Saltfleet Station renamed Saltfleetby via the Saltfleet (3 miles) to Somercotes Station ½ a mile south of the village of North Somercotes.
It runs over flat terrain parallel to the B1200 then A1031 with small bridges to cross drainage canals.
and Saturdays to serve a population of approximately 1,500 1891-1971.
Goods trains are run as required mostly for Sand from the pits near the terminus and agricultural goods from local farms.
Passenger trains run in the tourist season.
Mixed Sand Passenger
Station Sandpit
Panoramas Fiddle Yard Notice
The mixed arrives
Stops at the Platform
Collects the out bound van from the Goods Shed
Leaves the open by the platform
The in bound goods van is left by the Goods Shed
The open is returned to the siding
The van then break van is marshalled at the back of the train
The mixed is ready to depart
The mixed returns to
A train of empty sand skips arriving
The loco collects the full skips
And leaves the empty skips
The train moves to the loop and (see above) runs round and shunts the break van to the back.
The passenger arrives
Stops at the platform
The loco runs round and places the break at the back
The passenger is off
Station building waiting room and booking/parcels office
Goods shed
Toilets - uses a cesspit as there are no mains so kept away from the station building in case of smells!
The slurry is fed into a hopper with an auger in a pipe known as a sand screw or dewatering screw.
Water extraction also removes the dirt from the sand the dirty water returns to the pit.
The slowly turning auger elevates the sand and it spills into the hopper over the track.
The pipe for water and dirt returning to the pit is in the left of the hut.
The sand house is positioned using wires.
