 Tonnage was over 200,000 after 1926.Rates agreed in 1932 were £0.0315 per ton to Shepherdswell, internal shunting at the colliery at £0.0126 per ton, 1,000 tons of free coal per year for railway use and £0.90 per ton over that.In return, the railway had to obtain all its coal from the colliery, and bad quality was to be a problem.