Far Tottering and Oyster Creek Branch Railway

A whimsical view of British rural life and embodying his typical fanciful mechanics,[1] it echoed the similar works of Heath Robinson and Rube Goldberg.

[2] The three locomotives were: They were constructed to Emett's designs by Harry Barlow, using war-surplus Fordson diesel engines on a fifteen inch gauge 4-6-2 chassis.

[2] The Barlow chassis of Neptune would later become Prince Charles on the Lakeside Miniature Railway at Southport.

[3] However, on 11 July 1951, two full trains approached head-on on the single track section, close to Oyster Creek station.

[3][4] It continued with other Barlow locomotives until 1975,[2] when the line closed, partially due to the decline of the funfair itself.