Rolling Stock
There were fifteen trams on the system.
- 67 Built 1911 by Milnes Voss. Crossbench car.
- 68 Built 1909 by Milnes Voss. Crossbench car.
- 69 - 70 Built 1907 by United Electric. Crossbench cars.
- 71 - 78 Built 1896 by G.F. Milnes & Co.. Crossbench cars. No 77 rebuilt as saloon in 1903, No. 78 rebuilt as saloon in 1904.
- 79 - 81 Built 1911 by G. F. Milnes. Saloon cars.
After the closure of the line, two of the cars, No. 72 and No. 73 were turned into a bungalow at Jurby. Both vehicles retained their bogies. They had been built by G. F. Milnes in 1896. In 1976, these two vehicles were rescued by the Douglas Cable Car Group, and a restoration carried out using the best of both cars. The tram now bears the number 72 on one end and 73 on the other, it has been converted to work by battery power and is sometimes seen running on the horse tramway.
Tram 72 is now based at the Jurby Transport Museum.
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