No.5 Mona Project

  No.5 on arrival at Port St. Mary with No.9  Douglas and No.18 Ailsa 2nd June 2020 Paused briefly at Colby Station on the way south for asbestos decontamination 2nd June 2020 Checking all is in order at Ballasalla Station on the way south 2nd June 2020

  No.5 shortly after removal from the old carriage shed prior to its demolition in 1999, the first time the locomotive had seen the light of day for nearly twenty years. In the carriage shed in 1994 shortly after No.6 Peveril had been removed for cosmetic restoration by the Supporters' Association; No.6 had been stored directly in front of No5.

Courtesy of Stephen Harris, these views from the summer of 1968 show No.5 in service on the south line at Ballasalla, Colby and Douglas.  

  Some views of No.5 in and around Douglas Station captured by the well known photographer the late H.C. Casserley showing her at the coaling stage; at this time the locomotive was carrying the then-standard post-war Indian Red livery with black/yellow lining detail.