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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.


Manx Electric Railway 42 & 32

Manx Electric Railway 32

Manx Electric Railway 20+wagon 10+van 16

Manx Electric Railway 32 & 20

Manx Electric Railway 32+42

Ramsey Pier Planet

Snaefell Mountain Railway 5 & Manx Electric Railway 9+48

Snaefell Mountain Railway 5

Manx Electric Railway 2+49

Douglas Bay Horse Tramway 36

Snaefell Mountain Railway 5 & 1

Manx Electric Railway 49+9 & Snaefell Mountain Railway 5 & 1

Snaefell Mountain Railway truck & 5

Snaefell Mountain Railway 5

Snaefell Mountain Railway 5

Snaefell Mountain Railway 1

Snaefell Mountain Railway 1

Snaefell Mountain Railway 1

Manx Electric Railway 32+51

Snaefell Mountain Railway 2

Manx Electric Railway 9+49

Manx Electric Railway 9+49 & Snaefell Mountain Railway 5

Manx Electric Railway 49+9

manx Electric Railway 48+20

Manx Electric Railway 41

Manx Electric Railway 6 & 41

Douglas Bay Horse Tramway 36

Manx Electric Railway 2+44

Manx Electric Railway 44 & 2

Manx Electric Railway 2 interior

Manx Electric Railway 2

Manx Electric Railway 32

Manx Electric Railway 32

Manx Electric Railway 2 & 1 & Douglas Bay Horse Tramway 36

Manx Electric Railway 2 & 1

Manx Electric Railway 2

Manx Electric Railway 48+9

Manx Electric Railway 1 & 2

Manx Electric Railway 20

Manx Electric Railway 14

Manx Electric Railway 14 & 20+42

Douglas Bay Horse Tramway Strathallan Depot

Douglas Bay Horse Tramway Strathallan Depot

Manx Electric Railway 7 & 1

Manx Electric Railway 7

Manx Electric Railway 5+54

Manx Electric Railway 6+44

Manx Electric Railway 28

Manx Electric Railway 52 & 26

Manx Electric Railway 25, 52, 26 & 33

Manx Electric Railway 50

Manx Electric Railway 40

Manx Electric Railway 46

Manx Electric Railway 43

Manx Electric Railway 46 & 31

Manx Electric Railway 26

Manx Electric Railway 26 & 46

Manx Electric Railway 30 & 46

Manx Electric Railway 23

Manx Electric Railway 14

Snaefell Mountain Railway 5 & Manx Electric Railway 6+44

130th Anniversary Plaque

Snaefell Mountain Railway 2

Manx Electric Railway 16+49

Manx Electric Railway 16+48 & Snaefell Mountain Railway 2

Manx Electric Railway 6+44 & 14

Manx Electric Railway 14 & 16+49

Manx Electric Railway 49 & 16

Douglas Bay Horse Tramway 21 & 12

Douglas Bay Horse Tramway 18

Douglas Bay Horse Tramway Strathallan Depot

Douglas Bay Horse Tramway 18

Manx Electric Railway 32+59

Manx Electric Railway 32+59

Manx Electric Railway 59+32 & 7

Manx Electric Railway 14

Manx Electric Railway 7

Manx Electric Railway 1 & 7

Manx Electric Railway 1

Manx Electric Railway 2+51

Manx Electric Railway 2

Douglas Bay Horse Tramway 36

Manx Electric Railway 54+5

Manx Electric Railway 48+9

Manx Electric Railway 16+49

Manx Electric Railway 59+32

Manx Electric Railway 7

Manx Electric Railway 6+44

Manx Electric Railway 6

Manx Electric Railway 9+44

Snaefell Mountain Railway 2 & Manx Electric Railway 9+44

Snaefell Mountain Railway 1 & 2

Manx Electric Railway 9+44 & 6

Manx Electric Railway 44+9 & Snaefell Mountain Railway 2 & 1

Manx Electric Railway 44 & Snaefell Mountain Railway 2 & 1

Manx Electric Railway 9+44 & 48+5 & Snaefell Mountain Railway 2

Manx Electric Railway 48

Manx Electric Railway 5

Manx Electric Railway 48+5

Manx Electric Railway 20 & 42

Manx Electric Railway 42

Manx Electric Railway 20+42

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This page was added on Sunday 1st October 2023


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