Manx Electric Railway Fleetlist - Summer 2013


Manx Electric 1899 winter saloon 21 arrives at Ramsey with another service from Derby Castle

Trams
No
Built

Builder

Type

Traditional Trucks

Motors

Seats

1
1893

G.F. Milnes

Unvestibuled Saloon

Brush D

4 x SEHC 25hp

34

2
1893

G.F. Milnes

Unvestibuled Saloon

Brush D

4 x SEHC 25hp

34

5
1894

G.F. Milnes

Saloon

Brush D

4 x SEHC 25hp

32

6
1894

G.F. Milnes

Saloon

Brush D

4 x SEHC 25hp

36

7
1894

G.F. Milnes

Saloon

Brush D

4 x SEHC 25hp

36

9
1894

G.F. Milnes

Saloon

Brush D

4 x SEHC 25hp

36

14
1898

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

Milnes S3

4 x ECC 20hp

56

15
1898

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

Milnes S3

4 x ECC 20hp

56

16
1898

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

Brush D

4 x SEHC 25hp

56

17
1898

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

Milnes S3

4 x ECC 20hp

56

18
1898

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

Milnes S3

4 x ECC 20hp

56

19
1899

G.F. Milnes

Saloon

Brill 27Cx

4 x SEHC 25hp

48

20
1899

G.F. Milnes

Saloon

Brill 27Cx

4 x SEHC 25hp

48

21
1899

G.F. Milnes

Saloon

Brill 27Cx

4 x SEHC 25hp

48

22
1899

G.F. Milnes

Saloon

Brill 27Cx

4 x SEHC 25hp

48

25
1898

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

None

None

56

26
1898

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

Brush D

4 x SEHC 25p

56

27
1898

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

Brush D

4 x SEHC 25hp

56

28
1904

ER&TCC

Crossbench

Milnes S3

4 x ECC 20hp

56

29
1904

ER&TCC

Crossbench

Milnes S3

4 x ECC 20hp

56

30
1904

ER&TCC

Crossbench

Milnes S3

4 x ECC 20hp

56

31
1904

ER&TCC

Crossbench

Milnes S3

4 x ECC 20hp

56

32
1906

UEC

Crossbench

Brill 27Cx

4 x GE60 27hp

56

33
1906

UEC

Crossbench

Brill 27Cx

4 x GE60 27hp

56

34
1995

MER

Works car

Brush D

4xSEHC 25hp

Nil

KEY
Cars 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22 are fitted with air connections for use with Winter Trailers 57/58. However the air brake equipment was surprisingly removed from Winter Trailer 57 during the last major overhaul during 2002.
Car 9 fitted with Illuminations in 1993 for the MER Centenary , some of which are retained today.
Car 22 destroyed by fire in Sept 1990. The rebuilt Car 22 with bodywork by McArds of Port Erin returned to service in 1992.
Car 25 stripped of trucks and motors 2003 for fitting to the 'new' dedicated MER works car, now known as 34, but previously was the replica of Snaefell Mountain Railway car 7 'MARIA'. Various cars have more recently undergone some truck swapping /removed as part of the current overhaul programme.
Car 27 was coverted into a dedicated works car during the 1990's but has since been withdrawn.
Cars 14, 15, 17, 18, 25-27-31 are stored out of use on the Manx Electric Railway.


Trailers
No
Built

Builder

Type

Traditional Trucks

Seats

36
1894

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

Milnes S2

44

37
1894

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

Milnes S2

44

40
1930

English Electric

Crossbench

Milnes S1

44

41
1930

English Electric

Crossbench

Milnes S1

44

42
1903

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

Milnes S3

44

43
1903

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

Milnes S3

44

44
1930

English Electric

Crossbench

Milnes S1

44

45
1899

G.F. Milnes

Per way flat wagon

Milnes S2

Nil

46
1899

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

Milnes S1

44

47
1899

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

Milnes S1

44

48
1899

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

Milnes S2

44

49
1893

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

Milnes S1

44

50
1893

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

Milnes S1

44

51
1893

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

Milnes S1

44

52
1893

G.F. Milnes

Per way flat wagon

Milnes S1

Nil

53
1893

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

Milnes S1

44

54
1893

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

Milnes S1

44

55
1904

ER&TCC

Crossbench

Brill 27CxT

44

56
1904

ER&TCC

Crossbench

Brill 27CxT

44

57
1904

ER&TCC

Unv. Saloon

Brill 27CxT

32

58
1904

ER&TCC

Unv. Saloon

Brill 27CxT

32

59
1895

G.F. Milnes

Unv. Saloon

Milnes S2

18

60
1896

G.F. Milnes

Crossbench

Milnes S1

44

61
1906

UEC

Crossbench

Brill 27CxT

44

62
1906

UEC

Crossbench

Brill 27CxT

44

NOTES:

Trailers 36, 50, 53-55 are stored unserviceable on the Manx Electric Railway.
Trailer 45 lost its body during the winter 2003/2004 and was converted into a flat per way wagon.
Trailer 51 rebuilt to its 1894 condition in 1987.
Trailer 52 used with roof and seats removed as a bogie flat wagon each Winter for many years, but reassembled for seasonal use. With the general availability of trailer 59 for service purposes after 1940 , 52 was no longer needed to make up the total of 25 trailers and was permanently allocated to the engineering department.
Trailer 56 rebuilt 1994/95 as a saloon and fitted with sides, glazing, wheelchair hoist, dynamo and demountable seating as a disabled access car.


Codes

BRILL

The J G Brill Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

BRUSH

Brush Electrical Engineering Co. Ltd., Falcon Works, Loughborough

ECC

Electric Construction Co. Ltd., Wolverhampton, England

English Electric

English Electric Company Ltd., Dick, Kerr Works, Preston, Lancs

ER&TCC

Electric Railway & Tramway Carriage Co. Ltd., Dick, Kerr Works, Preston, Lancs, (Later became part of UEC)

GE

General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, USA. (Never to be confused with the similarly entitled UK-based firm.)

G F MILNES

George F Milnes & Co. Ltd., Cleveland Street Works, Birkenhead to 4/02, then at Hadley Castle, Shropshire

SEHC

Societe l'Electricite et l'Hydraulique, Charleroi, Belgium, later and nowadays Ateliers de Constructions Electriques de Charleroi SA (ACEC) and part of the Westinghouse Electric an Manufacturing Group, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

UEC

United Electric Car Co. Ltd., Dick, Kerr Works, Preston, Lancs. (Later part of English Electric Co.)

For full details of the MER Fleet see the publication Manx Electric by A.M. Goodwyn

'Austere liveried' winter saloon 19 and 40's class trailer at Derby Castle on a hot summers day.
Photo Richard Dodge

1906 Crossbench Car 32 Photo A. Spencer
Trailer 60 of 1896 Photo A. Spencer
Winter Saloon No. 22 Photo R. Dodge
Illuminated Tunnel Car 9 Photo A. Spencer

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