Wheelchair users can now get around the Wildlife Park more easily.
The Orchid Line, a 7-25 inch gauge miniature railway operates within the Curraghs Wild Life Park on the Isle of Man.
The railway is owned and operated by The Manx Steam and Model Engineering Club.
Now club members have designed and built a wheelchair carrying carriage for the line.
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The design means that the carriage looks just like all the others operating on the line, until required to convey a wheelchair.
The middle section lifts off, revealing a flat area where the wheelchair sits, and can be clamped down. Wooden ramps are provided to ease loading a wheelchair.
Although the carriage was officially opened by Minister for Health and Social Care David Ashford MHK, who cut a ribbon and unveiled the carriage before a couple of invited guests were given a trip on the line.
The Wildlife Park is at the Curraghs in Ballaugh.