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Isle of Man - September 2023 |
In a year of anniversaries on the Isle of Man, the Manx Electric Railway reached 130 years of operation on 7th September 2023. To mark the occasion a special event took place on Sunday 10th September, centred on Laxey where a Victoria Fayre took place.
In this collection our visit to the Isle of Man starts a couple of days before the 130th anniversary events on Friday 8th September and we feature some general images of the Manx Electric Railway as well as the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway and Snaefell Mountain Railway before we move on to event day. This started with a couple of parallel runs using 1 and 2, firstly to Groudle and then a little bit later to Laxey with the Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man on-board 1 to start the day's festivities. As well as the Victorian Fayre at Laxey there was an enhanced service running on the MER as well as behind the scenes tours of both the MER sheds at Laxey and the Snaefell Sheds (not featured in this collection). We then end things on the day after the event with some more general shots (not including the horse trams as they don't run on a Monday at this time of year). |
Photographer: Gareth Prior Photographs were taken between Friday 8th and Monday 11th September 2023. |