Exploring the Isle of Man: The Manx Electric Railway & The Snaefell Mountain Railway.
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- In part one of this two-part series, I'm taking the Manx Electric Railway from Douglas to Laxey where I'll change trams onto the Snaefell Mountain Railway for a trip up to the famous summit. On the way, I'll tell you all about the trams and show you some of the scenery as we overcome a temporary breakdown, cloudy weather and railway closures I should have known about before planning ahead.
Things don't always go to plan do they but I hope you see enough of the trams that were running to make you want to go and explore the Isle of Man yourself. I'm glad I did.
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Cheers for now.
Mark
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📖Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
01:08 - Douglas (Derby Castle)
02:35 - Tram No.5 Interior
05:15 - An Unexpected Breakdown!
06:12 - Laxey
07:28 - Onwards to Snaefell
10:50 - The Summit
13:00 - Heading Back
14:32 - Summary
Picture Credits:
Route Map: OpenStreetMap (annotated)
I live on the Isle of Man and it’s amazing recommend coming back again in the future
Man you get about! Fantastic! :)
Cheers Steve and happy Xmas btw, I’m looking forward to some SteveMarsh content over the festive period! 😊👍
Tramtastic! 👍
Aye!
Excellent! Four of us elderly folk are due to visit these railways in May 2023, your coverage is very helpful. Many thanks
Hi Michael, thanks for the comment and I’m glad you found the video useful. Hopefully, the Groudle Glen etc will be open by then too. Enjoy 😊👍
Love IOM and All it’s quirks.
Same here. Lots to do transport-wise
What a cool experience! Beautiful trams and a lovely view as well. Thanks for sharing!
It was! The tram stuff doesn’t seem to do that well on the channel. But for me, they are often my favourite journeys. Definitely recommended.
The Isle Of Man looks fantastic !
It is, my first time. Lots to do and the weather was pretty decent for the time of year 👍
Hi That was an excellent video.I went up snaefell back in June with my mum and grandma.The cafe at the top of the mountain is lovely amd we had somethng in the cafe. The tram was full both ways being the summer time. The ride was very enjoyable and sadly the Laxey Wheel was still in scoffolding back in in June and the Horse Trams were still not running after the iup grades works.
Cheers Bobby, didn’t know about the Laxey Wheel, glad I went when I did them in a way and I think I was reasonably lucky with the weather. Shame a couple of the trains weren’t open but a good excuse to go back some other time I guess 👍
What a superb video, very informative too. Bringing back lots of memories from my last trip there about 10 years ago, about time I went back!
Hi Myles, cheers mate! Such a great time on the Isle of Man and there’s plenty left for me to do the next time I visit.
Brilliant video looks stunning have a happy Christmas Paul in Kent
Cheers Paul, thanks for watching and have a good one yourself 😊👍
Thanks for bringing back so many great memories, was there in 2012 and had a wonderful time, until next time stay safe and well and the compliments of the season to you and yours, cheers.
Cheers Simon, thanks for your support over the year and a very happy Xmas to you guys too! 😊👍
Stunning mate! Very interesting and makes me want to go to the IoM even more now 😍😍😍
Thank you! Give me a shout if you ever come back 😂 and we’ll do it!
Your videos are always very well researched but I think you went above and beyond with this one. I loved the facts. A great watch.
Cheers mate. I learnt quite a bit researching this stuff tbh. Will be doing the same for the next one too I think!
Love to go to the Isle of Man one day. Looks absolutely amazing 🤩
Yep, my first time Andrew and I really enjoyed it. Too much to do in a long weekend tbh.
Excellent video as always Mark
Thanks Andrew 😊👍
Fairytale Cottage style
The Mountain trains were heavily modified after the accident. (I saw the remains a few days after it happened, before they temporarily shut the system down) Additional brake systems etc. were added. The MER trams were fitted with failsafe brakes over 100 years ago.
