The diesel railcars at the station in the summer of 1986 with No.13 Kissack passing on a southbound train when the station was painted maroon; the railcars were used throughout the decade and withdrawn in 1995 having been on departmental duties for the final years of their use. They are in storage at Douglas Station today.

This view is from the spring of 1981 and was the inaugural run of No.12 Hutchinson following overhaul in its ghastly blue guise (possible bias included here...).  Initially the brass dome cover carried by the locomotive was borrowed from No.16 Mannin while modifications to its own cover were made allowing it to fit properly.

No.4 Loch arriving at the station from the north in the spring of 1985; today this site is dominated (or indeed blighted) by a modern housing development to the rear; note the first carriage retains its "torpedo" roof ventilators, recently reintroduced to the saloons as each of them are overhauled and reverted to the purple lake livery.

An early season train with No.12 Hutchinson (sorry, its blue again) arriving from Port Erin in at the start of the 1987 season with The Sidings to the left, at that time still known as The Ducks Nest.  Well known station master John Smith collects the single line staff from the fireman in time-honoured fashion.

Seen here out of season during the period when the station was painted red in the then-corporate image of the time; this view is from February of 1987.  An attempt was made at a "corporate" colour scheme which saw all stations repainted, though happily the more appropriate green was reapplied in 1990 once again.

The station has largely appeared in a green scheme over time, though it has also been painted both blue and maroon in the past, between 1979 and 1989. The blue applied to the goods shed doors coincided with the buildings being leased by Campamarina Limited for use as an outdoor pursuits centre.

The rare sight No.11 Maitland in unlined matt black for filming the B.B.C. adaptation of The Ginger Tree filmed on the railway, with stationmaster John Smith.  The unlined locomotive still however had its fleet number applied to the rear bunker to identify it; the wheels remained red and were not repainted.

No.4 Loch arriving wrong road as fireman Paul Rothwell hands the single line staff to stationmaster John Smith, a well known figure for many years. The locomotive carries its non-standard maroon livery applied in 1978 when the government took over operation of the line and painted all locomotives different colours.

Winter steam in early 1982 when a Fridays only Shoppers Train called at the station, usually with No.12 Hutchinson in charge (still blue, sorry!).  These trains were a feature of winter Fridays for a number of years, commonly using this locomotive and seeing the use of carriage steam heating for the final time.

No.12 Hutchinson arriving and passing No.11 Maitland in the summer of 1988 in the short period when the latter was painted matt black for one season only for the filming of The Ginger Tree and unlined.  The leading carriage is F.66, the last of the "pairs" carriages to survive in service, it was also used for the filming.

A popular photographic spot is Pumphouse Curve outside the station, here is No.4 Loch passing on the way south approaching the level crossing at Mill Road. The locomotive is fondly remembered in this non-historical maroon scheme and spent much of the decade shedded at Port Erin with regular driver Jeffrey Kelly.

Winter works trains used steam locomotives in the past as seen here, with No.12 Hutchinson on a break as fireman Brian Hayes studies his newspaper; it was common to use the steam locomotives on winter duties such as these until relatively recently; a variety of diesels now fulfil this role as required.

In October of 1987 No.12 Hutchinson was used to move the breakdown crane and frames of No.7 Tynwald from Ballasalla Station for display.  They would remain here for several years, the engine frames being removed in 2012 and the crane relocated to the site of Union Mills Station in the summer of 1991.

The short lived red colour scheme which was applied to the canopy and woodwork in 1987 seen as a train heads south; green would return the following year. This was a short-lived attempt at a so-called "corporate" image, though the carriages as seen here remained maroon, as first applied in 1979 and changed a decade later.