Retained as such after the removal of the passenger footbridge in 1944, this was located at the mouth of the station yard, adjacent to the Railway Inn (now the Farmer's Arms), this brick-built erection lasted until the final days of the railway and was infrequently used in latter years owing to its proximity within the station environs.  Its primary purpose was the storage of crossing gate lights for night operations and oiling equipment for points, signals, etc.  Of the many photographs that exist of the building, many feature a Stevens & Son patent signal lever with homespun attachments; this lever was rescued by the Supporters' Association in 1969 and eventually arrived at Lhen Coan on the Groudle Glen Railway in 1989 before being restored and erect there in 1993.  Since this time, it has been returned to the railway and protects Port Erin station yard, lying just beyond the Droghadfayle Road level crossing gates.  The building itself was demolished when the site was cleared in 1975.  Our view shows the building after the closure of the line, with the 1873 station building in the background.  Of note also in this view are the grounded coach bodies off some of the “pairs” coaches which were utilised in the railway’s final year of operation as passenger waiting shelters.