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Published: 2014-08-04 11:57:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 1455; Favourites: 44; Downloads: 11
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On the beautiful Three Foot gauge Isle of Man Railway, Caledonia, an 0-6-0T built by Dubs & Co. of Glasgow in 1885, pulls out of Douglas terminus with a splendid rake of non-corridor, compartmented bogie carriages for a run to Port Erin.Related content
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Beautiful! I hope to visit the Isle of Man some day.
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I hope to perhaps set foot there again, if only for another journey on this railway, when I stay in Europe to study.
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Simply stunning and also the oddity as well. All the rest were built by Beyer Peacock in Manchester and there are actually two lots of them. Small boilered version and the larger boiler version. This loco was a Scottish built loco by Dubs and Co. She was heavier on the track than the others and was used less than the others. She just oozes elegance in my opinion.
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Thank you again. 
It was such an honor to see such a vintage engine in steam in such an opulent livery of Man Northern Railway Tuscan Red with a copper capped chimney!
I would've loved to have seen the Manx Northern Sharp Stewart engines survive as well. I have a copy of The Isle of Man Railway by James I. C. Boyd, which learned me well of this railway before I planned my trip to it.
It was worth it to wake up at 4 in the morning, to catch the first train of the day to Liverpool, to catch the ship to Douglas, to catch the train to Port Erin! 
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This railway is a jewel-like example of a turn of the century narrow gauge line. Quite a few lines the island had as well for such a small island back when the railway was at its prime of development.
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Brilliant shot, She's a beauty, How fast do you think she was going?, Did you board the train?,
I was on holidays in Clare last week, Visited the West Clare Railway in Moyasta outside Kilrush, I saw their only steam locomotive, The lone survivor of the railway, Slieve Callan named after a nearby mountain, She was on a plinth at Ennis railway station up until the 1990's after the railway closed in the 50's, The other locomotives of her class were scrapped but some of their parts were saved and put into Slieve Callan, On great quality track she could reach 40 MPH but her running speed is 25 MPH, She was built more for power over speed.
The society with permission lifted off her off the plinth with a crane and onto a lowloader, Protesters tried to stop them and wouldn't move so the crane lifted her up with them inside the cab, They all ran for it except one.
It cost €750,000 to restore her in the UK, It's a shame she wasn't running when I got there, She was in the engine shed, I went into the shed and climbed up into the cab, She's a 0-6-2 running on 3ft gauge track , I'll upload photos, You should have seen the size of her, Put her next to an Irish broad gauge 5'3 steam locomotive and she would only look a little smaller, Slieve Callan would be bigger than the Isle Of Man steam locomotives but she carries the same type of coupler as Caledonia.
She consumes a quarter to half a ton of coal a day when she runs so it costs money, She runs depending on the amount of visitors, It was very quiet at the railway, I went for a trip behind the diesel loco but it's not the same.
The society have applied for Heritage Grants constantly but they keep getting turned down by the local council which isn't fair, They're not giving up though. Since heritage society's here are doing their best to preserve what's left of Irish Steam which is very little, The government should make more of an effort in the Heritage Sector, It's different for the RPSI since they're based in Northern Ireland they get heritage grants since they're part of the UK as you know, That's what I love about the UK, USA, and even in mainland Europe they care a lot more about preservation.
To put it frankly the Irish government and councils couldn't care less nor the public, They don't have to have a big interest, It's all about helping out even just to keep it going. They don't realise the amount of work involved in maintaining steam locomotives and the hard work members do at keeping the engine and railway in working order,
The government is corrupt and only care about their high wages so they can live the rich life, Our Taoiseach (Prime Minister), Enda Kenny is a smug idiot who thinks he above everyone, To some he's known as An Oinseach, which is Irish Gaelic for (The eejit or idiot). Basically he and his political pals and people who lost the run of themselves spent too much money making Ireland go broke.
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Thank you. The average speed of trains on this railway is, according to a fireman I spoke to, about 25mph. I merely saw her when she was about to depart when I arrived back at Douglas on my train, which was taken by No. 10 (G. H. Wood).
I do love the County Donegal Railway and the other unique Irish narrow gauge lines.
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Glad you enjoyed yourself, If you're ever in Ireland you should visit the CDR and the Downpatrick Railway, There's the Cavan & Leitrim Railway too, There was the Blennerville Steam Railway down in Kerry but they have no money or volunteers, Their only steam locomotive is left out in the open to rust, There's no shed for it as far as I know.
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I'll put those suggestions in mind. If I go to Ireland, the first thing on my railway list would be to take a mainline excursion behind the Great Northern Railway's Slieve Gullion. I've read she'll be back in service by 2015.
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Thank you. Lighting is my favourite touch to focus on in photography.
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No prob! It really lets you feel the atmosphere. I totally understand where you're coming from
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They are, to let the arriving passengers off, and the departing passengers in.
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