The Item you are buying is a rare or unusual type of Isle of Man Railway Co ticket. Common journeys such as Douglas/Port Erin third class returns were printed in batches of 10,000 or even 100,000 prior to the start of the season, but rare tickets might be produced in a run of 250 and what might survive is what is left over after the end of the season.
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USED LMS OTC TICKET LEEDS-HEYSHAM-DOUGLAS-RAMSEY FOR OTC CAMP 1928]
Used tickets on the IMR are very rare, as collection and disposal was thorough, so this is a chance for a true rarity, an LMS TICKET for an OTC CAMP at Ramsey in 1928.
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thisIMR 108 Mile 3 line tour ticket was introduced in 1938 and was unusual perhaps unique with a front cover with a schematic map of the three routes, and three pages of couplons inside for Port Erin, Peel and Ramsey. It is on buff paper not card and largerthan standard Edmondson tickets. The buyer could visit the three principal resorts. it is issuedandpart used so the Port Erin and Peel coupons are gone, but the Ramsey coupon remains. One of the two we can offer has a faint rubber stamp date. Why it was part used or collected isunknown to me, but may besome special party arangement, but that is surmise. IT IS VERY RARE.
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IMR 1950s holiday runabout tickets,six different issues set D SEE NOTES
A M Sheard introduec the holiday runabout ticket fter the war as a sucessor to the pre-war weekly go as youplease ticket.it went through a number of printings which my father researched. the child ticket had a diagonal red CHILD overprint. the ticket with no prefix has a 5/- fare but the A series ticket has nofare on the back. adult in the 7xxx has a 10/i fare on the back and the 48xx adult has gone to 12/- showing the number series was reused. the B SUFFIX adult is hand altered to 12/6d. the C Series adult is a real rarity, Sheard died in 1965 and hissuccessor was W T Lambden and this is a Lambden ticket. the railway closed in the autumn and that ended the RUNABOUT TICKETS,
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1920s DAVIDSON’S Isle of Man Rail Tours ticket book A, Port St Mary start
From 1895 to 1914 a remarkable guide called Davidson escorted parties around the summit of Snaefell. After the end of the 1914-18 war, he branched out into conducted tours on the steam and electric railways. This book of tickets measures 3 x 5 ins, and consists of a buff cover with Davidson’s title printed on it, a blank back, also buff, and a pane of four perforated blue coupon tickets. The way they were used is quite complicated. The outer right hand ticket at the top of the pane is for the Isle of Man Railway from Port St Mary, where the tour COMMENCED, to Douglas, and would be detached on arrival at Douglas. The second coupon to be inspected would be the INNER coupon at the bottom, and would permit the passenger to travel from Derby Castle to Laxey, but this would be inspected rather than detached at this stage. The group alighted from the car at Laxey, and went into Laxey Glen Gardens, where the outer bottom coupon covered admission to the glen and luncheon, and would be detached. Returning to the MER station, the party ascended Snaefell, and the reason why the MER coupon was inside the Laxey coupon now becomes apparent, as it was needed before AND after Laxey Glen Gardens. This coupon covers the ascent of Snaefell, an MER coach trip from the Bungalow to Tholt-y-Will, and admission to the ME owned glen itself. The final upper left coupon covers the IMR return journey from Sulby Glen to Douglas and on to Port St Mary. It would have been a busy and remarkable day, and the ticket provides fascinating evidence of how it was operated and changing tastes and habits as well as the change in transport facilities.
