Isle of Man Episode 2 (13th July) Douglas to Ramsey 

I was reading recently that in Canada if you give Via Rail (successor to Canadian Pacific and Canadian National) 24 hours notice they'll stop at any milepost. They have 7800 miles of track so if you have a couple of years to spare you could do All the Mileposts in Canada.

Bits about Dhoon Glen that I did not have a chance to tell you about .. The gates on the shelter are the goat gates as feral goats roam the area from just before Bulgham Rocks towards Ballaglass. The gates are to stop the goats damaging the bench seat & leaving their visiting card. The chalk words advising that the stop is a request stop was written by my dad as if you do not request the tram to stop it will go past. The white building with the green door was our family’s cafe what we leased from the forestry department of the government. Our lease expired 31/12/2018 .

Please say you’re doing the Isle of Sodor next.

Its great to have a heritage steam railway and tramway integrated into the island's public transport network.

"¡ There's never a wrong weekend to come to Man !" Words of wisdom.

When I went to the Isle of Man I just wanted to sit at Laxey Station all day. It was autumn, the trees were golden and it was just an idyllic moment of time.

Is quite amazing how old those trams are now. Long live the M.E.R and Snaefell Mountain Railway.

8:59 And I keep expecting BigClive to pop out from behind an electrical service panel, or maybe installing fairy lights on a hedgerow somewhere? Never can tell with him. LoL

What a great place. I'd love to live there. The pace of life seems to be just as it should be. Relaxed.

Brilliant video as ever! "It's really windy!"

It’s not a pantograph, it’s a trolley pole. If if were a pantograph Vicki would have saved all that effort.

The Isle of Man is a fascinating place. And seems to have a micro-climate: any time I’ve been there the weather’s been lovely.

I love the IOM went there as a teen with my dad and took my own kids there in the 80s and nothing had changed. Loving this series. 😋👍💕

Next, you two ought to go and explore the railways of Switzerland. THAT would be a hoot to watch. Plenty of opportunities for Vicky Explores installments too...

Vicki did a great job switching the trolley pole for the first time. The springs on them are very strong. Throwing the points also takes a lot of strength. In the U.S., a switch-stand is geared and a lot easier to actuate.

Brilliant. Revived memories of going up Snaefell and, like you, encountering low cloud. Fortunately, the sun burnt through that day.

GOATS ON THE TRACK! GOATS ON THE TRACK!

Beautiful as always! I am ever-so-slightly jealous of you guys getting to operate a tram change like that!

I hope you meet big Clive

Really enjoying the sights and sounds of the Isle of Man Railways, I did them when I went on a Shearings Coach trip. Loved Vicki's Kate Bush impression ....

Love these videos! Glad to see more.

the opening drone shot of Ramsey!! i live somewhere in that shot, but not telling you where... for obvious reasons (yes i was the one who sent the package to Geoff last year, i've moved address since...)

Hoping to do a driving exp on this soon. Love this railway. Especially the tunnel motor & the illuminated one.

Brilliant! Thanks Geoff and Vicki.

I like the goats....we'll just stroll across the track, then plunge off the side of the mountain - because we can on the Isle of Man. :D Sweet - from a wild mountaintop to a peaceful, gentle glen.

Beautifull video guys!!!So many fond memories☺☺☺

Great Scenery so green

12:18 Geoff! Wasn't that the appropriate time for a request stop video?

Was there in 73 when summer land went up and 50 lost their lives. Was 17 at the time,went on the tram a few days later, the tram was very quiet when we went past both going up and coming back down.

15:55 Having forgotten her kite at home, Vicky finds another way to pass the time

I really like this series of film's on the Isle of Man.

Wonderful. Loving this.

As usual guys, brilliant stuff

Brilliant! Simply brilliant!!!!

I would never have known it was windy up at the summit without Vikki xD!

That timing :D Just finished watching Part 1!

This is just gorgeous! Even though it was so misty at the top, the whole trip to the top is totally worth it. I think I'd like to visit the Isle of Man :) It's remarkable that on this island every transport is so old, still using steam trains, 120 year old electric trams, looking forward what tomorrow brings. It's all so quaint, Vicki hasn't said quaint yet!!

lovely work

The additional southern bungalow station would it be funny if they called it Dorma.

A little bit of a fact for you if you didn’t know no.15 / mnr no.4 Caledonia from the steam railway had a siding at Bungalow for when she went back and worked on the line in 1995

I like the additional lyrics in the end theme music. "....All of them".

Also nice to have the poles in the centre of the two tracks wherever possible, so you dont have them obscuring the view too much!!

Very enjoyable and beautifully filmed and presented, as always. Love the beautiful Summer weather at the top of Snae Fell! I can testify to the amazing views there over to North Wales, the Lake District, SW Scotland, the Mountains of Mourne in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland coast. IMO, Better than from Snowdon ( which also has a mountain railway, of course). Shame you were fogged in though..

Lovely video guys - Snaefell was windy when we were there, but at least we had a view! Great to see IOM again and hear about the trams from Andrew. Tram to camera shot was sweet.

That was brilliant well done 👍👍

This mirrored exactly my time on the Isle of Man. Snaefell was foggy and windy, and I got off at Dhoon Glen to explore (though I went all the way to the bottom.). Can't wait to see the Laxey Wheel vid

Nice video guys, thanks for the upload

The Isle of Man looks amazing, and it definitely looks like a place I'd like to visit. The old trams and steam trains really add to the island's unique charm. Three great facts about the Snaefell Mountain Railway are that it is the only electric mountain tram in the British Isles (the one in Llandudno is a cable car), it is the only tramway (that I know of) in the British Isles that runs entirely on the right, and it uniquely uses bow collectors to obtain power. Also, the Manx Electric Railway uses a trolleypole, not a pantograph. Otherwise, this is a really great video. Keep up the good work!

