Douglas Horse Trams

[Rhinochugger]

The Douglas Horse Tramway has just published it's summer timetable and here's a link to the Friends of Douglas Bay Horse Tramway. Certainly not closing and so still the oldest in the world I think.

http://www.friendsofdbht.org/home/news

Oh yes, traveled on it last October, and included a visit to the engine shed

 

[Gizzy]

Oh yes, traveled on it last October, and included a visit to the engine shed

How much horse power in those engines then....

 

[No72]

Ok.... it seems I have some way to go then. I do have a trailer all I need is a https://www.schleich-s.com/en/US/farm-world/products/clydesdale-gelding-13808.html horse . I have seen the HO/OO ones with the hooves resting on clear plastic but Im more inclined to hollow out the hooves and put 3mmOD ball bearings in them and the let the motorised trailer push the horse while moving the legs with fine wires.

 

[Rhinochugger]

How much horse power in those engines then....

It wasn't so much the horsepower in the engines..............

it was more a question of the horsepower on the floor

 

[trammayo]

It wasn't so much the horsepower in the engines..............

it was more a question of the horsepower on the floor

Ah - you mean the horse apples!

The powers that be are seeking planning permission to rebuild the Strathallan Tram Depot which will look similar to what it did in 1902 if all goes well.

 

[PhilP]

Ah - you mean the horse apples!

The powers that be are seeking planning permission to rebuild the Strathallan Tram Depot which will look similar to what it did in 1902 if all goes well.

Sorry???
Is that built out of horse apples!

 

[trammayo]

Sorry???
Is that built out of horse apples!

Oh horse apples!

 

[playmofire]

In Playmobil sets, this:

:http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=+30223750

is chocolate ice cream or horse apples, depending on the set.

 

[trammayo]

In Playmobil sets, this:

:http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=+30223750

is chocolate ice cream or horse apples, depending on the set.

Not 'poops in a pile' then.

 

[Miamigo259]

Planning application for new depot..........
https://services.gov.im/planningapp...ls.iom?ApplicationReferenceNumber=18/00305/GB

 

[Rhinochugger]

Planning application for new depot..........
https://services.gov.im/planningapp...ls.iom?ApplicationReferenceNumber=18/00305/GB

Just riding on them is to go back to another world - where time is leisurely

We went to the IoM last October, when the Snaefell Mountain Railway was SNAFU which was a bit of a downer but............................

The MER, the Douglas trams and the Steam Railway are railfan heaven

 

[PhilP]

In Playmobil sets, this:

:http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=+30223750

is chocolate ice cream or horse apples, depending on the set.

So, is it also 'grapes', 'apples', or 'tomatoes', depending on what colour it is painted?

Or is this just a 'language' thing??

 

[playmofire]

So, is it also 'grapes', 'apples', or 'tomatoes', depending on what colour it is painted?

Or is this just a 'language' thing??

It is different flavours of ice cream and also apples, peaches and tomatoes, all depending on colour.

Hamburgers also double as cowpats.

 

[PhilP]

It is different flavours of ice cream and also apples, peaches and tomatoes, all depending on colour.

Hamburgers also double as cowpats.

Priceless!

 

[No72]

Sooooo does all this mean the we colonials have now got the only full time Horse tramway in ze vorld? As well as haffingk ze only Purrey Steam tram???? We are coming up in the world hey?

 

[playmofire]

Sooooo does all this mean the we colonials have now got the only full time Horse tramway in ze vorld? As well as haffingk ze only Purrey Steam tram???? We are coming up in the world hey?

The Douglas Horse Trams do not operate all year round but for the greater part of it, 29th March to 4th November in 2018.