{"id":46000,"date":"2022-08-07T14:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-07T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=46000"},"modified":"2022-08-07T08:02:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-07T07:02:17","slug":"in-pictures-douglas-bay-horse-tram-on-the-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=46000","title":{"rendered":"In Pictures: Douglas Bay Horse Tram on the road!"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the assets of the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway were transferred between Douglas Borough Council and the Isle of Man Government, there were a number of trams which were deemed surplus to requirements and so were made available via auction. All did find new homes although the majority have remained out of the public eye since. But one which has made a few public appearances is no. 34<\/strong> \u2013 although its no longer able to run on rails as it has been converted with rubber wheels and an engine!<\/p>\n

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34<\/strong> was built as one of six \u201cSunshades\u201d in 1896 and was originally open on the sides and ends with capacity for 32 passengers. It then received glazed bulkheads in the 1960s. With fewer trams required to operate a reduced service the tram fell out of use and was offered for sale at auction with a private individual securing the tram\u2019s future. Rather than be stored with little prospect of use the tram was then converted for use on the road and now features a steering wheel, rubber wheels and an engine! The owner of the tram is confident that if necessary in the future it will be easily converted back to a full tram.<\/p>\n

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During the recent Manx Summer Transport Festival 34 was out and about and offered private tours as seen here. (Photograph by Paul Wigan, 28th July 2022)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When the assets of the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway were transferred between Douglas Borough Council and the Isle of Man Government, there were a number of trams which were deemed surplus to requirements and so were made available via auction. … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46000"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46000"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46002,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46000\/revisions\/46002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}