Douglas Corporation Horse Tramway
Fleet List Current to Summer 2008

Open toastrack car 11 currently stands at the horse tramway depot at Strathallan Crescent awaiting refurbishment . It is seen during a snowstorm in March 2002
 

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
1[ii]

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Current Status: withdrawn 1976, the car is now stored at the former Homefield bus garage
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12

Type: Open Toastrack

Seating Capacity: 32

Manufacturer: G F Milnes 1888
12

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 Car 14[ii] withdrawn in 1949 and went to the British Transport Commission, London for preservation in 1955, being exhibited at both the Museum of British Transport and Science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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18

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Notes: Car 22 converted into a sunshade car in 1908 and withdrawn 1976.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.

21
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27-29

Type: Enclosed Saloon

Seating Capacity: 30

Manufacturer G F Milnes 1892

27
28
29

32-37

Type: Bulkhead

Seating Capacity: 32 (36 rebuilt and extended to carry 40 in 1908)

Manufacturer: G F Milnes 1896

32
34
36
33
35
37

38-40

Type: Open Toastrack

Seating Capacity: 40

Manufacturer: G F Milnes 1902

38
39
40

42

Type: Open Toastrack

Seating Capacity: 40

Manufacturer: G C Milnes-Voss 1905
42

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

43
44

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 Isle of Man Transport's former Homefield bus garage

45
47

NOTES: 

Two other former Douglas Corporation horse trams survive in private ownership - 1909 GC Milnes-Voss Bulkhead 46 in the UK and 1935 Vulcan 'Tomato Box' 49 in the Isle of Man. During 2008 the body off 46 was broken up, the remainder being used as spares in the UK

 

The 2001 summer season closed on Sunday September 30, with the last car in service being bulkhead 35. It is seen entering the depot for the last time that year. The car had been returned to service in 2001 following a full rebuild after having suffered serious body damage a couple of years ago. 

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