Douglas Corporation Horse Tramway Fleetlist Summer 2009

1 [ii] Type: Enclosed Saloon Seating Capacity: 30 Manufacturer G C Milnes-Voss 1913 Notes: This was the second tram to carry the fleetnumber 1

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11   Type: Open Toastrack Seating Capacity: 32 Manufacturer: Ordered placed with Starbuck Car & Wagon Co Ltd, but may have been completed by G F Milnes following the liquidation of the Starbuck company. Built 1886. Current Status: withdrawn 1976, the car is now stored at the Manx Transport Museum

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12 Type: Open Toastrack Seating Capacity: 32 Manufacturer: G F Milnes 1888

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14 [ii]-18 Type: Double-decker Seating Capacity: 22/20 Manufacturer: Metropolitan Railway Carriage & Wagon Co 1883 Notes: Ex-South Shields 1887 as double deck vehicles. Car 18 rebuilt as single-deck enclosed saloon circa 1906, reverting to double-deck format mid 1980's. Car 14[ii] was originally numbered 13, taken the identity of car 14 following the scrapping of that car after a rock fall in 1908 . Car 14[ii] withdrawn in 1949 and went to the British Transport Commission, London for preservation in 1955, being exhibited at both the Museum of British Transport and Science Museum, London before returning to Douglas Corporation on loan in time for the line's Centenary in 1976. Moved to the Manx Museum, Douglas as a static exhibit in 1990.

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21-22 Type: Open Toastrack Seating Capacity: 21 (40) ; (22) Nil Manufacturer: G F Milnes 1890 Notes: Car 22 converted into a sunshade car in 1908 and withdrawn 1976. Later saw use as the horse tramway shop at Strathallan Crescent depot.

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27-29 Type: Enclosed Saloon Seating Capacity: 30 Manufacturer G F Milnes 1892

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32-37 Type: Bulkhead Seating Capacity: 32 (36 rebuilt and extended to carry 40 in 1908) Manufacturer: G F Milnes 1896

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38-40 Type: Open Toastrack Seating Capacity: 40 Manufacturer: G F Milnes 1902

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42 Type: Open Toastrack Seating Capacity: 40 Manufacturer: G C Milnes-Voss 1905

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43-44 Type: Bulkhead Seating Capacity: 40 Manufacturer: United Electric Car Co Ltd 1907 Notes: 43 carried temporary fleetnumber 16[ii] for a short time during the 1980's. 44 is the Royal Tram

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45/47 Type: Bulkhead Seating Capacity: 40 Manufacturer: G C Milnes-Voss 1908/1911 Notes: 47 withdrawn late 1970's and is currently stored at the Manx Transport Museum

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NOTES:  One other former Douglas Corporation horse tram survives in private ownership, 1935 Vulcan 'Tomato Box' 49 in the Isle of Man.