Due to the lack of liquidity, Outram threatened the company in February 1801 to stop all work if he was not paid.

The company complained about Outram's workmanship and contracted Joseph Wilkes of Measham and other inspectors, to assess the line in 1802 and 1803.

The tramway is recognised as "well ahead of its time" and "a milestone in transport technology and a model for the modern railway systems which followed thirty years later.

[5] Some of the embankments and cuts cans still be seen, as well as a bridge (The Arch) over the Main Street in Ticknall, which is still being used by farmers.

The longer tunnel is an underpass of the main drive to Calke Abbey, the hall of the Harpur family, which is now owned by the National Trust.