{"id":4312,"date":"1920-11-28T00:17:36","date_gmt":"1920-11-28T00:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/?p=4312"},"modified":"2020-11-28T02:26:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T02:26:22","slug":"manx-electric-railway-tram-number-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/?p=4312","title":{"rendered":"Manx Electric Railway Tram Number 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Isle of Man Manx Electric Railway Tram Number 1<\/h3>\n

This is a 5″ gauge (the width of the rails) model of MER 1 from 1893.<\/p>\n

The full size tram is in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest tram still running on its original track in the Isle of Man.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The model is scratch built, meaning that every thing has had to be made, except for a few things like electric motors, bearings and some nuts and bolts.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>There are no detailed dimensioned drawings available so all I could find was a side view line drawing in a book along with one for the bogies, these were enlarged to the size of the model which gave a good idea of the proportions. It was then down to researching books and photographs.<\/p>\n

As the full size tram is still running, holidays on the Isle of Man were a must and the staff at the depot in Douglas were so helpful and enthusiastic about my project. A considerable number of photos and measurements were taken.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The tram will be powered by two 12 volt batteries, so, when running, parts of the interior will be removed and the batteries and electronics dropped in.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This has taken 4 years so far with the detailing taking the most time. The next challenge will be painting!<\/p>\n

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<- Back to exhibits Isle of Man Manx Electric Railway Tram Number 1 This is a 5″ gauge (the width of the rails) model of MER 1 from 1893. The full size tram is in the Guinness Book of Records as the oldest tram still running on its original track in the Isle of Man. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virtual-exhibition-2020"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4318,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4312\/revisions\/4318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bradfordmes.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}