MER & SMR Fleet List

Below is an updated fleet list of the Manx Electric Railway and the Snaefell Mountain Railway. Photos showing the various batches of cars are available as slideshows under “videos” in the menu.

Car No.	Builder & Year Built	Remarks
M.E.R. Motor Cars
1	G. F. Milnes 1893	"Unvestibuled Saloons"
2		- no.3 destroyed in 1930 (Laxey Shed fire)
3
4	G. F. Milnes 1894	"Vestibuled Saloons TUNNEL CARS"
5		- nos.4 and 8 destroyed in 1930 (Laxey Shed fire)
6		- no.9 rebuilt as illuminated car in 1993
7
8
9
10	G. F. Milnes 1895	"Vestibuled Saloons"
11		- no.10 rebuilt into goods motor car in 1904; converted into freight trailer in 1918; survives as bogie freight van no.26
12		- no.11 survives today as bogie flat wagon no.21
13		- no.12 rebuilt into motor cattle car in 1903; converted into freight trailer in 1918
14	G. F. Milnes 1989	"Unvestibuled Crossbench"
15
16
17
18
19	G. F. Milnes 1899	"Winter Saloon"
20		- no.22 rebuilt (new body) in 1992 after fire
21
22
24	G. F. Milnes 1898	"Converted Crossbench Trailers PADDLEBOXES"
25		- rebuilt from trailers 40-43 (ex 19-22) in 1903
26		- no.24 destroyed in 1930 (Laxey Shed fire)
27		- nos.25 and 27 now pw cars
28	Electric Railway & Tramway Carriage Works 1904	"Unvestibuled Crossbench"
29
30
31
32	United Electric Car 1906	"Unvestibuled Crossbench"
33
[360]	John Stephenson (Brill) 1907	- second hand from Lisbon in 1996
		- was purchased to be regauged from 2′ 11 7/16" (the car needs a substantial overhaul and is a too wide for the line)
		- never received MER fleet number
		- body used as a shelter at Derby Castle 2000-2001 but removed for storage after getting vandalised
[1010]	Talbot 1956-57	- part of a batch of 6 trams bought in 1976 from Aachen/Germany to re-equip the Snaefell cars and thus never part of the M.E.R. fleet proper
		- body survived as mess-hut at Derby Castle Works until 1985 when it was broken up
		- sister cars 1003-1005, 1009 and 1011 never came to the island and were broken up at London Transport’s Lots Road Power Station
M.E.R. Passenger Trailers
49 (ex no.11)	G. F. Milnes 1893	"Crossbench Open"
50 (ex no.12)		- nos.11-13 later nos.23-25
51 (ex no.13)		- later all renumbered 28-33
52 (ex no.14)		- no.51 restored as no.13 (now again numbered 51)
53 (ex no.15)		- no.52 now pw car
54 (ex no.16)
34 (ex no.17)	G. F. Milnes 1894	"Crossbench Open"
35 (ex no.18)		- nos.34, 35, 38 and 39 destroyed in 1930 (Laxey Shed fire)
36 (ex no.19)
37 (ex no.20)
38 (ex no.21)
39 (ex no.22)
59 (ex no.26)	G. F. Milnes 1895	"Royal Saloon THE DOLL’S HOUSE"
		- later no.32
		- until 1900 this was a 4-wheeler
60 (ex no.27)	G. F. Milnes 1896/M.E.R. 1931	"Crossbench Open"
		- rebuilt after 1930 Laxey Shed fire
40 (ex no.19)	G. F. Milnes 1898	"Crossbench Open"
41 (ex no.20)		- rebuilt into motor cars 24-27 in 1903 (see above)
42 (ex no.21)
43 (ex no.22)
44	G. F. Milnes 1899	"Crossbench Open"
45		- no.44 destroyed in 1930 (Laxey Shed fire)  - no.45 currently in use as Bogie Flat Wagon (body parts survive in store)
46
47
48
40"	G. F. Milnes 1903	"Crossbench Open"
41"		- nos.40" and 41" destroyed in 1930 (Laxey Shed fire)
42"
43"
55	Electric Railway & Tramway Carriage Works 1904	"Crossbench Open"
56		- no.56 rebuilt in 1994-95 as saloon (fitted with wheelchair hoist and demountable seating)
57	Electric Railway & Tramway Carriage Works 1904	"Unvestibuled Saloon"
58
61	United Electric Car Company 1906	"Crossbench Open"
62
40”’	English Electric 1930	"Crossbench Open"
41”’		- replacements after the 1930 Laxey Shed fire
44”’
M.E.R. Freight Stock
Open Wagon 1	G. F. Milnes 1894	- no.1 survives as remains only (possibly now scrapped)
Open Wagon 2
Van (Platform) 3	G. F. Milnes 1894-95	- no.3 without platforms since 1966
Van (Platform) 4		- no.4 rebuilt as mail van in 1993
Open Wagon 6	G. F. Milnes 1897-98	- no.8 see also Generator van no.8 (the chassis now survives as the new tower wagon)
Open Wagon 7
Open Wagon 8
Open Wagon 9
Open Wagon 10
Generator Van 8 (ex Open Wagon 8)	G. F. Milnes 1897-98 / M.E.R. 1998	- rebuilt with goods van body to hide the diesel Generator
