Horse Trams No.48 and No.50 in store outside Derby Castle Lower Sheds during 1980-82 © Travel Lens Photographic
Builder: Vulcan Motor Engineering Co, Southport
Numbers Carried: No.48
Built: 1935
Classification: Trailer
Current Status/Location: Scrapped
Year Last Operated: 1976
Livery: Red and White
Year Visited: 1980
History: Horse Tram No.48 was built in 1935 as a batch of five (two Buses and three Horse Trams) by the Vulcan Engineering Company based in Southport, and lived a fairly average life until it’s withdrawl from service in 1976.
No.48 was then acquired by the M.E.R in 1980 for intended use as a waiting shelter at Ballaglass, as a replacement for the aging wooden example at the site. This however did not occur, and it was broken up at Derby Castle in 1982.
Manx Electric Railway Online 