Manx Electric Railway - Service Fleet

Service Fleet

The following trams were in use on passenger services during the 2010 season, with the mainstay of the services being provided by either winter saloons or tunnel cars. Original tramcars 1 and 2 are both operational but do not usually operate in day=to-day use, tunnel cars 5 and 6 see use in peak summer season and illuminated car 9 (also a member of this class) is used in conjunction with the evening services on the Groudle Glen Railway in July and August; the backbone of the fleet are the so-called winter saloons, numbered 19-22 which operate the core timetable. Also there are a number of servicable open toastracks, these being numbers 26, 32 and 33 (the latter two being the most powerful on the line). Many other cars remain in the railway's possession albeit out of service and in some cases stored off-site, apart from those items that were lost in the 1930 fire at Laxey. In addition to these motor cars the following trailers have seen use some use including lightweight trailers 37 and 49, bulkheads 40-48 which usually accompany the winter saloons, lightweight trailer 51, converted disabled saloon 56, closed saloons 57 and 58 and 61-62. The line's Royal Saloon, No. 59, makes rare public appearances also. As part of the island's annual transport festival Car 32 occasionally operates a special evening service hauling two trailers, an unusual occurrence despite the later cars being built with the capability to operate in this way. Of note in the remaining fleet car 7 was relegated to permanent way duties for a number of years but has been restored for return to traffic in 2011, locomotive 23 is privately owned, car 34 (previously No. 7 Maria on the Snaefell Mountain Railway and regauged) is undergoing maintenance, and other cars are receiving remedial attention as and when time and funding allows.