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MER CAR LIST

Manx Electric Railway

CAR HISTORY

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Power & Trailer Car List including cars retired or lost in Laxey fire

Car	Built	Builder	Type	Seats	Notes
1	1893	G.F. Milnes	Unvestibuled Saloon	34	Douglas & Laxey livery
2	1893	G.F. Milnes	Unvestibuled Saloon	34	Douglas & Laxey livery
3 *	1893	G.F. Milnes	Unvestibuled Saloon	34	Destroyed in Laxey shed fire 1930
4 *	1894	G.F. Milnes	Vestibuled Saloon	32	Destroyed in Laxey shed fire 1930
5	1894	G.F. Milnes	Vestibuled Saloon	32	MER standard livery
6	1894	G.F. Milnes	Vestibuled Saloon	36	MER standard livery
7	1894	G.F. Milnes	Vestibuled Saloon	36	MER standard livery
8 *	1894	G.F. Milnes	Vestibuled Saloon	32	Destroyed in Laxey shed fire 1930
9 *	1894	G.F. Milnes	Vestibuled Saloon	36	Running as Illuminated Power Car, converted 1993
14	1898	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	56	Stored at Homefield bus Works Douglas
15	1898	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	56	Stored at Homefield bus Works Douglas
16	1898	G.F. Milnes	Crossbench	56	Green & white livery
17	1898	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench	56	Stored at Homefield bus Works Douglas
18	1898	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench	56	Stored at Douglas Depot
19	1899	G. F. Milnes	Winter Saloon	48	MER standard livery
20	1899	G. F. Milnes	Winter Saloon	48	MER standard livery
21	1899	G. F. Milnes	Winter Saloon	48	MER standard livery but running with wrong transfers
22	1899	G.F. Milnes	Winter Saloon	48	Fire damaged, rebuilt 1992, now in red/white bus livery
24 *	1898	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench (Paddlebox)	56	Rebuilt from trailer car 1903, Destroyed in Laxey shed fire 1930
25	1898	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench (Paddlebox)	56	Rebuilt from trailer car 1903, Assigned as P-Way car
26	1898	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench (Paddlebox)	56	Rebuilt from trailer car 1903,
27	1898	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench (Paddlebox)	56	Rebuilt trailer car 1903, Assigned as P-Way car
28 *	1904	ER&TCC	Unvestibuled Crossbench	56	Stored at Homefield bus Works Douglas
29 *	1904	ER&TCC	Unvestibuled Crossbench	56	Stored at Homefield bus Works Douglas
30	1904	ER&TCC	Unvestibuled Crossbench	56	Stored at Ramsey Depot
31	1904	ER&TCC	Unvestibuled Crossbench	56	MER standard livery
32	1906	UEC	Unvestibuled Crossbench	56	MER standard livery
33	1906	UEC	Unvestibuled Crossbench	56	MER standard livery

Car	Built	Builder	Type	Seats	Notes
34	1894	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench	44	Destroyed in Laxey shed fire 1930
35	1894	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench	44	Destroyed in Laxey shed fire 1930
36	1894	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench	44	Stored at Homefield Bus Works, Douglas
37	1894	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench	44	Red and white livery
38	1894	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench	44	Destroyed in Laxey shed fire 1930
39	1894	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench	44	Destroyed in Laxey shed fire 1930
40	1930	English Electric	Crossbench	44	Replacement for burnout trailer No. 40 in 1930 Laxey fire
41	1930	English Electric	Crossbench	44	Replacement for burnout trailer No. 41 in 1930 Laxey fire
42	1903	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench	44	Standard red/white livery
43	1903	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench	44	Standard red/white livery
44	1930	English Electric	Crossbench	44	Replacement for burnout trailer No. 44 in 1930 Laxey fire
45	1899	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench	44	Standard red/white livery
46	1899	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench	44	Standard red/white livery
47	1899	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench	44	Standard red/white livery
48	1899	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench	44	Douglas & Laxey livery
50	1893	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench	44	Stored unserviceable at the Homefield Bus Works, Douglas
51/13	1893	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench	44	Rebuilt to original condition and renumbered as No. 13
52	1893	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench	n/a	now used as P-way flat car, see notes
53	1893	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench	44	Stored unserviceable at the Homefield Bus Works, Douglas
54	1893	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench	44	Stored unserviceable at the Homefield Bus Works, Douglas
55	1904	ER&TCC	Crossbench	44	Stored unserviceable at, Derby Castle Works, Douglas
56	1904	ER&TCC	Disabled saloon	44	Originally crossbench trailer, rebuilt 1994/95
57	1904	ER&TCC	Unvestibuled. Saloon	32	Used as Winter Saloon, Standard MER livery
58	1904	ER&TCC	Unvestibuled. Saloon	32	Used as Winter Saloon, Standard MER livery
59	1895	G. F. Milnes	Unvestibuled. Saloon	18	Ex 4-wheel Royal Saloon, Standard MER livery
60	1896	G. F. Milnes	Crossbench	44	Standard MER livery
61	1906	UEC	Crossbench	44	Standard MER livery
62	1906	UEC	Crossbench	44	Standard MER livery

TEXT COLOUR CODES

RED cars which have been destroyed or withdrawn

GREEN cars in regular service

BLACK cars in store, out of service

BLUE cars transferred to engineering or goods stock

* NOTES

Cars 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22 are fitted with air connections for use with Winter Saloon Trailer 58. Winter Saloon Trailer 57 lost it's air brake equipment during the course of it's last major overhaul.

Car 9 was fitted with Illuminations in 1993 for the MER Centenary, of which it retains today.

Car 10 rebuilt into Goods motor car in 1904, again rebuilt into goods trailer in 1920. Exists today as restored stored van No. 26

Car 22’s bodywork was destroyed by fire in Sept 1990. The bodywork was rebuilt by Mc Cards of Port Erin in 1992.

Cars 14, 15, 17, 28, 29 are stored unserviceable at the former Homefield Bus Works, Douglas.

Car 30 is currently stored at Ramsey Depot out of service.

Car 18 is stored unserviceable at Derby Castle.

Trailers 36, 50, 53 & 54 are stored unserviceable at the former Homefield Bus Works, Douglas.

Trailer 51 was rebuilt to its 1894 condition in 1987, but with roof. Now renumbered as No. 13

Trailer 52 was 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 , trailer 52 was no longer needed to make up the total of 25 trailers and became permanently allocated to engineering duties.

Trailer 55 is currently stored unserviceable at Ramsey Depot.

Trailer 56 rebuilt 1994/95 as a special saloon and fitted with sides, glazing, wheelchair hoist, dynamo and de-mountable seating as a disabled access car with wheelchair hoist.

Trailer 59 originally built as a 4-wheel Royal Saloon but later rebuilt as a bogie saloon

Typical MER power and trailing car sets recorded during a single operating day - (4/6/02)
1+49	2+40	5+431	6+41	9+48	16+60
9+44	20+46	22+42	26+61	9+48	16+60

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