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1920s DAVIDSON’S Isle of Man Rail Tours ticket book B, blue cover with boat vignette
From 1895 to 1914 a remarkable guide called Davidson escorted parties around the summit of Snaefell. He also branched out into conducted tours on the steam and electric railways. This book of tickets, which we have called Davidson’s Isle of Man Tours Bicket Book B may be a development of a round tour booklet offered from Port St Mary, which we have catalogued as Davidson’s Isle of Man Rail Tours book A, although there is not an official designation, as it would be more convenient to use than that booklet, although more expensive to produce. This booklet comprises front and rear covers in thin blue card and measures 4 x 2.5 ins. The front cover has a similar slogan to book A, reading Davidson’s Conducted ISLE OF MAN TOURS description, but lacks the reference to his being the Snaefell Mountain guide from 1895 to 1914. It is, however, graced with an illustration. Somewhat incongruously this is not a tram, train or scenery that would be relevant to the tour, but of a small two funnel steamer with a port background including a warehouse or factory with a tall chimney ! Almost certainly it is a stock illustration that the printer had available. The Tour commences from CASTLETOWN. Unlike the Book A, which has four small perforated portions on a single sheet, this booklet comprises four separate tear out portions. One explanation is that Booklet A would have been awkward to use, and Book B was a more convenient development. As this book would be more expensive to produce, it is also possible that B was an earlier design, and the cheaper but more awkward book A came later, as a cost cutting exercise. In the absence of firm evidence either is possible, but at present we have called this Type B. The first coupon is on the Isle of Man Railway from Castletown to Douglas. Coupon No 2 is on the MER from Derby Castle to Laxey, then to Snaefell Bungalow and Tholt-y-Will by electric car and motor car, and admission to Sulby Glen. This coupon would be inspected at Derby Castle and finally detached and collected at Tholt-y-Will. Coupon 3 covers admission to Laxey Glen gardens and lunch in the pavilion. Coupon No 4 covers the return rail journey from Sulby Glen to Castletown. The low numbers on surviving examples suggest that the print runs were small and the take-up minimal.
NOTE The ticket supplied will be identical to the illustration, but the ticket illustrated is a sample, to save scanning identical items repeatedly.
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1920s DAVIDSON’S Tours Isle of Man Rail Tours ticket book C -
From 1895 to 1914 a remarkable guide called Davidson escorted parties around the summit of Snaefell. After the end of the 1914-18 war, he branched out into conducted tours on the steam and electric railways. This book of tickets measures 3 x 5 ins, and consists of a buff cover with Davidson’s title printed on it, a blank back, also buff, and a pane of four perforated salmon pink coupon tickets. The way they were used is quite complicated. The outer right hand ticket at the top of the pane is for the Isle of Man Railway from Port Erin, where the tour COMMENCED, to Douglas, and would be detached on arrival at Douglas. The second coupon to be inspected would be the INNER coupon at the bottom, and would permit the passenger to travel from Derby Castle to Laxey, but this would be inspected rather than detached at this stage. The group alighted from the car at Laxey, and went into Laxey Glen Gardens, where the outer bottom coupon covered admission to the glen and luncheon, and would be detached. Returning to the MER station, the party ascended Snaefell, and the reason why the MER coupon was inside the Laxey coupon now becomes apparent, as it was needed before AND after Laxey Glen Gardens. This coupon covers the ascent of Snaefell, an MER coach trip from the Bungalow to Tholt-y-Will, and admission to the ME owned glen itself. The final upper left coupon covers the IMR return journey from Sulby Glen to Douglas and on to Port Erin. It would have been a busy and remarkable day, and the ticket provides fascinating evidence of how it was operated and changing tastes and habits as well as the change in transport facilities. This booklet, except for the STARTING POINT, which is Port Erin rather than Port St Mary, the omission of Port St Mary from the front cover and the colour of the coupons is identical in style with Davidson book A.
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Isle of Man Rail & Bus WEEKLY TICKETS Undated Series
The Isle of Man Railway WEEKLY GO-AS-YOU-PLEASE TICKETS were developed by A M Sheard, the outstanding manager of the combined rail and bus services from the 1920s to 1965. His motto was that the important thing was not to attract traffic to rail or bus, BUT to ATTRACT TRAFFIC. To do so he produces a wide range of one, two, three, four and seven day special offers. The Weekly tickets, which measure 3.5 x 2.75 ins, used the phrase GO-AS-YOU-PLEASE, and were available for RAIL only or BUS and RAIL services, the rail issues being green and the combined issues white. Before the war, the tickets were pre-printed with the year of issue, but after the war, undated issues were printed so that stock could be used in subsequent years. This set comprises three undated tickets. The green tickets are an adult RAIL only weekly ticket and a child series weekly ticket with clipped corner, whilst the white ticket is a combined rail and bus Adult issue. The clipped corner was so that ticket collectors and bus conductors could distinguish between adult and child issues at a glance. The adult fare for a week’s unlimited travel by rail was 10/-, or 50p in decimal terms, and 5/- for the child issue, whilst the combined bus and rail ticket was 15/-, or 75p. NOTE The ticket supplied will be identical to the illustration, but the ticket illustrated is a sample, to save scanning identical items repeatedly.
