Timber was indeed shipped by rail from Fenit until the early seventies for Mc Cowens, who had a number of private sidings in Tralee. I recall the timber being unload by the steam cranes and Bulleid opens and flats being shunted by a G class from the pier to the station.
To the best of my knowledge the startch shipment Mayner mentioned was the last rail traffic on the pier. I was a teenager at the time and having got wind of the shipment cycled with a friend from Tralee to observe the action. Tralee no longer had a G class so a CIE lorry with a sleeper tied to the front was used to shunt wagons on and off of the pier. An A class hauled the train, all Bulleid opens except for one H van loaded with tarps to protect the shipment which was in sacks. Oh to have had a camera that day.