[1] "a dead duck of a railway from inception"[1]In the middle of the line, there was a cable-worked incline at 1 in 6 (16%).
As the quarry was at the top of the incline, the incline could be worked as self-acting: the weight of full ore wagons descending was sufficient to draw the empties back up.
Within three years it was found that the iron ore deposits were uneconomic, and the line ceased operating in 1925.
In 1942, permanent way from the lower portion of the line was requisitioned for the construction of the army depot now known as MoD Kineton.
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