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Isle of Man Railway TRAVEL COUPON Ticket Book (Buff paper Cover)
Apart from the customary Edmondson style card tickets issued at stations, the Isle of Man Railway Co also made similar card tickets available in bulk to selected hotels so that guests could buy tickets at the hotel rather than having to queue at the booking office, and paper tickets were also issued to hotels, travel agents and other venues. Indeed, it was possible to buy Isle of Man Railway tickets from a variety of outlets in the northern mill towns in the 19th century before the visitor had even left home. This travel coupon booklet consists of four pages stapled at the left and measures 4.5 x 2.24 ins. It is printed in red and black on buff paper by Williamsons of Ashton, and probably dates from the 1930s. The first page (illustrated) explains it is a book of Travel Coupons, valid for one week from the date of issue. The next page is a Third Class Return between Douglas and Port Erin. The third page is between Douglas and Peel and the final page is a return ticket between Douglas and Ramsey. Apart from the convenience of not having to queue the tickets were usually sold at a slight discount over standard fares, and from the railway’s point-of-view reduced the queues at the booking hatches at peak periods and provided a source of income, as passengers might not go out of Douglas if the weather was bad. NOTE The ticket supplied will be identical to the illustration, but the ticket illustrated is a sample, to save scanning identical items repeatedly.
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This set of three Isle of Man Railway Rail/Sea Excursion Tickets is unusual as it has a figure 3 overprint on the outward and return halves of the ticket, though its’ purpose is unclear. It does not mean third class. The Peel & North of Ireland SS Co ran a service from Peel to Belfast in 1889, but the service only operated for a few months, and the company ceased operations. The Isle of Man Steam Packet Co took over the service in 1890, running occasional sailings until 1914. These three return excursion tickets may well date from the start of the IOMSPCo services in 1890. They consist of a First Class rail and Saloon passage by steamer TOURIST ticket (pink/White), a Third Class Rail and Saloon sea passage EXCURSION (red/lilac) and a Third Class rail and Fore-cabin by Sea EXCURSION (white/green). . The reason there are two 3rd class rail tickets is that the difference in quality between first and third class rail was not a great deal, but on the boats fore cabin which was the third class on a paddle steamer was a lot poorer although cheaper than saloon, so some passengers would economise on the rail journey but wanted better accommodation by sea. Why one is headed TOURIST and the other pair are EXCURSION is difficult to explain as the wording is the same, the outward half being available on day of issue only, whilst the return was available up to and including the following Tuesday. The service ended in 1914.
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Pre-1905 Isle of Man Railway 3/8d COUPON Ticket Book, B Series
Apart from the customary Edmondson style card tickets issued at stations, the Isle of Man Railway Co also made similar card tickets available in bulk to selected hotels so that guests could buy tickets at the hotel rather than having to queue at the booking office, and paper tickets were also issued to hotels, travel agents and other venues. Indeed, it was possible to buy Isle of Man Railway tickets from a variety of outlets in the northern mill towns in the 19th century before the visitor had even left home. This booklet consists of thin blue card covers and four pages of trvel coupons stapled at the left and measures 4 x 2.1 ins. The first coupon is for a third class trip from Douglas to Port Erin, and the second covers the return. A similar pair of coupons cover the Douglas Peel line, BUT RAMSEY IS NOT INCLUDED, and this led to acrimony in the 19th century when a passenger bought a coupon book from an LY station having been told it covered the whole Island, and could not go to Ramsey. He complained to the IMR management, to the LYR and to the local papers, with the result that the advertising was made more accurate thereafter. Apart from the convenience of not having to queue the tickets were usually sold at a slight discount over standard fares, and from the railway’s point-of-view reduced the queues at the booking hatches at peak periods and provided a source of income, as passengers might not go out of Douglas if the weather was bad. NOTE The ticket supplied will be identical to the illustration, but the ticket illustrated is a sample, to save scanning identical items repeatedly.
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Isle of Man Railway 2/6d Ramsey COUPON Ticket Book, no prefix
Apart from the customary Edmondson style card tickets issued at stations, the Isle of Man Railway Co also made similar card tickets available in bulk to selected hotels so that guests could buy tickets at the hotel rather than having to queue at the booking office, and paper tickets were also issued to hotels, travel agents and other venues. Indeed, it was possible to buy Isle of Man Railway tickets from a variety of outlets in the northern mill towns in the 19th century before the visitor had even left home. This booklet consists of thin blue card covers and after 1905 RAMSEY TICKET COUPONS were also issued, this being the first series with two coupons. Apart from the convenience of not having to queue the tickets were usually sold at a slight discount over standard fares, and from the railway’s point-of-view reduced the queues at the booking hatches at peak periods and provided a source of income, as passengers might not go out of Douglas if the weather was bad. NOTE The ticket supplied will be identical to the illustration, but the ticket illustrated is a sample, to save scanning identical items repeatedly.
