1906 Crossbench Car 32 Photo A. Spencer	Trailer 60 of 1896 Photo A. Spencer	Winter Saloon No. 22 Photo R. Dodge	Illuminated Tunnel Car 9 Photo A. Spencer

Manx Electric Railway Fleet Photo Gallery

Trams

Car	Built	Builder	Type	Trucks	Motors	Seats
1	1893	G.F. Milnes	Unvestibuled Saloon	Brush D	4 x SEHC 25hp	34
2	1893	G.F. Milnes	Unvestibuled Saloon	Brush D	4 x SEHC 25hp	34
5	1894	G.F. Milnes	Saloon	Brush D	4 x SEHC 25hp	32
6	1894	G.F. Milnes	Saloon	Brush D	4 x SEHC 25hp	36
7	1894	G.F. Milnes	Saloon	Brush D	4 x SEHC 25hp	36
9	1894	G.F. Milnes	Saloon	Brush D	4 x SEHC 25hp	36
14	1898	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	Milnes S3	4 x ECC 20hp	56
15	1898	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	Milnes S3	4 x ECC 20hp	56
16	1898	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	Brush D	4 x SEHC 25hp	56
17	1898	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	Milnes S3	4 x ECC 20hp	56
18	1898	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	Milnes S3	4 x ECC 20hp	56
19	1899	G.F. Milnes	Saloon	Brill 27Cx	4 x SEHC 25hp	48
20	1899	G.F. Milnes	Saloon	Brill 27Cx	4 x SEHC 25hp	48
21	1899	G.F. Milnes	Saloon	Brill 27Cx	4 x SEHC 25hp	48
22	1899	G.F. Milnes	Saloon	Brill 27Cx	4 x SEHC 25hp	48
25	1898	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	None	None	56
26	1898	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	Brush D	4 x SEHC 25p	56
27	1898	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	Brush D	4 x SEHC 25hp	56
28	1904	ER&TCC	Crossbench	Milnes S3	4 x ECC 20hp	56
29	1904	ER&TCC	Crossbench	Milnes S3	4 x ECC 20hp	56
30	1904	ER&TCC	Crossbench	Milnes S3	4 x ECC 20hp	56
31	1904	ER&TCC	Crossbench	Milnes S3	4 x ECC 20hp	56
32	1906	UEC	Crossbench	Brill 27Cx	4 x GE60 27hp	56
33	1906	UEC	Crossbench	Brill 27Cx	4 x GE60 27hp	56
34	1995	MER	Works car	Brush D	4xSEHC 25hp	Nil

NOTES

Cars 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22 are fitted with air connections for use with Winter Trailers 57/58. However the air brake equipment was surprisingly removed from Winter Trailer 57 during the last major overhaul during 2002.
Car 9 was fitted with Illuminations in 1993 for the MER Centenary , some of which it retains today.
Car 22 was destroyed by fire in Sept 1990. The rebuilt Car 22 with bodywork by McArds of Port Erin returned to service in 1992.
Car 25 was stripped of trucks and motors 2003 for fitting to the 'new' dedicated MER works car, now known as 34, but previously was the replica of Snaefell Mountain Railway car 7 'MARIA'.
Car 27 was coverted into a dedicated works car during the 1990's but has since been withdrawn.
Cars 14, 15, 17, 28, 29 are stored unserviceable at the former Homefield Bus Works, Douglas.
Cars 18, 25, 27, 30, 31 are currently stored unserviceable on the Manx Electric.

Trailers

Car	Year	Builder	Type	Trucks	Seats
36	1894	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	Milnes S2	44
37	1894	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	Milnes S2	44
40	1930	English Electric	Crossbench	Milnes S1	44
41	1930	English Electric	Crossbench	Milnes S1	44
42	1903	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	Milnes S3	44
43	1903	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	Milnes S3	44
44	1930	English Electric	Crossbench	Milnes S1	44
45	1899	G.F. Milnes	Per way flat wagon	Milnes S2	Nil
46	1899	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	Milnes S1	44
47	1899	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	Milnes S1	44
48	1899	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	Milnes S2	44
49	1893	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	Milnes S1	44
50	1893	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	see below	44
51	1893	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	Milnes S1	44
52	1893	G.F. Milnes	Per way flat wagon	Milnes S1	Nil
53	1893	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	see below	44
54	1893	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	Milnes S1	44
55	1904	ER&TCC	Crossbench	Brill 27CxT	44
56	1904	ER&TCC	Crossbench	Brill 27CxT	44
57	1904	ER&TCC	Unv. Saloon	Brill 27CxT	32
58	1904	ER&TCC	Unv. Saloon	Brill 27CxT	32
59	1895	G.F. Milnes	Unv. Saloon	Milnes S2	18
60	1896	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	Milnes S1	44
61	1906	UEC	Crossbench	Brill 27CxT	44
62	1906	UEC	Crossbench	Brill 27CxT	44

NOTES

Trailers 36, 50, 53 & 54 are stored unserviceable at the former Homefield Bus Works, Douglas.
Trailer 45 lost its body during the winter 2003/2004 and was converted into a flat per way wagon.
Trailer 51 was rebuilt to its 1894 condition in 1987.
Trailer 52 was used with roof and seats removed as a bogie flat wagon each Winter for many years, but reassembled for seasonal use. With the general availability of trailer 59 for service purposes after 1940 , trailer 52 was no longer needed to make up the total of 25 trailers and became permanently allocated to engineering duties.
Trailer 55 is currently stored unserviceable at Ramsey Depot.
Trailer 56 rebuilt 1994/95 as a saloon and fitted with sides, glazing, wheelchair hoist, dynamo and demountable seating as a disabled access car.

CODES

BRILL	The J G Brill Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
BRUSH	Brush Electrical Engineering Co. Ltd., Falcon Works, Loughborough
ECC	Electric Construction Co. Ltd., Wolverhampton, England
English Electric	English Electric Company Ltd., Dick, Kerr Works, Preston, Lancs
ER&TCC	Electric Railway & Tramway Carriage Co. Ltd., Dick, Kerr Works, Preston, Lancs, (Later became part of UEC)
GE	General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, USA. (Never to be confused with the similarly entitled UK-based firm.)
G F MILNES	George F Milnes & Co. Ltd., Cleveland Street Works, Birkenhead to 4/02, then at Hadley Castle, Shropshire
SEHC	Societe l'Electricite et l'Hydraulique, Charleroi, Belgium, later and nowadays Ateliers de Constructions Electriques de Charleroi SA (ACEC) and part of the Westinghouse Electric an Manufacturing Group, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
UEC	United Electric Car Co. Ltd., Dick, Kerr Works, Preston, Lancs. (Later part of English Electric Co.)
For full details of the MER Fleet see Manx Electric by A.M. Goodwyn.

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