 This weekday pattern continued until closure, though Sunday services were more variable, especially during the Second World War.Steam railcars were used for many years, but from 1950 if not earlier the core motive power was a push-pull set powered by a late-LMS 2-6-2T as in the photograph above.Great effort and money was expended on tourist services to Lakeside, but Coniston received much less attention in railway days and remains a relative backwater today.