Road, Rail, Sea and Air
The Manx Electric Railway Society was dismayed to learn that on Friday, Car No.2 of 1895 with a full complement of passengers and a crew of two ran out of apparent control and at accelerating speed from a point somewhere to the North East of the upper section of Snaefell, apparently failing to stop…
Calls for investigation into tram safety. 'There have been calls for an independent investigation into safety and maintenance on the Island's trams. It's after an incident where a Snaefell Mountain Railway carriage suffered from 'brake failure'. Emergency controls had to be used to stop the carriag…
Passengers have told of their terrifying experience as a runaway tram careered out of control down Snaefell mountain. "An investigation is underway as a tram sustained brake failure after it left the summit terminus and hurtled across the Mountain Road at The Bungalow before the crew finally manage…
"We are treating the runaway tram incident very seriously, transport bosses have insisted." “A health and safety at work accident investigation is continuing into Friday’s incident on the Snaefell Mountain Railway in which a tram suffered what could have been catastrophic brake failure. The line wa…
Eyewitnesses claim incident worse than reported. Click Here To Listen To The Full Interview On Manx Radio's Mandate Programme. “A holidaymaker who was aboard an electric tram as it suffered brake failure claims rail bosses are downplaying the extent of the incident. Isle of Man Transport confirmed…
Bosses at Isle of Man Railways are investigating after a Snaefell Mountain Railway tram carriage suffered brake failure today.(Friday) “The drama happened during a descent from the summit this afternoon. It is understood there was a momentary lapse in the electric braking system which caused the tr…
Isle of Man Railways investigating incident "A Snaefell Mountain Railway tram carriage has suffered brake failure on a descent from the summit this afternoon, transport bosses have confirmed. Isle of Man Railways says a momentary lapse in the electric braking system caused the car to run approximat…
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Sum over £500,000 to date spent on the diesel loco, which perhaps unkindly has been branded the “Cabbage” "More than a hundred thousand pounds has been spent on the upkeep of Isle of Man Railways' diesel locomotive since 2013. Government funded the purchase of the £400,000 engine three years ago -…