Blackpool 1937 Brush car no. 622 seen on a Transport Trust visit to Blackpool Corporation Tramways in 1998. (Phil Rawlings ©)

Blackpool Corporation Transport Crest

Birkenhead 20 and Wallasey 78 seen at the Wirral Bus and Tram Show 2008 (© Robert Joy)

Blackpool 1984 East Lancs Coachbuilders Centenary car seen on a Transport Trust visit to Blackpool Corporation Tramways in 1998. (Phil Rawlings ©)

Blackpool 1953 Charles Roberts Coronation car 682 seen on a Transport Trust visit to Blackpool Corporation Tramways in 1998. (Phil Rawlings ©)

Blackpool 1953 Charles Roberts Coronation car 682 seen on a Transport Trust visit to Blackpool Corporation Tramways in 1998. (Phil Rawlings ©)

Blackpool 1934 English Electric Balloon car seen on a Transport Trust visit to Blackpool Corporation Tramways in 1998. (Phil Rawlings ©)

Blackpool 1934 English Electric Balloon car no. 700 seen on a Transport Trust visit to Blackpool Corporation Tramways in 1998. (Phil Rawlings ©)

Blackpool 1933 English Electric Boat car no. 600 seen on a Transport Trust visit to Blackpool Corporation Tramways in 1998. (Phil Rawlings ©)

Horse-drawn double-deck car no 14, Manufacturer: Metropolitan Railway Carriage & Wagon Co 1883 with 22/20 seating, on display in the Manx Museum 12-09-2008. (© Doug Spencer)

Car No 45 [Type: Bulkhead; Seating Capacity: 40; Manufacturer: G C Milnes-Voss 1908/1911] ready to depart Douglas Pier Head for Derby Castle (with the wife boarding) 12-09-2009 (© Doug Spencer)

– and ready for the return journey at Derby castle where MER Car No 6 is about to run round its trailer 12-09-2008. (© Doug Spencer)

Car no 37 [Type: Bulkhead; Seating Capacity: 32; Manufacturer: G F Milnes 1896] arriving at Derby castle 12-09-2008 (© Doug Spencer)

– and ready for the return trip to Douglas Pier Head 12-09-2008. (© Doug Spencer)

LONDON TRANSPORT #1858 ... a 1930 English Electric HR2 type alongside Blackpool No 159 and [ALJ986] Bournemouth Corporation #202 a 1935 Sunbeam MS2 with Park Royal O40/29R body; seen at the East Anglia Transport Museum Trolleybus Weekend, 13/14th September 2008. (© P Esposito via Chris Stanley).

LONDON TRANSPORT #1858 ... a 1930 English Electric HR2 type; seen at the East Anglia Transport Museum Trolleybus Weekend, 13/14th September 2008. (© P Esposito via Chris Stanley).

LONDON TRANSPORT #1858 ... a 1930 English Electric HR2 type; seen at the East Anglia Transport Museum Trolleybus Weekend, 13/14th September 2008. (© P Esposito via Chris Stanley).

LCC/LT tram 1025 is one of 1000 Class E1 cars delivered between 1907 and 1930 and was built by the LCC in 1907 originally without windscreens. It was withdrawn almost at the end of tramway operation in London in 1952 and is preserved in its post-war condition. London Transport Museum Acton Depot, 1st November 2008. (© Chris Stanley)

WEST HAM CORP TRAMWAYS #102 , new in 1910. London Transport Museum , 22nd November 2007. (Chris Stanley ©)

Car No 5 [1894 G. F. Milnes Saloon seating 32 with Brush D trucks and 4 x SEHC 25hp motors] coupled to trailer no 41 [1930 English Electric Crossbench seating 44 with Milnes S1trucks] 11-9-2008. (© Doug Spencer)

Trailer no 41 [1930 English Electric Crossbench seating 44 with Milnes S1trucks] coupled to Car No 5 [1894 G. F. Milnes Saloon seating 32 with Brush D trucks and 4 x SEHC 25hp motors] 11-09-2008. (© Doug Spencer)

Car No 6 [1894 G. F. Milnes Saloon seating 36 with Brush D trucks and 4 x SEHC 25hp motors] with trailer No 46 [1899 G. F. Milnes Crossbench seating 44 with Milnes S1 trucks] seen at Laxey about to depart for Ramsey 11-09-2008. (© Doug Spencer)

On arrival at Ramsey the trailer is detached whilst the tram pulls forward 11-09-2008 (© Doug Spencer)

– and then on to the loop ; the trailer then drops down by gravity 11-09-2008 (© Doug Spencer)

the tram backs on to the trailer for re-coupling 11-09-2008 (© Doug Spencer)

– before getting ready to return to Douglas via Laxey 11-09-2008. (© Doug Spencer)

– ready to return to Douglas via Laxey 11-09-2008. (© Doug Spencer)

– and off she goes! 11-09-2008 (© Doug Spencer)

Car No 6 of the Snaefell Mountain Railway at the summit 11-09-2008 (© Doug Spencer)

– and at the station at Laxey 11-09-2008. (© Doug Spencer)

– and at the station at Laxey 11-09-2008. (© Doug Spencer)