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Gallery 758: Manx Electric Railway 125th Anniversary - Part 1 1st to 4th September 2018

The Manx Electric Railway celebrated its 125th anniversary in style during the first week of September with events galore to mark the occasion. In this first part of our photographic look at the events covering the first four days (Monday 1st to Tuesday 4th September) we look at some of the highlights. We actually start off a few days before the main event started with a few images taken of not only the MER but also the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway, this includes views of Ratchet Car 14 on another test run ahead of its launch a few days later. We then move on to the first weekend which the prevailing theme of these two days unfortunately being rain and as such there were changes to the events programme on Saturday 1st but not before 1 and 2 conducted a parallel run. On Sunday 2nd we see the three 1s at Laxey Station as well as looking around Laxey Car Sheds. The sun put in an appearance from Monday 3rd and on this day 14 was launched into service and there was a unique opportunity to see 6 run with two wagons and a second parallel run using 1 and 2 followed in the evening. The final day covered in this collection was Tuesday 4th with the big highlight of this day being the Crossbench Photographic evening giving some stunning shots of the four Crossbench cars - 14, 16, 32 and 33 - high above the Irish Sea. There was also 33 running with two trailers in the form of 51 and 60 and a Mail Tram re-enactment. More on all these events can be found on our News & Features page: Days 1 and 2, Days 3 and 4. The rest of the event week will follow in a future update with a day per gallery for the reaminder of the week! Photographers: David Mee & Gareth Prior
All Photographs taken between Thursday 30th & Tuesday 4th September 2018


Douglas Bay Horse Tramway 44

Manx Electric Railway 14

Manx Electric Railway 60+19 & 14

Manx Electric Railway 14

Manx Electric Railway 1, 2 & 32

Manx Electric Railway 5

Manx Electric Railway 9

Manx Electric Railway 1 & 5

Manx Electric Railway 20+46

Manx Electric Railway 26

Manx Electric Railway 1+van 4+van 16

Manx Electric Railway 28 & 27

Manx Electric Railway 23

Manx Electric Railway 23

Snaefell Mountain Railway 1, Manx Electric Railway 1 & Douglas Bay Horse Tramway 1

Manx Electric Railway 1, 2 & Snaefell Mountain Railway 5

Manx Electric Railway 1, 2 & Snaefell Mountain Railway 5

Cake

Manx Electric Railway 19

Manx Electric Railway 19+44

Manx Electric Railway 14

Manx Electric Railway 14

Manx Electric Railway 14

Manx Electric Railway 6+wagon 8+wagon 10

Manx Electric Railway wagon 10+wagon 8+6

Manx Electric Railway wagon 10+wagon 8

Manx Electric Railway 6+wagon 8+wagon 10

Manx Electric Railway 6+wagon 8+wagon 10

Manx Electric Railway wagon 10+wagon 8+6

Manx Electric Railway 6+wagon 8+wagon 10

Snaefell Mountain Railway 1

Manx Electric Railway 22

Manx Electric Railway 1 & 2

Manx Electric Railway 1 & 2

Manx Electric Railway 1 & 2

Manx Electric Railway 1 & 2

Manx Electric Railway 1 & 2

Manx Electric Railway 22

Manx Electric Railway 22

Manx Electric Railway 33+51+60

Manx Electric Railway 6

Manx Electric Railway 19+57

Manx Electric Railway 20+47+van 4

Mail re-enactment

Manx Electric Railway 20+47+van 4

Mail re-enactment

Manx Electric Railway 20+47+van 4

Douglas Bay Horse Tramway 45

Manx Electric Railway 32 & 33

Manx Electric Railway 33

Manx Electric Railway 32

Manx Electric Railway 14

Manx Electric Railway 14 & 16

Manx Electric Railway 14 & 16

Manx Electric Railway 14 & 16

Manx Electric Railway 32, 33, 14 & 16

Manx Electric Railway 32 & 33

Manx Electric Railway 16 & 33

Manx Electric Railway 19 & 33

Manx Electric Railway 14 & 19

Manx Electric Railway 33 & 14

Manx Electric Railway 16 & 32

Manx Electric Railway 16 & 32

Manx Electric Railway 16, 32, 33 & 14

Manx Electric Railway 32, 16, 33 & 14

Manx Electric Railway 32

Manx Electric Railway 16

Manx Electric Railway 33

Manx Electric Railway 14

Manx Electric Railway 14

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