FRAMES STORED IN PORT ERIN, 2021

Following the removal of asbestos, the frames were stored in the carriage shed at Port Erin Station having been treated to a preparatory coat of red oxide paint; the boiler was stored under a tarpaulin on the bogie well wagon on the "Peel East" siding at Douglas Station for the duration.




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