The Port Erin Breakwater Railway was a construction line built in
Port Erin
Port Erin ( gv, Purt Çhiarn, meaning ''lord's port'') is a seaside village in the south-west of the Isle of Man, in the historic parish of Rushen. It was previously a seaside resort before the decline of the tourist trade. Administratively it ...
on the
Isle of Man
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in 1863 and had the distinction of being the first steam railway on the island, as well as the only
broad gauge
A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways.
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line. The locomotive was named ''Henry B. Loch'' after the then
lieutenant governor of the island. Some photographs exist of the construction and locomotive
but it is not known what became of any of the stock and assumed that it was returned to the UK upon completion of the project.
See also
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Transport on the Isle of Man
There are a number of transport services around the Isle of Man, mostly consisting of paved roads, public transport, rail services, sea ports and an airport.
Roads
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1863 establishments in the United Kingdom
Railway lines in the Isle of Man
7 ft gauge railways