[10] To reduce costs a horse-drawn service was provided in 1856 between Drumburgh, Glasson, and Port Carlisle; however, in 1914 steam power was introduced; finally to try to avoid closure a steam railmotor called 'Flower of Yarrow' was built and this service to Port Carlisle railway station via Drumburgh lasted until the branch was closed in 1932.

The Port Carlisle Railway Company had agreed to supply a locomotive if the C&SBRDC provided rolling stock.

[11] The 'Flower of Yarrow' Sentinel Railcar used on the line was driven by James Grey with T. Jackson as the fireman worked on the Port Carlisle Railway in 1932 before its final closure.

[13] The station sat to the south of the village, reached by minor road; it had a single central or island platform, a shelter and a signal box.

The branch ran close to the south bank of the Solway Firth and the course of Hadrians Wall at Glasson and elsewhere, heading over low ground to the terminus of the line at Port Carlisle.