8mm Footage 'Trams, Steam Locomotives and Diesel Railcars on the Isle of Man'

Original 8mm amateur film shot by Michael Green. Manx Electric Railway (MER) and the Isle of Man Railway (IMR); tramcar No.1 with trailer 37, from the MER with “Douglas and Laxey Electric Tramway” written on the side of the tram; Bulgham Bay and Dhoon Queery; Snaefell Mountain Railway; Laxey wheel (Lady Isabella waterwheel). Tramcars No.1 and 4 at summit; No.6 and 3 are filmed from inside a tram passing by; Dhoon and Dreemskerry; the Isle of Man Railway; diesel railcar stopped at Douglas and the locomotive No.13, Kissack, leaving the station; red steam locomotive No.4, Loch; locomotive No.11, Maitland, and a Foxdale coach; Douglas horse drawn tramway features two horse trams, No.14 (double-decker) and No.12. The first one is baring a poster for the “Horse tram centenary”; tramcar No.5 passing, also the trailer No.72 being pulled out of a shed by a blue truck; poster for the ‘Cavalcade of electric cars’; IMR, in Douglas, locomotive No.12 Hutchinson, a diesel railcar, and locomotive No.13, Kissack.

Details

Category:
Moving Images
Object Number:
2021-1599/7
Materials:
acetate, plastic (unidentified) and cardboard
type:
8 mm film
credit:
Mavis Dagmar Green