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IMR COUPON tours 1st class, Douglas to PORT erin & Peel
IMR Coupon tours 1st class, Douglas & Ramsey
There was a first class version of the 3rd coupon booklets, and we have never offered that before, so except for class and fare, the details are similar to the 3rd coupons
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Isle of Man Railway Co pre-1914 third steamer rail ticket via Fleetwood UNUSUAL Fore cabin & Third Class
In over 40 years study of Isle of Man Railway Co tickets, I have seen hundreds of rare types, but this small batch of tickets is truly extraordinary. Firstly IMR tickets before 1914 were printed by Waterlows and bore a close house style and these tickets have no similarities with IMR tickets. Indeed they are much more like LYR tickets in styling and are to a BLANK destination on the LYR VIA the IOMSPCo FLEETWOOD 'Boat' as the ticket states, but not via LIVERPOOL which seems strange, as one of the major LYR stations was Liverpool Exchange!
The line 'Fare' is typical of LYR blank tickets but not normal for the Isle of Man, and the colour which is a drab green is typical of the UK railways but was not used in the IOM. The IMR ticket ledgers show that Waterlows produced tickets for major journeys, eg Douglas-Port Erin 3rd return by the tens or hundreds of thousands, but even minor journeys were produced in runs of 250, but to the best of my belief NO example is known of these tickets numbered above 50, and as No 4 still survives (in my collection) it suggests few, if any were actually issued.
Other than that it is some joint venture with the LYR with the hand of the LYR predominant I can suggest nothing more. It is perhaps useful to say that when Thomas Stowell was manager of the IMR from 1903 onwards, the relationship with the LYR was VERY close, indeed much closer than with the LNWR, as had been the case, and LYR officers regularly holidayed in the IOM and called to see Stowell. It will be recalled that the IMR even adopted an LYR two tone brown livery!
This all green ticket was via Fleetwood and allowed for travel by Fore Cabin (which was the equivalent of third class on the boat, and third class rail,
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Isle of Man Railway Co pre-1914 third steamer rail ticket via Fleetwood Saloon & Third Class, green and white.
As with the forecabin & third class ticket, this small batch of tickets is extraordinary. IMR tickets before 1914 were printed by Waterlows and bore a close house style and these tickets have no similarities with IMR tickets. They are much more like LYR tickets in styling and are to a BLANK destination on the LYR VIA the IOMSPCo FLEETWOOD 'Boat' as the ticket states, but not via LIVERPOOL which seems strange, as one of the major LYR stations was Liverpool Exchange!
The line 'Fare' is typical of LYR blank tickets but not normal for the Isle of Man, and the colour which is a green with a white horizontal band is typical of the UK railways but was not used in the IOM. The IMR ticket ledgers show that Waterlows produced tickets for major journeys, eg Douglas-Port Erin 3rd return by the tens or hundreds of thousands, but even minor journeys were produced in runs of 250, but to the best of my belief NO example is known of these tickets numbered above 50.
Other than It may be some joint venture with the LYR with the hand of the LYR predominant. It is perhaps useful to say that when Thomas Stowell was manager of the IMR from 1903 onwards, the relationship with the LYR was VERY close, indeed much closer than with the LNWR, as had been the case, and LYR officers regularly holidayed in the IOM and called to see Stowell. It will be recalled that the IMR even adopted an LYR two tone brown livery!
This ticket was via Fleetwood and allowed for travel by Saloon (which was the equivalent of first class on the boat, and third class rail. If this seems strange, third class rail was quite comfortably by 1900, but third class by boat (known as fore cabin in paddle steamer days) was very Spartan, so travellers often opted for saloon on boat and 3rd class train.
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Isle of Man Railway Co 1973 complete Centenary Ticket Set 16 tickets
The IMR Centenary fell on 1 July 1973, and my father, Dr R Preston Hendry had spent many years researching the history of the tickets of the Isle of Man Railway. He offered to provide a range of tickets to mark the Centenary, and this offer was gratefully accepted by the Isle of Man Railway co. The range was to cover the six most common single journeys, which were Douglas-Port Erin, Douglas-Castletown and Castletown-Port Erin and the corresponding up journeys and the same six return journeys and the corresponding journeys starting from the south of the Island.
