Earl Fitzwilliam's private railway near Rotherham, South Yorkshire, was constructed in order to link the Earl's coal interests to the southeast of his Wentworth estate with the Greasbrough Canal, also owned by his estate, which gave an outlet to the River Dun (Don) Navigation.
In the early 19th century, a wagonway connected the Earl's coal pits at High Stubbin and Swallow Wood to the Greasbrough Canal.
This line ran alongside the construction works of the North Midland Railway before joining the canal bank.
A connection was made from the North Midland Railway to the Earl's line, which rendered the branch from Holmes redundant.
34, an outside cylinder, six-coupled side tank locomotive, works No.1523, built in 1925 and delivered new to the Appleby-Frodingham Steel Company in Scunthorpe, which came to the line in the 1950s; and No.