sentences:  The incline itself was of three rails; the inner or centre rail being common to wagons both ascending and descending the incline.There was no engine working the incline which worked on the balance principle; horsepower was used for shunting until introduction of a Simplex shunter in the 1920s.The line was opened in the 1890s and closed around 1940 although the rails across the road remained until 1967 when the link to British Rail was removed.