The plan was to have each single to a different colour, but Williamsons, the ticket printers ran out of colours, so there were just FIVE colours for the six journeys. The return tickets were to have vertical bands for journeys starting in the Down direction and horizontal bands for tickets starting in the up direction, but somehow the Port Erin to Douglas singles ended up with the 'down' journey vertical band, and Williamson's did a replacement ticket with horizontal bands, but such as the time pressure that instead of the narrow bands of the other up tickets, it had the broad bands which were intended for the Centenary Special itself.
As well as the 12 regular journeys (with the 13th error ticket), there was a blank to blank ticket for less common journeys, and the two Centenary Special tickets, a Complementary series for guests and one for fare paying passengers. With the heavy usage of the Centenary Special tickets and the Douglas-Port Erin returns, only a few complete sets have survived.
On the reverse of the ticket there was an engraving of IMR No 1 Sutherland of 1873. twenty five years later, it was my pleasure to lead a team that financed a new boiler for No 8 Fenella but which initially ran in No 1 to allow Sutherland to steam for its 125th anniversary.
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5 IMR isle of Man Railway HM Forces EDMONDSON TICKETS SET A 1900-1965 PERIOD
The Isle of Man RAILWAY had a limited soldier and naval traffic before 1914, but it increased thereafter until the 1960s andclosure of Jurby RAF BASE - THIS IS FIVE DIFFERENT RAIL AND RAIL/SEA TICKETS |
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5 IMR isle of Man Railway HM Forces EDMONDSON TICKETS SET B 1900-1965 PERIOD
The Isle of Man RAILWAY had a limited soldier and naval traffic before 1914, but it increased thereafter until the 1960s andclosure of Jurby RAF BASE - THIS IS FIVE DIFFERENT RAIL AND RAIL/SEA TICKETS |
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============================================== Manx Northern Railway 7 Waterfalls tickets of 1886 set A Manx Northern Railway 7 Waterfalls tickets of 1886 SET B A SMALL BOOKING OFFICE was opened at Waterfalls station in 1886, but traffic was so small, that it was soon de-manned and the ticket rack placed in the legendary FOXDALE coach. these two sets of 7 tickets are survivors from 1886, which were at the station at first and then in the coach. they are a wonderful link with this short lived station ============================================== ===================================================== Sunday Only BRADDAN station 6 IMR Isle of Man Railway tickets Many stations were served by no trains on Sundays, but Braddan was the exception to the rule as it was seldom open OTHER than on a Sunday! Braddan Church was quite small and the vicar too to holding services in the churchyard and these open air church services became a tourist attraction! The railway passed within 100 yards of the church, so a small booking office which was no bigger than a garden shed was opened and passengers could travel from Douglas to Braddan before the service and then return, but many walked to Braddan but were glad of a ride back into Douglas so BrOaddan sold thousands of single tickets BUT VERY FEW RETURNS, In this set of SIX tickets we have three THIRD CLASS returns, two from Braddan to Douglas to different printings, ONE proclaiming it is a Williamson ticket.where BRADDEN IS SPELLED AS BRADDEN The remaining third single is from Quarter Bridge to Braddan which was open on TT Race days for the famous Quarter Bridge viewpoint. THERE is a Quarter Bridge-Douglas return, an early Braddan-Douglas return with no R on the return portion and a Braddan to Douglas all white single. Below it is another Braddan Douglas single and the size of the numerals differs greatly so they were different printings. The yellow/white ticket is a 1st return from Braddan to DOuglas haedly any of which were used ! The last ticket is a different Quarter Bridge/Douglas 3rd return. ============================================= TT RACE DAYS ONLY QUARTER BRIDGE DOUGLAS TICKETS X 3 Quarter Bridge just outside Douglas is a popular venue to watch the TT races, so the IMR STOPPED TRAINS at Quarter Bridge level crossing within 50 yards of the course, and people could catch the train back to Douglas after the races for a few pence. one single i included and two different printings of return tickets. the 'station' was onlyopenon race days, so from 1911 to 1965 was open well under 150 daysin total, making thse tickets anincredible rarity ================================== |
NOTE The tickets supplied will be identical to the illustration, but the ticket illustrated is a sample, to save scanning identical items repeatedly.
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