Manx Electric Railway
Owner Douglas Bay Estate Limited
Opened 7th September 1893 (electric)
Taken over 7th September 1893 (Douglas and Laxey Coast Electric Tramway Company Limited)
Operator Douglas and Laxey Coast Electric Tramway Company Limited
Company renamed 1894 ('Isle of Man Tramways and Electric Power Co Ltd')
Taken over 1902 (Manx Electric Railway Company), following liquidation of the 'IoMT&EPC'
Nationalised 1956 (Manx Government)
Length 17.75 miles
Gauge 3ft 0ins
Button description Plain with scalloped rim
Materials known Brass
Button Line reference [None]
Comment The Isle of Man Tramways and Electric Power Co Ltd also owned the Snaefell Mountain Railway, the Douglas Bay Tramway and the Upper Douglas Tramway, the latter two being purchased by Douglas Corporation following liquidation of the 'IoMT&EPC' on 25th September 1901. It is entirely possible that the MER, in issuing standard 'tramway' pattern buttons, merely continued the existing uniform policy of the prior owners ('D&LCETC' and the 'IoMT&EPC'), however, this remains pure speculation!
Evidence to support the plain button with scalloped rim being issued by the 'MER' comes from 'Railway Buttons, Badges and Uniforms'. David J Froggatt; Malaga Books, Ian Allan Limited (1986). ISBN 0 7110 1649 6.