At the station, the loading bank in the goods yard was renewed and enlarged to cope with a continued increase in demand, livestock movements in the earliest days being a prime source of revenue.

The popularity of the railway continued to climb, although a strike by the cotton industry resulted in a dip in visitors during the season, and a coal strike had similar repercussions; this resulted in a heavy marketing strategy by the Railway Company.

A second and larger  breakdown crane was supplied by the Birmingham firm of Richard C. Gibbins & Co., and a replacement brake van which took the number of its destroyed predecessor, E.1, was provided from the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., a familiar supplier of stock.

Locomotives

The railway now boasted a fleet of seven locomotives, all provided by Beyer, Peacock & Co., of Gorton in Manchester, the most recent of which was No.7 Tynwald supplied in 1880 to cope with ever-climbing traffic demands