Manx Northern Railway travel and admission to Glen Wyllin Set A 3-part tickets.
On 19 June 1890 the Manx Northern Railway agreed to combined rail/admission tickets to the newly opened Glen Wyllin at Kirk Michael and tickets were ordered for journeys commencing from Ramsey, and from other starting points on the MNR (See Set B).
The first class tickets (returns only as they were an excursion) were to a horizontally banded pattern in green/red/green. Although first and third class journeys were ordered from Peel Rd and St John’s, the other MNR stations in the scheme, firsts ex Ramsey were overlooked in the rush and were ordered later in blue/white/blue. Interestingly the Ramsey tickets were the first to be ledgered on 31 July 1890, the Peel Rd/St John’s issues following on 9 August 1890.
The Ramsey thirds were sufficiently popular to require reprints in 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1899. Examples of the last two have survived. The middle ticket in the display to “KIRK MICHAEL” was ledgered on 16 May 1899, whilst the top ticket to ‘MICHAEL’ was ledgered on 14 May 1899. The last two printings used a different spelling for Glen Wyllin, which became Glen WYLLIAN
Unlike the later IMRCo issues, (see Set C), these were not three part tickets, although the MNR did initiate three part tickets for a different destination two years later.
NOTE The tickets supplied will be identical to the illustration, but the tickets illustrated area sample, to save scanning identical items repeatedly.
===================================================================
Manx Northern Railway travel and admission to Glen Wyllin Set B tickets.
On 19 June 1890 the Manx Northern Railway agreed to combined rail/admission tickets to the newly opened Glen Wyllin at Kirk Michael and tickets were ordered for journeys commencing from Ramsey, as we have seen but also from Peel Road and St John’s. They followed the same horizontally banded design, with firsts in the usual first colours of yellow and white, but thirds in different colours to usual. Green/white/green for St John’s and blue/green/blue for Peel Road, The tickets were entered in the ledger on 9 August 1890. Unlike the later IMRCo issues, (see Set C), these were not three part tickets, although the MNR did initiate three part tickets for a different destination two years later.
===================================================================
Isle of Man Railway travel and admission to Glen Wyllin Set C 3-part tickets.
Three part tickets with the centre portion covering admission to Glen Wyllin were developed at the behest of John Cameron, manager of the Manx Northern Railway at the start of the 1890s. The ticket in the centre of this set of five 3-part Edmondson tickets, Douglas to Michael, number series 000-499, with the title Isle of Man/Ry.Co. in two lines was taken into stock from the printers on 7 August 1919. The ticket to the left, Douglas to Kirk Michael with the title as I.O.M.R. in one line was ledgered on 10 February 1920. As the remaining three tickets are to this style, they are probably also from the 1920 ticket order. Although these tickets are in three parts, the hallowed terminology Outward HALF and Return HALF appears on the ticket, the third smaller ‘Half’ covering admission to the glen.
I suppose if the Manxman is reputed to have three legs, having tickets with three halves is only reasonable!
NOTE The tickets supplied will be identical to the illustration, but the tickets illustrated area sample, to save scanning identical items repeatedly.
=========================================================
IOM Manx Northern Railway ‘Red Barred’ Excursion Tickets 1886-1904 issues
A bewildering variety of colour schemes evolved for EXCURSION tickets in the Isle of Man, and some of the most colourful tickets issues by the Manx Northern Railway fall into this category. The bottom ticket in this selection of three MNR Excursions, Ramsey to Waterfalls is from the tickets taken into stock on 4 June 1886 prior to the opening of the Foxdale Railway so is a survivor from the original tickets ordered for the line. The middle ticket, Ramsey to Peel Road was ledgered on 19 April 1904 so comes at the very last batch of tickets ordered by the MNR prior to take over by the Isle of Man Railway. It includes ‘Available of day of issue only’ details on both halves, but is not typical of MNR ticket practice by then. The top ticket, Peel Rd to Ramsey was ledgered on 1 May 1897.
Peel Road station was opened to provide an alternative route from Ramsey to Peel, avoiding the connection at St John’s. Many “northside” Manx folk used this facility, as it was cheaper and although it was a long walk into Peel Road, if your destination was on the north side of the town it was as quick or quicker. Robert Hendry says, “My mother, who was born in 1906 had vivid memories of the walk from Peel Rd into town to visit relations in Peel, and as a little girl would often demand her father to ‘Carry I, daddy’ which he obligingly did.”
