Creekmoor Light Railway

With the closure and demolition of the Upton (formerly Lytchett Brick Co. Ltd) Brickworks to make way for a residential development their narrow gauge network, which had been in use since 1901, was scrapped allowing rails and sleepers, two 4-wheel drive locomotives (one workable), 8 vee skips, 12 tall brick carrying trollies/wagons and accessories to be acquired for the Creekmoor project, with other railway equipment from the brickworks being purchased by the Launceston Steam Railway.

In late October 1968 construction commenced with the line running for just over half a mile from land adjacent to the former Creekmoor Halt Station across smallholdings held by Trevor Waterman - the project's initiator - and his brother. They planned to utilise the railway to carry feed for their pigs.

The construction of the railway was a makeshift affair with sheds being constructed from scrap material and rolling stock adapted from available stock.

A 16-foot-long (4.9 m) flat bogie rail carrier, a 14 ft (4.3 m) bogie coach to carry 12 passengers, and a tool van were all built using the chassis and framework. This was flame cut from the brick carrying trollies, cutting down the pillars. Typically, a chassis had to be cut in half, a section of angle iron then welded on each end resulting in two bogies, each needing two axle boxes / wheels.

During 1970 ten shillings were offered, and accepted by the British Rail Property division, for the Creekmoor Light Railway to remove all the redundant signal lattice posts, arms, signs and dummy signals from the line approaching Broadstone.

The line was operated for five years, usually late afternoon until after dusk. Fridays, Saturdays and access often extended on Sundays with occasional visits from members of the local Railway Club.

Turning the coach into the engine shed road was a curiosity. The main track ran down over a ditch to a short stub of only eight feet, the passenger coach being fourteen, firstly had its 4-foot-long (1.2 m) bogie run onto the stub, Right hand point crossed over, coach pushed over, the new set route, which, with the coach length swinging in an arc, would position it on the turntable. Then 2nd bogie over the point, reset, and pushed up on the outer line alongside the locos in the shed.