Category Archives: Manx Electric Railway

In Preview: Manx Heritage Transport Festival 2017

Posted on Tuesday 18 July 2017 by Gareth Prior

The Manx Heritage Transport Festival will be taking place between Wednesday 26th and Sunday 30th July and once again the event will feature special events across the Isle of Man’s many railways and tramways. Highlights on the Manx Electric Railway … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 16

Posted on Tuesday 30 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Another edition of Picture in Time takes us across the Irish Sea to the Isle of Man for a photo from the Manx Electric Railway.

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MER Winter Saloon 22 suffers fire

Posted on Friday 19 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

Manx Electric Railway Winter Saloon 22 – a vehicle not exactly a stranger to fire – suffered a fire whilst in service on Monday 15th May close to Ballaglass Glen causing disruption to services and passengers to be transferred to … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 9

Posted on Tuesday 2 May 2017 by Gareth Prior

This edition of Picture in Time returns to the Isle of Man and we find ourselves on the Manx Electric Railway once again with a duo of images showing illuminated Tunnel Car no. 9.

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Event Preview: Rush Hour on the Railways – Isle of Man

Posted on Sunday 2 April 2017 by Gareth Prior

Now an established part of the operating season across the Isle of Man’s various railways and tramways, Rush Hour on the Railways will once again be taking place over the Easter weekend. This time the four day spectacular will be … Continue reading →

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Manx Electric Railway early season update

Posted on Saturday 25 March 2017 by Gareth Prior

It’s been a while since we last had an update on recent events on the Manx Electric Railway where services resumed for another season on 9th March and have been continuing early season operations since – including the return of … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway – Derby Castle

Posted on Tuesday 21 March 2017 by Gareth Prior

The Isle of Man is the location for our archive photo as part of Picture in Time today as we find ourselves at Derby Castle, Douglas in 1993.

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 20

Posted on Tuesday 21 February 2017 by Gareth Prior

It’s time for another edition of Picture in Time as we delve into the archives and today find ourselves on the Isle of Man in 1992. The tram feature in this edition is Manx Electric Railway Winter Saloon 20.

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Manx Electric Railway 125th anniversary celebration – more details announced

Posted on Friday 17 February 2017 by Gareth Prior

Whilst most of us are still waiting to find out what is going to happen in 2017 Isle of Man Railways are going one step further by already announcing some outline details of what they will be doing to celebrate … Continue reading →

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Repaints continue on the MER

Posted on Friday 17 February 2017 by Gareth Prior

As previously reported on these pages the workshops at Derby Castle have been very busy over the winter period with repaints aplenty underway ahead of an exciting year of new looks for various cars in 2017.

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 2

Posted on Tuesday 24 January 2017 by Gareth Prior

Today Picture in Time is back on the Isle of Man as we take a trip to Ramsey and find one of the “oldest trams in the world to still run on their original line” operating over 50 years ago … Continue reading →

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Green is the colour!

Posted on Sunday 11 December 2016 by Gareth Prior

In 1957 the Manx Electric Railway was nationalised and with this nationalisation came a new livery with green replacing the traditional colours previously seen on the line. To mark the 60th anniversary of this 2017 will see several vehicles on … Continue reading →

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Get ready to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Manx Electric Railway…in 2018!

Posted on Friday 9 December 2016 by Gareth Prior

Now we like early planning but in possibly the earliest announcement of a special event Isle of Man Railways have confirmed that there will be a celebration of the 125th Anniversary of the Manx Electric Railway for a not to … Continue reading →

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MER prepares for 2017

Posted on Thursday 1 December 2016 by Gareth Prior

No sooner had the 2016 season on the Manx Electric Railway finished then attention was turned to preparing both the fleet and infrastructure for 2017. It is planned that this winter will see a number of repaints with some trams … Continue reading →

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 6

Posted on Monday 14 November 2016 by Gareth Prior

We are on the Isle of Man again for today’s Picture in Time image as our archive finds itself in 1977 for a view at Derby Castle.

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Picture in Time: Manx Electric Railway 33

Posted on Tuesday 6 September 2016 by Gareth Prior

Our latest visit to the archives sees us arrive on the Isle of Man once again; this time the year is 1998 and we find ourselves on the Isle of Man Steam Railway but don’t let that location put you … Continue reading →

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Sunday 4 September 2016 by Gareth Prior

Just the one Photo Gallery for you this week as we head back to the Isle of Man once again:

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Event Report: Isle of Man Heritage Transport Festival and preceding charters by the Isle of Man Fifty Group, 20th July – 1st August

Posted on Sunday 4 September 2016 by Gareth Prior

The Isle of Man is an heritage transport jewel in the middle of the Irish sea. On an island barely 38 miles long and 13 miles wide you can experience three different steam railways, vintage bus, commercial vehicle, car and … Continue reading →

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This week on British Trams Online

Posted on Tuesday 30 August 2016 by Gareth Prior

It may be Tuesday but that doesn’t mean we have forgotten about this week’s main site update as it is now online and includes three more Photo Galleries:

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Event Preview: Manx Heritage Transport Festival 2016

Posted on Saturday 23 July 2016 by Gareth Prior

The annual Manx Heritage Transport Festival takes place on the Isle of Man between Wednesday 27th and Sunday 31st July with the usual mix of transport action across the island. As usual the event features the Isle of Man Steam … Continue reading →

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