On 4 June 1900, just over a month after the railway had officially opened, Godred was coming back down the mountain with his coach, when he derailed on Devil's Back and rolled down the mountain. Luckily, his coach remained on the rails so nobody was hurt in the accident, but Godred was badly damaged. When he was recovered the following day, Godred was found to be beyond being repaired and the Manager knew it would be too expensive to mend him, so he was scrapped