Mrs C. and I escaped the heatwave in the south-east for a few delightful days spent roaming around the Isle of Man. This was our first visit so we did all the usual touristy things but with a special emphasis on the island's heritage transport systems. Horse-drawn trams run along the promenade at Douglas (right outside our hotel bedroom), there is an electric light railway going north from Douglas to Ramsey with a spur that takes you right to the top of Snaefell (and we were lucky to be there on a glorious day of magnificent views and brilliant blue skies) and the steam railway (on a three-foot gauge) runs to the south via the old capital at Castletown to Port Erin.
I haven't put many tram or railway photos up for a while so I'm going to make up for it now. Enjoy!
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| Summit of Snaefell at 2036' |
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| Electric tram |
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| Steam loco ready to leave Douglas |
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| Horse tram along Douglas promenade |
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