		- used with no.33 on the steam railway in 1998 only
		- chassis then rebuilt into new tower wagon (diesel Generator now fitted to new Works car no.34)
Van (Platform) 11	G. F. Milnes 1898-98	- both now without platforms
Van (Platform) 12		- no.12 rebuilt as tower wagon/mobile workshop with ridge roof in 1976-77 (no fleet number carried)
Locomotive 23	M.E.R. 1900	- until 1925 with steeple cab
		- withdrawn in 1944 – now restored but stored without trucks off the line
		- always borrowed trucks from other cars
Van 13	G. F. Milnes 1903-04
Van 14
Van 15	G. F. Milnes 1908
Van 16
Open Wagon 17	G. F. Milnes/Voss 1912
Open Wagon 18
Stone Wagon 19	M.E.R. 1912
Stone Wagon 20
Freight Motor 21	G. F. Milnes 1895 (MER 1904)	ex Vestibuled Saloon no.11
Stone Wagon (Ballast Hopper) 21	G. F. Milnes 1926 (MER 19??)	- no fleet number carried
		- until recently in use as bogie flat wagon (fitted with Challenger Crane)
Motor Cattle Trailer 22	G. F. Milnes 1895 (MER 1903)	ex Vestibuled Saloon no.12
Freight Trailer 23	G. F. Milnes 1895 (MER 1926)	ex Vestibuled Saloon no.13
		- later renumbered no.22
Sheep Trailer 24	M.E.R. 1910/12	- not numbered until 1918
Sheep Trailer 25
Stone Wagon 24	M.E.R. 1926
Stone Wagon 25
Bogie Freight Trailer 26	G. F. Milnes 1895 (MER 1918)	- originally Vestibuled Saloon no.10
Bogie Flat Wagon 52	G. F. Milnes 1893 (MER 1947)	- originally Crossbench Trailer no.52
		- till the end of 1940s used as passenger trailer in the summer and pw trailer in the winter
Tower Wagons (3 in total)	??? 1893/04 (?)	- no fleetnumber carried
		- destroyed in 1930 (Laxey Shed fire)
Bogie Wagons (14 in total)	??? 189?	- no fleetnumber carried
		- twelve in use as Platelayers Wagons, one as Wire wagon and one as Cable wagon
Bonner Rail/Road Wagons (3 in total)	Bonner 1899	- no fleetnumber carried
Tower Wagons (3 in total)	??? 1930s	- no fleetnumber carried
		- last one scrapped in 1998
Works Car 34	M.E.R. 1995-96	- Replica SMR workscar "Maria" (never used as such)
		- rebuilt as MER workscar (inaugurated in June 2004)
Tower Wagon	IoMR 1998	- no fleet number carried
		- built on chassis of Generator Van 8
S.M.R. Motor Cars
1	G. F. Milnes 1895	- no.5 rebuilt with new body (H. Kinnan, Ramsey) in 1971 after fire
2		- all modernised in 1977-79 using control equipment of Aachen/Germany nos.1003-1005,1009-1010 and new bogies supplied by London Transport Acton Works
3
4
5
6
S.M.R. Freight Cars
7	G. F. Milnes 1896	Maria"
		- in use until 1954 (borrowing bogies from a passenger car)
		- a few remains may still linger on at Laxey SMR sheds today
7"	IOMR 1995-96	- Replica workscar "Maria"
		- never really used on SMR
		- running on a pair of the old pre-London Transport passenger car bogies
		- this car has now become MER workscar no.34 (inaugurated in June 2004)
Open Wagon	Hurst Nelson 1895	- no fleet number carried
Tower Wagon	??? 1895	- no fleet number carried
Tower Wagon	IOMR 1979	- no fleet number carried
		- running on a pair of the old pre-London Transport passenger car bogies
Open Wagon 1	IOMR 1981/82	- running on a pair of the old pre-London Transport passenger car bogies
Open Wagon	IOMR 1981/82	- no fleet number carried
		- running on a pair of the old pre-London Transport passenger car bogies
Tipper Wagon	IOMR 1985	- running on a pair of the old pre-London Transport passenger car bogies
		- chassis used for new tower wagon 1998
Flat Wagon	??? 19??	- stored and awaiting new body
Tower Wagon	IOMR 1998	- built onto chassis of Tipper Wagon
Flat Wagon	??? 19??	- history and current state not known
S.M.R. Wickham Railcars for Air Ministry/CAA use
[1]	D. Wickham 1951	- diesel railcar
		- until 1977 owned by Air Ministry
[2]	D. Wickham 1957	- diesel railcar
		- owned by Civil Aviation Authority
		- sold to Wickham Rail in 1991
[3]	D. Wickham 1977	- diesel railcar
		- owned by Civil Aviation Authority
[4]	Wickham Rail 1991	- diesel railcar
		- owned by Civil Aviation Authority

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