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This facility was based in the old goods shed at Ramsey station and consists of a display of various photographs, timetables, adverts and artefacts, notably including trailer Car 59 together with stuffed effigies of King Edward VII, Queen Alexandra and an MER man, featured against a substantial mur…
Road, Rail, Sea and Air
“The Island's former infrastructure minister has described a business case to secure the future of the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway and Tramway Terrace as as 'an investment in guaranteeing our heritage infrastructure'. The case for reinstating the tramway from Broadway to the Sea Terminal is set to be…
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The Island’s former infrastructure minister has described a business case to secure the future of the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway and Tramway Terrace as an investment in preserving our heritage infrastructure. The case for reinstating the tramway from Broadway to the Sea Terminal is scheduled for pre…
The Manx Electric Railway will operate tram services on Mondays and Fridays in March. These services will only run when Bus Vannin is experiencing strike action. As during the ten-day action which ended earlier this week these services will be treated like buses for ticketing. Standard bus fares wi…
David Bellamy has kindly made available photographs taken on the first day (February 23rd) the MER operated a replacement service as the Island’s bus services were hit by industrial action. Winter Saloon car 21 & Royal trailer 59 roll over Parsonage Road crossing as they depart Ramsey Station at 3.…
“The heritage railways have recorded another year of growing passenger numbers, with all four publicly owned lines seeing increased use. Latest figures show strong year-on-year growth of 4.5% from 2024 to 2025, building on an already successful period for the heritage rail network. The network, whi…
MER reactivated from its Winter Hibernation. Bus drivers on the Isle of Man are currently in the middle of a ten-day strike that commenced on Saturday, 21 February 2026. The industrial action is being led by the union Unite in a dispute with the Department of Infrastructure (DoI) over pay and condi…
The ongoing saga of the 'Halfway Horse Tramway'. “An MHK says a promise to bring reinstatement plans for the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway to May's Tynwald sitting is 'government dragging its heels'. The tramway currently only runs from Derby Castle to Broadway. In the House of Keys this week, Infrastr…
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Car 19 and a goods wagon are pictured climbing away from Laxey on the approach to South Cape, the summit of Snaefell can be seen in the distance. The overgrown, weed infested track and austerity livery carried by 19 indicate that the photograph was taken during the mid 1950s, the last days of the i…
Protours (IoM) Bova Integral 68 (MAN 1110), in schools vehicle yellow livery, waits at the TT Grandstand during June 2010 1-2 Chassis: Scania L94IB built 1999 Body: Irizar InterCentury 12.32 C53F (1); Irizar Century 12.35 C49Ft (2) Last Operator & Previous registration numbers: (1) Selwyns, Runcorn…
Having just shunted in preparation for a return to Douglas, Car 27 makes its way through Laxey Station in this animated view from August 1974. Maurice Faragher who was to later serve as Chief Engineer, can be seen seen standing on the running board alongside 27's motorman. In the distance, Tunnel C…
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