The summer of 1967 with No.8 Fenella on a short working; the line did not operate further north as a gas main was being laid beneath it this year, this accounts for the unusual sight of a northbound train on this side of the passing loop. The advert hoarding remained but latterly did not carry any posters.

F.28 was one of two so-called "Empress" vans delivered in 1897 and named for the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria; seen here in 1968 in all-over brown. They were used as ambulance trains on the north line latterly and both survive, one being replicaed to provide a kitchen carriage for the dining train in 2012.

In service following delivery second hand in 1962, the diesel railcars paused beside the station building in the summer of 1969 in the red livery carried by the buses. They would see regular use for many years, latterly relegated to departmental use until withdrawal in 1995, presently in store at Douglas Workshops.

The goods yard contains a goodly number of vans parked up for their next duty as a train arrives from the north headed by No.11 Maitland in this 1962 view of the yard with a variety of vans; the running in boards of the period were red with off-white lettering, having originally been green lettering on cream backings.

A study of the station building during the closure year of 1966 showing it very much unchanged over the course of nearly a century until platforms were added. At this time it was by no means certain whether trains would ever call at the station again and it was a time of great concern for supporters of the line.

No.4 Loch sported white smokebox door hinges for the 1969 season making this picture easy to date from that summer, in spring green of the era; this locomotive was built for the opening of the line together with No.5 Mona, and both took part in the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary celebrations in 2024.

The goods shed was erected in 1902 replacing a smaller timber version and is seen here during 1966 when no services operated on the railway; little changed today. This image was used as the basis to provide the replica running in boards for the site by the Friends Of... group in 2012, copying the lettering as seen.

The short lived Man-Tainor experiment in 1968 saw the station used as a base for a variety of containers as well as more traditional rolling stock. Also billed as Isle Of Man Ferry Express, it was a bold initiative to bring much needed trade to the railways but was ultimately not a success and was short-lived.

M.N.Ry. No.4 Caledonia was pressed into service in early 1967 owing to a shortage of serviceable locomotives, wearing the short lived apple green livery. it was repainted into an approximation of her original scheme the following year but only operated one train prior to being withdrawn and placed on display.

Arriving at the station passing the traditional red and off-white running in board of the era is No.12 Hutchinson in the spring of 1969 with two carriages. All locomotives carried this bright sceme from the 1967 reopening until the nationalisation when a policy of various liveries was adopted.

The carriage bodies from "pair" F.69 await their fate at the rear of the goods shed in 1969; a controlled fire on this site would later destroy them in September of that year, the underframes being re-used. Some of the Man-Tainors can also be glimpsed in their gaudy yellow scheme with red lettering beyond the shed.

The original print of this photograph is captioned as station master "Snapper" Christian, as he watches on as No.11 Maitland stands at the down platform prior to departure in the post-war "Indian" red. The tree-lined track stretching out into the distance towards the Silverburn Bridge is very much unchanged today.

No.16 Mannin in 1961 on the south line; later it would work on reduced pressure, largely on the Peel Line with its lighter gradients. John Elkin on the footplate was a young fireman at this time, he went on to serve forty years as driver on the south line which was commemorated prior to his retirement, a true legend.

Marshalling tailstock onto the goods siding in 1961 as young passengers watch on at close quarters; this was once a common sight at the station until around 1965. It was common for wagons and vans to be added to the rear of service trains as seen, rather than operate dedicated freight trains on the railway.