1960 News
1960 News
Locomotives
No.1 Sutherland was largely relegated to lighter duties by this time, working on reduced boiler pressure, double-heading heavy trains and performing station pilot duties in and around Douglas.
No.5 Mona was a regular performer and was seen mostly on the north line.
No.6 Peveril was working on reduced boiler pressure and in poor condition, almost exclusively used on station pilot duties at Douglas, being withdrawn at the end of August, never to return to traffic.
No.8 Fenella remained a regular performer on the north line, with shorter trains on lighter grades ideally suiting this, the last of the small boilered locomotives to remain in general traffic.
No.10 G.H.Wood was
No.11 Maitland had a new boiler fitted the previous year and was in daily use, generally on the busier south line.
No.12 Hutchinson together with No.11 Maitland in regular use.
No.13 Kissack was nearing the end of its time but still active.
No.14 Thornhill generally seen on its home territory of the north line on lighter trains.
No.15 Caledonia remained available when required on snow clearing duties, otherwise stored in the open outside the workshops complex which remained its regular haunt for many years.