Enjoyed this video a lot. Quite relaxing to watch with the beautiful scenery. It's a nostalgia trip back in time. Vickie & Geoff need to come to U.S.A.

Looks so fun

Awesome video All The Stations :)

Wow, truly is a Beautiful Place and I always thought the Isle of Man was a crazy Bike race but now I know it's way much more,. great Place to Hang glide, lol. Thanks Again..

What a beautiful place the Isle of Man👍🏻

1893... Makes the Pacer look youthful.

The staff are amazing on the Islandso friendly and they love the transport so much care into everything they do. always worth doing the tram driver taster sessions I did it on my 25th this year and loved being a driver for a good 25-30 mins you don't realise how fast they can go. Love the island. I've been up the mountain ⛰ 12 times ish and I think it's been clear only 5 😂.

Awesome Video really enjoyed

I find it kind of ironic that the mountain railway is double track pretty much all the way - except the terminus, where it drops down to single for the last 100 feet.

Vicky has been working on the (Manx Electric Railway) Railroad all the live long day...

Great fun video again. Interesting that the Snaefell Mountain Railway seems to keep right...

The depot in Douglas is very close to where Summerland used to be. This was where 50-53 people died in a fire in August 1973. It's a disaster that has been forgotten about by a lot of people. The fire was started by three youths in a plastic kiosk next to the building. This spread to the main building. Lovely to see the island again, thank you for sharing.. Still no sign of BigClive the famous Manx You Tuber...

I think I had it even foggier than you when I went up the Mountain Railway a couple of years ago. Lovely bright day in Laxey, couldn't see more than about 5m in front of you at the top.

Okay you've done it. I am going to the Isle of Man.

welldone guys keep up the good work guys your videos vlog are great

What an amazing tram system! I think I want to move to the IOM...

Big Clive would have been perfect for this video

Great video guys, loved every second off it. It was a shame about the weather at the top of Snaefell. But that's quite the norm for us.

Enchanting. Reminds me of a funicular i did in Stans in Switzerland that couples with a cable car to climb the Stanserhorn.

The Isle of Man was never on my bucket list until these last two Manx episodes, and now it's way up there. I'll definitely go someday, hopefully soon. BTW, I don't normally comment on shallow things like appearances, but Vicki's motorcycle jacket rocks. (And I know how expensive leather apparel is in the UK and Europe.)

Excellent video. Pity ahout the weather on Snaefell.

Hello! Love your videos Geoff

Don’t know if you both have ever seen the film Mindhorn with Julian Barratt but there’s a few locations in this video from the film if you haven’t I’d recommend it it shows the Laxey Wheel and the river tunnel etc

Classic episode guys

It's really windy

Not sure if you knew this but the Queen's stand-in Ella Slack (the one they use to rehearse events the Queen attends) lives in Ramsey. I saw her on a vid recently and I was like "hey, All The Stations will be at the Isle of Man, I wonder if they met her". Ramsey reminds me of the way people misspell Gordon Ramsay XD. I love trolleys like that electric tramway. Ever since I watched Mister Rogers' Neighborhood with its red trolley, I've loved trolleys and all sorts of trains

Bring on ALL THE CASTLES!!!!!

Great video. A pity you couldn’t make it to the beach at the Dhoon though, that is a truly beautiful spot

My Dad used to work on the Isle of Man as a manager for all things transport. Just a fact to mention that when me and my mum were visiting him in 2013 (as we lived in UK and my Dad over in IOM) we went on the Snaefell mountain railway and coming down past laxey wheel the brakes failed on the central rail. My dad ended up rushing into the cab and assisted the driver to apply the emergency brake. We stopped just in time before crashing at Laxey.

0:43 - Nice dot matrix display there...

Pity the mercury arc rectifiers have gone.

great video

The timing on that was just thinking if episode 2 was out 😁

My favorite part might be Vicki's brief Kate Bush impression ;)

Lovely drone shot at beginning! 👍 Love the music! Great job at Ramsey Vicki, well done! 😊

.... oh, by the way, how windy was it? (heh heh). Great that the TT got a mention because I love watching that.

Robin of Laxey.

Sometimes a mere thumbs up seems so inadequate. Yet another fantastic vid from the ATS team, this time the sequence from 10:59 on the descent from Snaefell stole the show (although Vicki’s “its really windy” and Geoff’s terrible jokes ran it close) 😀. Can’t wait for the final instalment.

Please do also the Mount Snwdon Railway!!!

That was a very unusual turnout on the top of the Snaefell. It had a single switch blade rather than a normal pair of blades.

it's a trolley pole. Not a pantograph!

at 11.00 there is the weirdest set of points but you didn't comment

Strange edit around 7.25 which is not from the Mountain railway. Tram will stop practically anywhere if you want it to. Did you notice the unusual points at the top of the Mountain?

That shot at 9:10 could be used in a Hammer Horror film - just brilliant.

I guess that's a whole different type of Request Stops, those that are named after the people living nearby and having requested to be let off there.

@ 16:27 "Mind to take your glove off to get the finger in" Oh behave ;-)

What was the speed of the Manx Electric Railway, looked about 20-25 MPH.

Can we just for a second appreciate Vicky's Kate Bush impression?

2036 feet is equivalent to a 15 storey building

You should visit the model railway in Ridgeway Park in Chingford if you haven't already. It's been there for years and I've read it has links with Disney.

The question is, are there any bungalows at Bungalow?

Why do they run the trams on right hand line instead of left? Just saw answer further down.Great video as always.