Rare and largely unseen footage of the railway has surfaced on the British Pathe website recently; the footage shows a long train passing through Pulrose Racecourse road crossing prior to the replacement with the road bridge which is still extant today.  This footage is included as part of a longer newsreel item and uncovers a number of interesting facts about the railway that had previously been open to interpretation and the aficionados debate for a number of years.  Firstly, as the train approached the crossing we can see a rake of what appear to be "M" class wagons in a siding (the racecourse siding was known to have existed) but these appear to be on the wrong side of the railway's boundary fencing.  Could this have been something to do with the railway's connection with the construction of the nearby estate that is touched upon in James I.C. Boyd's definitive work?  The whole thing is available to view at their site: http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=10197 and appears about halfway through the film.  A causal search using the keywords Isle of Man Railway reveals some further gems, including a Douglas Carnival parade from 1953 with an appearance from the elusive “other” No. 16 as well as some views of the Manx Electric Railway.  Also of I.M.R. interest is the newsreel recording the naming ceremony of L.M.S. Patriot Class locomotive "Isle Of Man" at Lime Street Station.