
Although not strictly a project as such, the Supporters' Association made a presentation upon the retirement of long-standing driver Jeffrey Kelly in the summer of 2005. Aboard the I.o.M.S.R.S.A. special evening excursion hauled by the Manx Northern Railway locomotive No. 4 (then I.M.R. No. 15 and in a deep blue livery) Caledonia, the late Tony Beard (Secretary) presented Mr. Kelly with replica name and works plates and a chimney numeral from No. 4 Loch which was for many years the south-based locomotive of which he was in charge. Jeffery saw many years service with the railway, starting in 1971 as a fireman, later being the south-based driver and finally a chargehand on the permanent way department before retiring in early 2005. He was one of the drivers that took No. 4 to the Manx Electric Railway during its centenary Year Of Railways in 1993 when it tackled the impressive gradients between Laxey Station and Dhoon Quarry. The event was repeated in 1994 owing to its popularity, and in 1995 using Caledonia on both the coastal line and the Snaefell Mountain Railway which it had helped to construct some one hundred years previously.
Many will recall the immaculate condition in which No. 4 Loch was kept under Jeffrey's charge at Port Erin, carrying the unprototypical maroon livery between 1979 and withdrawl in 1995, and the now familiar three legs motif and “4” numeral that were added to the front buffer beam of the locomotive. After the locomotive’s involvement in the collision at Port Soderick in 2008 a new buffer beam was required and suitable replacement brasses were made and fitted by the railway’s staff to ensure the loco retained its appearance. It was out of service towards the end of 2009, returning with new boiler tubes funded by the Supporters' Association in 2010, seeing service into 2011.
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