 The tram line eventually reopened in 1950, with the track gauge changed and moved to the side of the pier (previously central) and from 1954 operated with new diesel trains, known as the "Silver Belle" and built by local engineer Harry Barlow who owned the Lakeside Miniature Railway.The stock was replaced in 1973 with "English Rose", which operated until the mid-1990s, at which time there were doubts over the pier's future.The "Silver Belle" stock became derelict at Steamport for some years, before moving to the West Lancashire Light Railway for conversion into carriages.