During the FIrst World War a logging line - The Downham Hall Timber Railway - operated three Bagnall locomotives between 1917 and 1922.
The bridge across the river was erected sectionally early in World War I by the Canadian Army for the Home Grown Timber Board, a part of the Ministry of Supply. The 3ft gauge logging line stretched from High Lodge for two and a half miles to sawmill with a second 1.5 mile branch to Little Lodge farm
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Some form of narrow guage railway was still in use in the 1980's with original track and equipment. The site was finally cleared in 1988.
Barry Griggs wrote a piece on the subject in 2006 in the Forestry Commision Association newsletter.
His article can be found here. FCA Newsletter
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