Steam engine Mannin was hauled up to Jurby this week, as efforts to restore the historic locomotive continue.

In May last year director of public transport Ian Longworth said he wanted to bring the locomotive back into service in time for the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Douglas to Peel line in 2023.

A non-standard locomotive built in 1926, she was the last one supplied to the island by Manchester-based manufacturer Beyer Peacock.

Mannin is a larger locomotive than the others on the line as she was built to haul the boat train from Port Erin, a job which previously took two engines.

The engine was lifted out of the railway museum in Port Erin, where, aside from a brief period in 1998/99 she has been a permanent resident since 1975.

The Departent of Infrsatructure told the Courier that Mannin has recently had asbestos lagging safely removed from its boiler and is being transferred to a local contractor to undertake a detailed assessment of its condition and serviceability.

The contract was awarded after a competitive tender exercise.

Moving the engine was no small achievement. She had to be lifted onto a flatbed truck by Mann Crane Hire Ltd before being carried up to Jurby by Paul Carey & Sons Ltd.

As many railway supporters have noted, the pictures of Mannin going over Ballaugh Bridge once and for all prove she did travel further north than Kirk Michael.

Pictures were supplied by Geoffrey Wilson and Graeme Easton.