suitable location could be found to store them. The Poly-Peat site was now owned by North Lincolnshire Council, and became the base for the operation, while the Society was renamed Crowle Peatland Railway. They received funding of £10,000 from North Lincolnshire Council and the Isle of Axholme and Hatfield Chase Landscape Partnership to fund the restoration of the locomotives. The Partnership obtained a grant of £1.84 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund, which benefitted a number of local projects, including the railway. The Schoma locomotives were moved from Norfolk to a
319:, after a retired worker, with the nameplate fitted to the front of the bonnet. In the late 1990s, Alan Keef designed a 125 hp (93 kW) bo-bo locomotive to replace them, but the project did not proceed due to the costs, and instead, two of the locomotives were rebuilt with 6-cylinder 105 hp (78 kW) engines and better air conditioning units. Conversion of the third locomotive, number 5220, did not occur, again because of costs. After rail operations ceased on the moors, 5130 was mounted on a plinth at the front of Hatfield Works, with the nameplate from 243:, with the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust managing most of Crowle Moors. The peat works at Crowle, then run by Fernmoor, was known to be operating without planning permission, and the North Lincolnshire Council (Crowle) Discontinuance Order 2002 sought to shut down the operation. Peat extraction continued, despite the issuing of an Enforcement Notice and a Stop Notice in March 2003, and it was not until 2007 that peat extraction finally ceased after a long-running public enquiry published its findings. Fernmoor was wound up on 25 September 2007. 286: 252:
initially called the Crowle and Thorne Moors Peat Railway Society, with the aim of restoring the locomotive, and using the maintenance shed at Bank Top as a base for a short running track. It would also serve to promote the history and heritage of the peat railways. However, the scheme did not meet with the approval of Natural England, although they were supportive of the aims of the society, and donated the locomotive and bin harvesters to them. They were removed from the moors in 2015, and temporarily stored on a local farm.
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1992. During restoration at North Lindsey College, the main bearing journals were found to be completely worn out, which was probably the reason for it being abandoned on the moors. College members were unable to reassemble the locomotive at Crowle due to the Covid pandemic, and it was assembled by volunteers. This work was completed by 19 June 2021, when it ran under its own power again. The restoration was shortlisted for the 2023 Heritage Railway Association awards, in the diesel and electric locomotion category.
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was supplied with a slave unit, looking like a flat truck, which weighed a similar amount and had hydraulic motors which could be driven from the locomotive. Works numbers were 5129 and 5130, with the slave units numbered 5131 and 5132. The following year, Fisons bought a third locomotive, number 5220 with slave unit 5221. From February 1993, this locomotive was named
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locomotives that had worked on the moors were for sale by a dealer based in Norfolk. Two visits were made to inspect them, the second on 16 February 2015, after which a price was agreed, although the locomotives, together with three slave units, remained at the premises of the dealer Ray King until a
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In 1990, Fisons bought two new Schoma locomotives from Christoph Schőttler Gmbh, of Diepholz in Germany. They were rather bigger than previous motive power, weighing around 5 tonnes and were fitted with engines developing 86 hp (64 kW). They were 4-wheel diesel hydraulic machines, and each
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Keadby Grange Windfarm, to finance the construction of a new Romney hut, to act as a workshop for the project Planning permission for the building was granted on 30 June 2017 and the Schoma locomotives were moved into the completed building on 5 September 2018. Meanwhile, the Simplex locomotive was
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The longest-running site on Crowle Moor was that based at Moors Farm, where horses pulled wagons loaded with hand-cut turves along a single tramway track to a mill. The farm was bought by Clifford Cowling in 1940, who initially used the 26-acre (11 ha) site for agriculture, but in 1947 set up
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The two remaining Schomas and all three slave units eventually arrived at Ray King's site in Norfolk, to be purchased by Crowle Peatland Railway and moved to Crowle on 10 May 2016. The third Schoma locomotive was donated to the railway by Evergreen Horticulture, who manage Hatfield Peat Works, in
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in 1967, with the works number 40s302, and bought new by Fisons. When new, it had a fairly low cab, but a number of locomotives had their cabs extended upwards, to allow the drivers to stand up and see over the top of the wagons, and 40s302 was running with an extended cab and exhaust pipe by May
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Following the demise of commercial activity on Crowle and Thorne Moors, they became part of the Humberhead National Nature Reserve. The tramway tracks were removed, but various equipment was left at Bank Top, including one of the Simplex locomotives and some bin harvesters. A society was formed,
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in 1994, in a climate where there was relentless pressure from environmentalists to recognise the ecological value of the moors. This culminated in the government buying the peat extraction rights for Thorne and Hatfield Moors from Scotts in 2002 for £17 million. On most of the moors, no further
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As of May 2019, there was no electricity supply to the Romney hut. The supply company Northern Powergrid (Yorkshire) acting on behalf of North Lincolnshire Council applied for permission to rebuild 9 spans of an existing overhead 11kV power line supplying adjacent housing, on 7 May 2019. This
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Between 1947 and the demise of commercial working, 23 internal combustion locomotives worked on the moors. All were 4-wheel vehicles, and they came from a variety of manufacturers. Nine locomotives were bought for preservation between 1992 and the close of the system. They were regauged to
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Crowle Moor is effectively an eastward extension of Thorne Moor. The Commission of 1630 gave turbary rights to the inhabitants and tenants of Crowle, but the 400 acres (160 ha) of land to which they had rights was in Yorkshire. This anomaly was noted by the
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for some years for a project that did not materialise. They received a grant from the SSE Keadby Wind Farm Fund to allow them to buy the vehicle. They intend to retain the interior in authentic condition, but it will not run under its own power at the railway.
