Southern Isle of Man was the last part of Britain to receive it's own railway lines. When they were built, there were three small railways exchanging passengers and goods.
The Middle Western Railway, run by three 0-4-0 tank engines.
The North Eastern Coast Railway, run by engines that would fall under the ownership of the LMS.
And the South Eastern Coast Railway run by a few assortment of engines.
After the First World War, the three railways were merged together, and became the Sixth Big Railway. The Southern Island Railway.
And thus, there were some needs of newer engines. But, this series will tell you how each engine came to the island, so we'll get to them later.
Now, the island railway went across the island, from coast to coast. The first terminus was on the west, known as Homestead. The other Terminus, was on the mainland, at Brighton.
And, there are stations in between, in order, Homestead, County, Lighton, Brixe, Forts, Lake Side, Salem, Night Gale, Haden, and then, Brighton.
County, Salem and Forts are junction stations, which are the only stops on the express runs. The railway's director, Randy Eaton, was elected after the previous controller was hoarding the money to himself, and paying far below minimum wages, and postponing repairs. And due to the shabby conditions, some had to be sold and replaced.
And thus, engines from the mainland were purchased from the railways on the mainland, and brought here. And our story starts, with a little, green tank engine, from the LBSCR.