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Scanned from an original photograph.
Discovered in a box of old photos so history unknown - any location info etc gratefully received.
We had bought a 7 day travel pass for The Isle of Man, on our arrival at Ronaldsway Airport. This gave us unlimited travel on the buses, electric trams, the horse trams, the steam trains & other railways. Brilliant!
Our return air fares with EasyJet from Luton London Airport were £45 each, and we stayed self-catering at The Fisherman’s Cottage in Laxey.
Preserved by the company is 64, an AEC Regent III / Northern Counties - seen outside the Jurby Transport Museum with the museum's Leyland Atlantean / Alexander 45 (MAN 3432)
Bus Vannin changed its livery from red-and-cream to silver in 2011. However a handful of buses still retain the old colours, such as 167, a Wright Gemini 2-bodied Volvo B9TL dating from 2009, seen running out of service back to the main Depot in Douglas which is located adjacent to the IoM Steam Railway station.
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Unlike the Island's railways which are run unashamedly as heritage services, the Isle of Man's bus network is comprehensive and caters for the everyday travel needs of residents and visitors. In contrast to the United Kingdom and much of Europe the buses here are very much owned and operated by the Manx Government through its bus-operating subsidiary, Bus Vannin using a fleet of modern, low-floor buses.
decending Snaefell in car 1 of the Snaefell Mountain Railway
Car 1 = built by GF Milnes in 1895. Has recently undergone heavy rebuilt and refurbishment and now painted in the original blue livery used on the line.
Beyer-Peacock 3ft gauge 2-4-0T No. 13 "Kissack" near Port St. Mary, on the Isle of Man, in spring 2007.
"Kissack" had received a new boiler in 2006, and is currently still in service.
Original slide - photographer unknown
Exact location kindly identified by Gary T W after earlier "Isle of Man" caption asking for help with pinpointing location.
Stashoon traenagh Ghoolish - Douglas railway Station.
The platforms. These were originally the platforms for the services to Peel and Ramsey, which closed in 1968. In 1979 its canopies were taken down and the Port Erin line was rerouted into these platforms, the vacated space being used along with the former goods yard for car parking and a new bus garage.
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The Isle of Man Railway was established in 1870 and opened two 3'-gauge lines to Peel (opened 1st July 1873) and Port Erin (2nd August 1874).
The Manx Northern Railway opened its line from St John's to Ramsey in 1879. It also operated the nominally-independent Foxdale Railway, transporting its mineral traffic on to Ramsey for export to the UK. The MNR suffered with the opening of the Manx Electric Railway to Ramsey in 1899 and was acquired by the Isle of Man Railway in 1905.
Regular operation ceased in 1966, and although a seasonal service was operated in 1967 and 1968 the Peel and Ramsey Lines subsequently closed (the lightly-used Foxdale line had fizzled out in the 1950s). The Port Erin Line however has survived and has been operated ever since as a heritage steam railway.