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provided a 3-phase supply at 150kva, to power workshop machinery. In June 2019, the railway received £107,000 from North Lincolnshire Council, to fund a visitor centre, education facilities, a shop, toilets and a cafe. Crowle Moors are part of a
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over the management of 144 acres (58 ha) of Crowle Moor as a nature reserve. The Trust bought 290 acres (120 ha) in 1987, which included the area they had been managing since 1971. Fisons gave 2,340 acres (9.5 km) of moorland to
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Following closure of the Born na Mona system of peat railways in Ireland, the railway purchased a Hunslet Wagonmaster, number LM336 in June 2024. It was transported to Crowle, and was being serviced before being put into operational use.
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in the 1620s, there was unrest, with local people clashing with the incoming people who settled the land that had been drained. A Commission was created to resolve issues over common land, and in 1630 gave
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extraction of peat occurred, although cut peat continued to be removed by Scotts until 2005. By the end of 2005, some 4,020 acres (16.25 km) of Thorne and Crowle Moors had been designated as a
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and Art Gallery in 2007. One locomotive was abandoned at Bank Top around 1996, and it was this that sparked the idea for the railway. It was a 40 hp (30 kW) Simplex, manufactured by
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before being moved to Crowle. The trailer was also originally a type 17A trolley, but was dismantled and no details of its works number or early history are known.
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The transition of the moors from an industrial workplace to an ecological resource began in 1971, when Fisons reached an agreement with the predecessor of the
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and an unpowered trailer to the railway in 2021. The powered vehicle is a type 17A trolley, works number 4091, which was built in 1961 for the
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moved to North Lindsey College, for engineering students to carry out the restoration work as part of their course.
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In June 2020, the railway purchased a Lisbon tram, number 711, which had been imported to Britain and stored at
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Schomas 5220 of 1991 (front) and 5129 of 1990 (rear) in Crowle Peatland Railway's Romney Hut
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The Old Peatworks site on Crowle Moors in the 1950s when operated by the Picketts.
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Townley, Angus (October 2013). "Crowle & Thorne Moors Peat Railway Society".
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Schoma 5129 (left) and 5220 (right) with Simplex "Little Peat" in the centre.
