The Railtour Files

Locos Used	IMR 8 'Fenella', IMR 10 'G.H. Wood', IMR 16 'Mannin' & IMR 12 'Hutchinson'
Trams Used	MER 5 & SMR ?
Horse Used	'Madam'
Stock Used	[1]: DCT Saloon No.1 [2]: 'Toast Rack' car [3]: F36+F46 (as used by HM the Queen Mother) [4]: [3] + service train stock

Date	Traction	Stock	Route
02/06	'Madam'	[1]	??? Hotal - Derby Castle (1)
02/06	MER 5	-	09.38d Derby Castle - Groudle Glen (2) - Laxey
02/06	SMR ?	-	Laxey - Bungalow - Snaefell
02/06	SMR ?	-	Snaefell - Bungalow - Laxey
02/06	MER 5?	-	Laxey - Ramsay
02/06	Planet tractor	[2]	trip on Queens Pier Railway
02/06	MER 5?	-	Ramsay - Laxey - Derby Castle
03/06	IMR 8	[3]	09.15d Douglas - Castletown - Port Erin
03/06	IMR 10 (3)	[4]	10.35d Port Erin - Castletown - Douglas
03/06	IMR 8	[3]	12.20d Douglas - Crosby - St Johns - Peel
03/06	IMR 16? (4)	[4]	Peel - St Johns
03/06	IMR 8	[3]	St Johns - Kirk Michael - Ramsey
03/06	IMR 8 (5)	[4]	Ramsey - Kirk Michael
03/06	IMR 8	[3]	Kirk Michael - St Johns - Crosby - Douglas

Notes :
(1) For visits to Douglas Corporation Tramways car sheds and Manx Electric Railway depot.
(2) Groudle Glen Railway visited but no trains in action (out of season).
(3) 10.35 service train plus tour stock: IMR 8 on rear.
(4) Reported as: During a break for lunch at Peel, IMR 8 'Fenella' and the special coaches were again attached to a service train, this time destined for St Johns in charge of large boilered 2-4-0T 16 'Mannin'. Confirmation is required if the train was marshalled as: 16 + service train stock + tour stock + 8, or some other way?
(5) Reported as: The special was once again amalgamated into a service train largely filled with homeward-bound schoolchildren, with 'Fenella' coupled ahead of 'Hutchinson'. Two coaches were detached and shunted at Kirk Michael. Confirmation is required if the train was marshalled as: 8 + tour stock + 12 + service train stock, or some other way?

No. 8 'Fenella' at Balsalla (photo: J.J.Davis/The John Debens Collection)