WINTER SHOPPERS' TRAINS - 23rd OCTOBER 1981 Photography By Howard Bishop |
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No. 12 Hutchinson awaiting departure from Douglas to Port Erin on the first day of the newly-introduced Friday shoppers’ trains, 23rd October 1981. Note the station in its original condition but minus the platform awnings, with the goods shed on the far right.
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Marshalling stock prior to departure, No. 12 Hutchinson , showing the signal array before the station at Douglas was truncated and the 1893 carriage shed in the distance.
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The shoppers' train arriving at Castletown Station on the same day; note the station canopy is painted blue - at this time Campamarina were sitting tennants in the station and goods shed.
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| Same date, at Santon Station passing a permanent way train hauled by one of the former County Donegal diesel railcars and utilising the "Double M" bogie runner with two drop-side wagons. |

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No. 12 Hutchinson on shed at Douglas Station prior to hauling the first Friday shoppers' train on 23rd October 1981; note No. 13 Kissack in the background and the heating equipment on No. 12 between the chimney and dome.
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