This article details Car Nos. 10–13 of the
Manx Electric Railway
The Manx Electric Railway ( Manx: ''Raad Yiarn Lectragh Vannin'') is an electric interurban tramway connecting Douglas, Laxey and Ramsey in the Isle of Man. It connects with the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway at its southern terminus at Derby Castle ...
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This was the third batch of motorcars delivered to the railway in 1895 at the same time as the cars for the new
Snaefell Mountain Railway
The Snaefell Mountain Railway ( gv, Raad Yiarn Sniaull) is an electric mountain railway on the Isle of Man in Europe. It joins the village of Laxey with the summit of Snaefell, at above sea level the highest point on the island. It connects wit ...
were delivery. They were constructed to a very similar design to those provided for the mountain line. These vehicles were not a success owing to their initially open side with no glazed windows and were subsequently converted for use as cattle cars, one of which survives today, numbered 26 (in sequence with good stock rather than power cars, as power car 26 is still extant). It is currently in store but was for several years part of a display at
Ramsey Plaza station
Ramsey Station ( Manx: ''Stashoon Raad Yiarn Rhumsaa'') serves the town of Ramsey in the Isle of Man; it is the northern terminus of the Manx Electric Railway. It was formerly known as Ramsey (Plaza) Station after the nearby Plaza cinema, now ...
as part of a small museum. It is the sole survivor of the class, the remaining ones were also converted to cattle cars but decreased usage of the railway for such use meant that they were surplus to requirements and only one was retained to ensure that one of each type is retained.
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Manx Manx Electric Railway Fleetlist' (2002) Manx Electric Railway Society
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Official Official Tourist Department Page' (2009) Isle Of Man Heritage Railways
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