Manx Electric Railway rolling stock

This page details the rolling stock on the Manx Electric Railway on the Isle of Man, which is unique insofar as the railway still operates with its original tramcars and trailers, all of which are over one hundred years old, the latest dating from 1906. Save for a fire in 1930 in which several cars and trailers were lost, all of the line's original rolling stock remains extant, though many items have been out of use for a number of years, largely due to the decrease in tourism on the island over the last thirty years. Despite this, members of each class are still represented on site today, though not all are in original form or in regular use.

Motors
M.E.R. "Tunnel" Class Car No. 6
Key: Departmental Use In Storage Serviceable Lost 1930 Fire Undergoing Rebuild
No. Year Builder Type Livery Seats Livery Notes Notes
No.1 1893 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Unvestibuled Saloon Red, White & Teak 34 House 1930s Style ~
No.2 1893 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Unvestibuled Saloon Red, White & Teak 34 House 1930s Style ~
No.3 1893 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Unvestibuled Saloon ~ 34 ~ Lost 1930 Shed Fire
No.4 1894 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Vestibuled Saloon ~ 36 ~ Lost 1930 Shed Fire
No.5 1894 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Vestibuled Saloon Red, White & Teak 32 Standard Livery ~
No.6 1894 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Vestibuled Saloon Maroon, White & Teak 36 Late Edwardian Livery ~
No.7 1894 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Vestibuled Saloon Blue, Ivory & Teak 36 Original Livery Rebuilt 2008-2011
No.8 1894 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Vestibuled Saloon ~ 36 ~ Lost 1930 Shed Fire
No.9 1894 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Vestibuled Saloon Red, White & Teak 36 Standard Livery Illuminated Car
No.10 1895 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Vestibuled Saloon Allover Grey None Freight Livery Rebuilt into freight car, Stored
No.11 1895 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Vestibuled Saloon ~ 38 ~ Scrapped 1926
No.12 1895 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Vestibuled Saloon ~ 38 ~ Scrapped 1927
No.13 1895 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Vestibuled Saloon ~ 38 ~ Scrapped 1957
No.14 1898 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Original Maroon 56 Restored To Original Rebuilt 2015-2018
No.15 1898 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red & White 56 ~ Withdrawn 1973
No.16 1898 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red & White 56 House-Style Livery
No.17 1898 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red & White 56 ~ Withdrawn 1973
No.18 1898 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack White & Red 56 ~ Withdrawn 2000
No.19 1899 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Winter Saloon Maroon, Cream & Teak 48 'Original' Livery
No.20 1899 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Winter Saloon Red, White & Teak 48 Former 1970s Style
No.21 1899 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Winter Saloon Green & White 48 Nationalisation Livery
No.22 1899 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Winter Saloon Red, White & Teak 48 Standard Livery Rebuilt 1991-1992
No.23 1900 I.o.M.T.& E.P. Co., Ltd. Locomotive Green & Grey N/A I.o.M.T. & E.P. Co. Withdrawn 1994 & Stored
No.24 1898 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack ~ 56 ~ Lost 1930 Shed Fire
No.25 1898 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red & White 56 ~ Withdrawn 1996
No.26 1898 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red & White 56 ~ Withdrawn 2009
No.27 1898 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Yellow, Red & White N/A Non-Standard Livery Withdrawn 2003
No.28 1898 E.R.T.C. Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red & White 56 ~ Withdrawn 1970
No.29 1904 E.R.T.C. Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red & White 56 ~ Undergoing Rebuild 2019-2020
No.30 1904 E.R.T.C. Co, Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red & White 56 ~ Withdrawn 1971
No.31 1906 E.R.T.C. Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red & White 56 ~ Withdrawn 2002
No.32 1906 United Electric Car Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Green & White 56 Nationalisation Livery ~
No.33 1906 United Electric Car Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red & White 56 House-Style Livery
No.34 1995 Isle of Man Transport Not Applicable Yellow & Black ~ Non-Standard Livery Departmental Use

