It remained in service until about 1985 before being sold to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway, Havenstreet.
A notable Victorian resident was Lancashire industrialist John Rylands who bought land in the village in 1882 and built a large house which he named Longford after his primary residence in his home area.
Haylands forms part of the local electoral ward of Havenstreet, Ashey and Haylands and at the Isle of Wight Council election in 2009 elected Independent councillor Vanessa Churchman.
W24 Calbourne, was bought by the Wight Locomotive Society, which in 1971 moved its headquarters to Havenstreet and became the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.