Isle Of Man Steam Railway

Paid a flying visit to the Island last week ... not literally, as we used the Ben-my-chree.

Various meetings and so on, plus a good look around at/in a few places & had a few chats.
Things {hush-hush ones} are progressing ...

 

Nudge nudge wink wink, say no more

 

sounds intriguing

 

Last chance to take part in the IOM government consultation. Submissions end tonight

https://consult.gov.im/infrastructure/iomhr-review-and-assessment/consultation/intro/

 

I've done my best to increase responses ...

 

Some details may escape in due course ...

 

@Mike Buttell

I hope the cruise ship visits went well on Monday ...
She was certainly a big vessel !

I saw some comments on fb about needing more crew & carriages on the heritage railways - quite agree, but these things take time & money to achieve !

 

Lots of positive reaction from the cruise passengers, IOM Transport pulled out all the stops to accommodate as many as they could
Have spent this afternoon with a local group, leading a tour looking around the works, lovely day again, trains packed

 

I gather that there was a second one anchored in the Bay ?

Did "Spirit of Adventure" also disgorge her passengers ?

 

I believe so

 

In the unlikely event anyone is interested, I present a album of photos I took when I visited during week of events:

https://www.flickr.com/gp/ady77014/Yz24068NH3

 

Lovely! I should be over there for faster, noisier, less reliable old vehicles this week. From the pics, it looks like you have three more railways to tick off, so that's a good excuse for a return...

Mike

 

Many thanks for posting. Lovely memories.

 

That’s a great record of events thanks for sharing the link

 

That's a nice collection of images, thank you for posting.

 

Great pics, thanks for sharing

 

Nice photos! I must have seen you without knowing, as I was on the closed lines bus tour, too

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Hope you had a good time on the bus tour, I started this about 10 years ago and year by year have added bits to it (and taken bits away that perhaps weren’t as interesting)
Over the past couple of tours we have finished at the Queens Pier in Ramsey, which although closed at present, may reopen again in time. Before that the tour finished at the old Ramsey Station site which was a bit depressing.

 

Oh yeah casue even the bakery which was there has gone now. I saw it to be very depressing.

 

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