The depot you showed is only for the horse trams. The electric sheds are just North of the station. You can learn to drive both the MER trams and the Steam engines. Lastly the centre rail on the Mountain is only used for braking.
Cheers Michael, thanks for the info (the correct info) on the depot too. Much appreciated and yep, a very enjoyable few days I had travelling on these fantastic heritage railways. Hope to come back some day 😊
Fabulous video! Adding this to my Bucket List!
Cheers Dave and thanks for the comment 😊👍
Excellent video when I went in 2017 the trams were out of use as a result of the weather but Laxey had an amazing book shop
Thanks for the comment. Yes, there was a kind of transport-related bookshop round the corner from the tram station I think. It was closed when I went looking for it unfortunately.
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Cheers Derisley and I hope you have a great Xmas. Thanks for all your emojified comments over the year 😊😊😊😊❄️❄️❄️ 🧑🎄 🌲 🎁
Many years ago l stayed with a friend who stayed on the Isle of Man & he took me for a walk up Snaefell , but they didn't have a railway away back then but I enjoyed the walk, also it was a good clear day & you could see Ireland and also part of the lsle of Man , it was a very enjoyable day.
It was so changeable up there with the weather but yes when the clouds cleared, the views were fantastic. I guess the walk up is from bungalow? Probably more direct but steeper. I’d like to try that one day. Cheers John
Fabulous video, always wanted to visit and explore IOM, this has really wetted my appetite thank you 😊
Cheers mate, IoM Steam Railway will be out this week and that trip was also pretty good 👍
A very good Thursday evening buddy
Good evening (morning) to you Alan. I always seem to get to your comment the day after!😂
When I went up in 89 on our School trip for some reason we did not take the tram to the summit so we had to walk from the nearest road. The weather was terrible so it felt like being in one of those joke fog postcards. Other days however were much better weather wise.
Just wondering whether that nearest road was down by Bungalow station. Yep, it'd be a bit of a trek from there alright!
It's a brilliant video and also all these heritage transport opportunity that the Isle of Man has to offer to visitors that made the island to get into my bucket list.
I wish the same care was done here in Malta to the late Malta Railway (which closed in 1931) or the Malta Tramway (which closed in 1929). Sadly, only one third class carriage of the Malta Railway still survives as the rest of locomotives, carriages, and double decker trams were sold to greedy scrap metal dealers.
Anyway, have a lovely Christmas 🎄
Cheers Enrico, happy Xmas to you too mate! All the IoM transport can be done on one card. I’ll post-up the info on that in next weeks video. We did that and it’s definitely worth the money. 👍
Used to see Snaefell from St Bee's Head on a clear day.
I must get back to St Bees one day - lovely place 😊
@@LetsMakeaTrip In My school days in 1960 steam engines ran from Barrow to Whitehaven and beyond. Haig pit open in Kells above Whitehaven. Fishing boats fill the harbor as well. Quaker Oats unloading bulk ships. Being checked for residue radiation from Winscale and Sellafield factory incident 1956!!!!!!!!!! LOL
Hi from sunny Scotland the black and white kerbs could be leftover from the war, traffic lights had the same and trees had white bands painted on them to be visible during the blackout.
Thanks Wally I was hoping someone would comment on this and yours was the first one. Now when I visualise this and the traffic lights I can see that makes perfect sense. Will be interested to see if anyone else comes back with further info 👍
I have a question: Is Isle of Man another country inside the country of countries, AKA The UK?
It’s a Crown Dependency, I think it governs itself but is ultimately under sovereign control of the UK. It was, however, never part of the EU. lots of stuff on Wikipedia on his Pedro - an interesting read 👍
I've been to the IOM a number of times, and it's just occurred to me that the Electric Railway service was only operating with a single car. Usually there's been an open trailer attached. Presumably because the numbers carried at the time of your visit didn't justify a second car.
Not 6 Kingdom’s from the top of Snaefell……it’s 7, you missed out Neptune’s Kingdom of the seas 👍🇮🇲
Yes you’re right Andy, cheers.