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have a long history of being exploited for peat. Following
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In 2014, the Society discovered that two of the original
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1691: 1688: 1681: 1677: 1663: 1660: 1658: 1655: 1653: 1650: 1648: 1645: 1643: 1640: 1638: 1635: 1633: 1630: 1628: 1625: 1623: 1620: 1618: 1615: 1613: 1610: 1608: 1605: 1603: 1600: 1598: 1595: 1593: 1590: 1588: 1585: 1583: 1580: 1578: 1575: 1573: 1570: 1568: 1565: 1563: 1560: 1558: 1555: 1553: 1550: 1548: 1545: 1543: 1540: 1538: 1535: 1533: 1530: 1528: 1525: 1523: 1520: 1518: 1515: 1513: 1512:Lavender Line 1510: 1508: 1505: 1503: 1500: 1498: 1495: 1493: 1490: 1488: 1485: 1483: 1480: 1478: 1475: 1473: 1470: 1468: 1465: 1463: 1460: 1458: 1455: 1453: 1450: 1448: 1445: 1443: 1440: 1438: 1435: 1433: 1430: 1428: 1425: 1423: 1420: 1418: 1415: 1413: 1410: 1408: 1405: 1403: 1400: 1398: 1395: 1393: 1390: 1388: 1385: 1383: 1382:Bowes Railway 1380: 1378: 1375: 1373: 1370: 1368: 1365: 1363: 1360: 1358: 1355: 1353: 1350: 1349: 1347: 1343: 1337: 1334: 1332: 1329: 1327: 1324: 1322: 1319: 1317: 1314: 1312: 1309: 1307: 1304: 1302: 1299: 1297: 1294: 1292: 1289: 1287: 1284: 1282: 1279: 1277: 1274: 1272: 1269: 1267: 1264: 1262: 1259: 1257: 1254: 1252: 1249: 1247: 1244: 1242: 1239: 1237: 1234: 1232: 1229: 1227: 1224: 1222: 1219: 1217: 1214: 1212: 1209: 1207: 1204: 1202: 1199: 1197: 1194: 1192: 1189: 1187: 1184: 1183: 1181: 1177: 1173: 1166: 1162: 1157: 1150: 1145: 1143: 1138: 1136: 1131: 1130: 1127: 1123: 1121: 1116: 1108: 1100: 1095: 1092: 1087: 1083: 1077: 1074: 1069: 1065: 1058: 1055: 1050: 1046: 1040: 1037: 1034:, p. 69. 1033: 1028: 1025: 1021: 1016: 1013: 1009: 1004: 1001: 997: 992: 989: 985: 980: 977: 972: 968: 962: 959: 955: 950: 947: 943: 938: 936: 932: 929:, p. 68. 928: 923: 920: 917:, p. 65. 916: 911: 908: 903: 899: 895: 888: 885: 881: 876: 873: 868: 864: 858: 855: 851: 846: 843: 839: 834: 831: 827: 822: 820: 816: 811: 807: 801: 799: 797: 795: 791: 786: 782: 776: 774: 770: 766: 761: 758: 754: 749: 746: 742: 741:Stoneman 2006 737: 734: 731:, p. 30. 730: 725: 723: 719: 716:, p. 85. 715: 710: 707: 704:, p. 82. 703: 698: 695: 691: 686: 683: 679: 674: 671: 667: 662: 659: 655: 650: 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original 785:the original 765:Townley 2013 760: 748: 736: 709: 697: 685: 678:Limbert 2011 673: 666:Limbert 2011 661: 649: 637: 625: 620:, p. 8. 613: 601: 575: 567:the original 546: 522: 509: 486: 473: 456: 433: 420: 403: 391:the original 386: 374:Bibliography 368: 348:Fort William 337: 329: 325: 320: 316: 313: 292: 271: 254: 250: 228: 216: 208: 177: 154: 153: 120:0°51′21.00″W 86:Town or city 63:Lincolnshire 18: 2026:Isle of Man 327:June 2019. 300:762 mm 200:914 mm 165:, England. 132: / 107:Coordinates 2046:Categories 1867:Combe Rail 1008:Booth 1998 996:Booth 1998 954:Booth 1998 942:Booth 1998 880:Booth 2019 654:Booth 1998 642:Booth 1998 630:Booth 1998 618:Booth 1998 606:Booth 1998 593:References 308:Motor Rail 262:Romney hut 174:Background 1577:Peak Rail 1020:Keef 2008 902:1466-0180 584:1466-0180 531:1468-2087 196:3 ft 2011:Scotland 1068:Archived 867:Archived 551:Archived 514:Archived 478:Archived 461:Archived 425:Archived 408:Archived 364:Tamworth 2006:England 358:and at 169:History 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Crowle Peatland Railway is located in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire
Crowle, Lincolnshire
England
Coordinates
53°37′04.00″N 0°51′21.00″W / 53.6177778°N 0.8558333°W / 53.6177778; -0.8558333
Crowle
North Lincolnshire
Thorne and Hatfield Moors
Cornelius Vermuyden
Hatfield Chase
turbary rights
Axholme Joint Railway
Local Government Act 1888

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
English Nature
National Nature Reserve
Schoma
Romney hut
SSE
Site of Special Scientific Interest

Doncaster Museum
Motor Rail
Walton-on-the-Naze
Wickham trolley
Lochaber Railway
Fort William

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