Apart from Ingleby Incline, no major engineering works were constructed, and as such, particularly the east branch, the railway followed the contours of the surrounding hillside.

[6] The branch to the east mines ran northwards from Blakey Junction for 1.2 miles (2 km) before curving eastwards and southwards, following the contours of the hillside.

Trains would convey them to either Middlesbrough or Stockton and on the return, they would be carried up Ingleby Incline on the buffer beams of wagons, so that they need not walk up with their shopping.

[14] Hoole and Huby (see Sources, below) reported that there was no signalling on the line but documentary evidence and the Ordnance Survey maps indicate that this was not the case.

[24] A single line extended up the incline to the roughly half-way point where the track split into two to allow wagons to pass each other.

[25] A pointsman's cabin was located at the double track section, which would control which side that the trucks went up and down, it being varied for each iteration so that the ropes did not get crossed over.

[21] Treadles set into the line, ran bells in the brakesman's cabin by the drum house to warn of ascending wagons.

[6] The wooden inserts on the drums which connected with the cables, needed replacing every five weeks due to wear, costing £20.00 each time for a new set.

[29] The drum house was demolished in the early days of the Second World War, as it was believed it could be used as a landmark for enemy aircraft attacking Middlesbrough and the North East.

In 1895, the thaw started in March allowing the line to re-open by April, but by June, large snowdrifts were still extant on the moor tops.

Operations continued for a few years extracting the valuable calcine dust from the slag heaps but traffic on the line finally ceased in 1929.

[33] The original kilns at Rosedale West are still visible, whilst the nearby engine shed was dismantled with the stone being used for the construction of the village hall at Hutton-le-Hole, further down the valley.

[7] LIDAR surveying of the east line by Historic England has discovered the site of a navvy encampment around the 2-mile (3.2 km) point.