Isle of Man Steam Railway

Gail, Judith and Ken, our leader.

A very small section of rainbow!

Douglas horse trams at the Derby Castle terminus.

Car 45 (UECC/1908) is still in service having been rebuilt in 2018. Car 37 (G.F. Milnes & Co./1896) was sold to a private individual on the island in 2016.

29/04/2006 [TRM 450].

Dancing the evening away.

The sculpture was unveiled on Thursday 23rd September 2021.

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The bronze sculpture, depicting two dancing figures, has been created by local resident, internationally renowned and award winning sculptor John Mulvey.

Niarbyl Bay

Isle of Man

This lady on official duty signals the train driver to go ahead with his train.

On the morning of the Centenary of Electric Railway cavalcade, stock was sent out to queue on the "up" line beyond Laxey. Sets carried the oval Centenary of Electric Railways headboards above the cabs. Early weather was not good. Car 32 is one of a pair, the newest and most powerful on the island, built by UEC in 1906 with Brill trucks. The trailer was contemporary. The shutters are firmly down, there being no passengers as the car is brought out of the depot into Derby Castle where the motor car will run round the trailer and proceed to its place in the cavalcade line-up.

A 1960s scene from Mr Gell, with some dubious architecture in the background.

Ramsey, Isle of Man, UK

Active Lighthouse since 1818. 98 ft (32 m) tall.

Nikon F5, Fuji Velvia ISO 50

Caesar thought he was at the summit...but it was 60m away.

Isle of Man tram No.7 stabled at Laxey on 19 August 1993.

Point of Ayre, Isle of Man

Northern tip of the Isle of Man

We elected to go the slightly higher way and met with the others outside the castle.

We caught bus back to Douglas after treats on the promenade.

Port Erin by night, 20/4/18

This aligns exactly with runway 26 at Ronaldsway Airport, Castletown, so I presume it's an ILS or similar system.

Photo André Knoerr, Genève. Reproduction autorisée avec mention de la source.

Utilisation commerciale soumise à autorisation spéciale préalable.

Le Snaefell Mountain Railway (ou Tramway) est un ligne de montagne à écartement "Kapspur" de 1067 mm. et sytème de sécurité Fell (Rail central couché servant de frein lors du pincement par les motrices), longue de huit kilomètres et reliant Laxey au mont Snaefell, sommet de l'Ile de Man.

Le 30 mars 2016 l'automotrice 3 partit vide en dérive et fut totalement détruite.

Le 4 août 2017, un incident avec freinage d'urgence impliquant la motrice 2, beaucoup moins grave mais traumatisant certains voyageurs a conduit à la suspension totale de l'exploitation dès le 25 septembre 2017 jusqu'à ce que une solution soit trouvée pour ne pas reproduire les accidents et incidents précédents.

Dans cette attente les motrices sont confinées au dépôt.

Sous la motrice 6, garée à côté de la 1, les pinces du système Fell sont bien visibles.

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Une année déjà, et une incompétence démontrée chaque jour.

Donald J. Trump, the world doesn't need you!

Peace and freedom first!

The transmitter block for the former Chain Home radar station at Scarlett Point, Isle of Man.

Surrounded by agricultural land and now in use by the farm, this is one of the buildings that formed RAF Scarlett and provided radar defences during the middle years of WWII. In view of the tones and subject matter I thought it would suit black and white.

Everything bar the kitchen sink

Finished 22nd

Bennetts Lightweight TT Race, Governors Bridge, Isle of Man 2018-06-06

Where we stopped for a late morning break.

Dolphin approaches Sea Lion Rocks on the Groudle Glen Railway 30/07/23

A young beech sapling shows as a bright splash of colour in the sombre depths of a mostly coniferous plantation.