Trailers
Restored M.E.R. Trailer No. 37
Key: Departmental Use Withdrawn & Stored Serviceable Lost 1930 Fire Undergoing Rebuild
No. Year Builder Type Livery Seats Livery Notes Notes
No.34 1893 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack ~ 44 ~
No.35 1893 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack ~ 44 ~
No.36 1893 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red, White & Teak 44 Plain 'House' Style Under Restoration 2020
No.37 1893 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red, White & Teak 44 Lined 'House' Style Under Restoration 2019
No.38 1893 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack ~ 44 ~
No.39 1893 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack ~ 36 ~
No.40 1930 Englis Electric Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red, White & Teak 44 Standard Replacement For 1930 Loss
No.41 1930 English Electric Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red, White & Teak 44 Standard Replacement For 1930 Loss
No.42 1903 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red, White & Teak 44 Standard
No.43 1903 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red, White & Teak 44 Standard
No.44 1903 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red, White & Teak 44 Standard
No.45 1896 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. None Black & Yellow N/A Non-Standard Flatbed Trailer
No.46 1899 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red, White & Teak N/A Standard ~
No.47 1899 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red, White & Teak Standard
No.48 1899 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Blue, Cream & Teak N/A Original Style
No.49 1893 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Maroon, Cream & Teak 44 Restored To Original Under Restoration 2019
No.50 1893 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red & White 44 Plain 'House' Style Last Used Summer 1978
No.51 1893 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Maroon & White 44 Approximate Original Livery
No.52 1898 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Flatbed Black & Yellow N/A Non-Standard Flatbed Trailer
No.53 1893 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack White & Red 44 Plain 'House' Style Last Used Summer 1978
No.54 1893 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack White & Teak, Red Dash 44 Plain 'House' Style Under Restoration 2019
No.55 1904 E.R.T.L. Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red & White 44 Isle of Man Railways (1980s) Last Used Autumn 1997
No.56 1904 E.R.T.L. Co., Ltd. Disabled Saloon Red, White & Teak Varies Standard Lined
No.57 1904 E.R.T.L. Co., Ltd. Winter Saloon Red, White & Teak 32 1970s style
No.58 1904 E.R.T.L. Co., Ltd. Winter Saloon Red, White & Teak 32 Edwardian style
No.59 1895 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Winter Saloon Blue, Cream & Teak 18 Isle of Man Tramways (As Built) Royal Trailer
No.60 1896 G.F. Milnes & Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red & White 44 Standard Lined
No.61 1906 United Electric Car Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Red & White (Teak Dash) 44 Standard Lettered
No 62 1906 United Electric Car Co., Ltd. Roofed Toastrack Green & White 44 Nationalisation Livery

Others
Car No. 34 (Snaefell No. 7 Maria)
Bertie
a contractors' locomotive used when relays were being undertaken, since returned to UK.
Bungle & Zippy
hired second-hand from Bord na Móna in 2008 and refurbished on-island for further use on the railway, since returned to UK.
Bonner Wagons
road-rail dual purpose wagons dating from the earliest days of the line, none of which are extant today.
Aachen 1010
bought for use but never converted, spending much of its life as a storage car at the railway's depot.
Car CCFL 360 in 1977, still in regular service in Lisbon.
Lisbon car (former CCFL 360)
a Brill-Stephenson 1907 bogie car in that city’s unusual track gauge of 900 mm (2 ft 11 7⁄16 in), bought for conversion to Manx Electric Railway’s almost identical 3 ft (914 mm) gauge, — conversion never implemented due to clearance difficulties; vehicle now in off-site storage on the island.
Dreadnought Trailers
bogie open wagons with removable sides used for a variety of non-passenger purposes, but particularly associated with stone traffic from Dhoon Quarry, now all scrapped. General 12 ton capacity bogie vehicles.
Four Wheel Goods Vehicles
from 1894 onwards the Douglas and Laxey Electric Tramway and its successors operated a fleet of small four wheel goods wagons, mainly of 5 ton, and 6 ton capacity. There were a total of ten opens and eight vans built by Milnes, Milnes Voss, and the MERCo between 1894 and 1912. Some of the vans were painted red and used for mail traffic.

See also

References
  • Mike Goodwyn (1993). Manx Electric. Platform Five. ISBN 978-1-872524-52-8.
  • Keith Pearson (1992). 100 Years Of Manx Electric Railway. Leading Edge. ISBN 0-948135-38-7.
  • Robert Hendry (1978). Manx Electric Album. Hillside Publishing. ISBN 0-9505933-0-3.
  • Norman Jones (1994). Isle Of Man Tramways. Foxline Publishing. ISBN 1-870119-32-0.

Sources


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