NOTE The tickets supplied will be identical to the illustration, but the tickets illustrated are a sample, to save scanning identical items repeatedly
===========================================================================
Ballacostain Halt is a little known platform between Port Soderick and Santon on the Isle of Man Railway. It was opened for the convenience of the Douglas Rifle Club, whose members established a shooting range nearby. First and Third class tickets were issued to Club members and other rifle range users from 1902. They were imprinted RC for the Rifle Club members and RR for non club members. We had found four tickets, but after the scan a Fifth ticket turned up which means that there are FIVE items in the set, including third class RC and RR issues from Douglas, providing an excellent coverage of this remarkable venture, and the illustration shows the face of three tickets and the reverse of one with the Rifle Club agreement referred to in the small print. It is a fascinating set. See also the Volunteer with Rifle ticket in another lot.
NOTE The ticket supplied will be identical to the illustration, but the tickets illustrated are a sample, to save scanning identical items repeatedly.
===========================================================
Until the mid-twenties, the Isle of Man Railway used a bewildering variety of colours and designs for excursion tickets, distinguished by lines, diagonal stripes, and letters. Many of these have vanished without leaving any trace, but a few examples survive to show what a riot of colour the ticket racks must have been. The two tickets in this selection are examples of the Letter overprints. The first ticket is a Third Class Douglas to Colby Special Excursion with a white outward half and a green return portion, both bearing a serifed red L overprint. The second ticket is a Peel to Port St Mary or Port Erin third class special excursion with a white outward half, and a lilac return portion, both bearing a broad green horizontal band and carrying a red S overprint. Despite a careful study of known surviving lettered excursion tickets, no obvious pattern has emerged, as the letters do not appear to have any relationship to the starting point or destination. Child tickets were provided by use of a large half moon ticket snipper cutting out a portion at the bottom of the ticket. The Colby L ticket has the station names as was common practice later on, but the alternative destination ticket from Peel has a different layout as it has to allow for Port St Mary or Port Erin within the half moon shaped cut out. The tickets were printed by Waterlow & Sons of London.
NOTE The tickets supplied will be identical to the illustration, but the ticket illustrated is a sample, to save scanning identical items repeatedly.
=====================================================================
With the growth of the Kaiser’s Germany in the early 1900s, this period witnessed the rapid development of the Volunteer movement whereby patriotic citizens were encouraged to carry out some form of military training. This included rifle training at a shooting range established near Port Soderick a short distance outside Douglas. The Isle of Man Railway Co provided special tickets, overprinted V for ‘VOLUNTEER with Rifle’, making these some of the few railway passenger tickets ever to contain reference to weapons or to specifically permit passengers to carry firearms by train. See also the Rifle Club tickets in another lot.
NOTE The ticket supplied will be identical to the illustration, but the ticket illustrated is a sample, to save scanning identical items repeatedly.
====================================================================
Ultra-rare Isle of Man Railway Co unused IMR wagon label 3x4.5 ins
In sixty years collecting rare Isle of Man Railway Co paperwork, I have unearthed timetables back to the 1880s, annual reports back to 1873 and paperwork before the railway was even built. Perhaps the most astonishing gap in my collection is the humble WAGON LABEL, which is easy to find for UK or Irish railways and I have many rare companies and nineteenth century examples. For the IOMR, it is quite different, in sixty years my father and I only ever found one type of wagon label and the numbers were in single figures.
This label is on creamy-white card and measures 3 x 4.5 ins and contains the normal spaces for data, ie truck No, date, From ....... station to ................ station and a demurrage earning of 1/6d a day if the truck is not unloaded within 48 hours.
As I have said, railwayana that one would think would be far rarer, for example 1870s debenture interest warrants, MNR cheques, or pre 1927 timetables are actually more common.
=====================================================================
Every person travelling by train should be in possession of some authorisation which is usually a ticket of some sort, as this shows a fare has been paid, but there was a need to allow for those who were travelling free for some reason. Under A M Sheard, the IMR issued 4 x 7 ins paper free passes, printed in magenta on white paper. After A M Sheard was re-designated General Manager instead of Secretary & Manager, a supply of standard Edmondson card tickets was printed. The colour varied from green as per the scan to a turquoise blue.
======================================================================
From it opening in MNR days, Glen Wyllin was an important attraction on the Ramsey line, and a bewildering variety of colours and designs for excursion tickets appeared, many of them three part tickets to cover admission to the Glen. These two three part card coupon tickets measure 1.5 x 3.5 ins and are on thin yellow card. They are from different printings for a first class excursion return from Ramsey to Kirk Michael and admission to the Glen. As well as the print layout differing slightly the colour of the stock card also differs and the setting on the 'Issued in accordance....' blurb differs. One assumes that the lower numbered 100 series is earlier hsn the hgher numbered 200 series.
==============================================================
Sunday Only BRADDAN station & Quarter Bridge, 9 IMR Isle of Man Railway tickets