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Manx Transport Review No.96 - Spring/Summer 2018
FULL COLOUR - 102 Pages - Published: early August 2018 - £5.95 Sent free to Full Members of the Manx Electric Railway Society (see HOME page for membership details) Available direct from the Manx Electric Railway Society - £5.95 + £1.90 p&p - please make cheques/postal orders payable to the MANX EL…
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Full Annual Membership subscriptions (those paid by Cheque/Postal Order/Standing Order) became due for renewal on the 1st April 2018. Full and On-line subscriptions (paid via PAYPAL) fall due on the first and successive anniversaries of first joining the MERS. To renew your subscription or join the MERS by PAYPAL, click the green ‘Get Membership from Just £1 A Year’ link at the top left-hand corner of the MERS website homepage – www.mers.org.im. Alternatively, payment can be made by Cheque/Postal Order/ Standing Order by downloading a renewal form HERE. For membership enquiries and information contact the MERS at: [email protected]
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Trailer 54 blinks in daylight for the first time in years having been stored out of use in Laxey Depot since the mid 1970s. This view was taken shortly before the trailer was transferred to Derby Castle Depot, prior to being stored off the MER at the former Homefield Bus Garage. (Photo: MERS Collec…
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Former Douglas Horse Car No.34 UPDATE
Following the publication of the Press Release from the Manx Electric Railway Society in which it condemned the butchering of former Douglas Horse car No.34 in order to convert it into an Omnibus, the Isle of Man Motor Museum has made a response in an article published by Isle of Man Newspapers. Th…
Former Douglas Car No.34 - Press Release from the Manx Electric Railway Society
Press Release From The Manx Electric Railway Society Former Douglas Car No.34 It will be recalled that in August 2016 Douglas Borough Council disposed of six historic Horse Cars by offering them for sale at auction. Assurances were given at the time, that the cars were to be passed to ‘organisation…
Progress at Derby Castle Depot
Two members of the MERS committee were recently permitted to visit Derby Castle Depot where impressive work continues on the overhaul of cars both electric and horse. It is clear that there has been a sea change in the culture of tramcar maintenance and with increasing passenger numbers it is clear…
"Benefit Of Having A Network Of Railways"
"The Island's Heritage Transport Festival got underway yesterday (25 July), with many revelling in the memories of a bygone national treasure. For the first time in fifty years - since 1968 - a locomotive was showcased on the northern line. Government's SAVE programme states that: 'Infrastructure i…
Celebration Of Our Island’s Heritage Transport With Action-Packed Five-day Festival
"Isle of Man Railways are busy finalising the last details of preparation for an exciting programme of events in this year’s Manx Heritage Transport Festival. The festival promises to be the best year yet which starts next week and runs from the 25th to 29th July. Government employees together with…
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