Advantages: beautiful preserved victorian railway Disadvantages: hard seats and bumpy ride
Railways came to The Isle of Man before the Victorians. There are the remains of track in the 18th Century lead mines at Barrada Head.
In 1871 The Isle of Man Railway Company was formed to link the four Major towns of Douglas, Castletown, Peel and Ramsey.
A three foot gauge was recommended by Robert Fairly, the inventor of the patented double Locomotive.
Sufficient finance for the Railways was not to be found on the Island so private finance was ... ...Peel and Port Erin in 1872. However there was a difficulty with local labour who would down tools and rush away to the Herring fishing. Labour had to be found with Welsh and Irish labourers.
The station at Douglas is one of the finest examples of a Victorian narrow gauge station in all of Europe. Although now much reduced with the demise of the Douglas-Peel railway and The Manx Northern. The station building is in Ruabon red brick in the Victorian ...
Coloneljohn 30.12.2004
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