A trip up the Snaefell Mountain Railway does require good weather – otherwise you can’t see the seven kingdoms.  Its summit is 2,036ft above sea level.  On a clear day you can see seven Kingdoms from its top: The Isle of Man, England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the Kingdoms of Neptune and Heaven!

One changes trams from the Manx Electric Railway at Laxey.  There is also a change of gauge (A whole 3 inches), so the two lines are entirely separate.  And you also change from trolley pole to pantograph.

And some views along the line.  A couple of pictures catch the Great Laxey Mine and wheel, that we shall visit next time.

A short bus ride away is the picturesque Groudle Glen….

And its little railway.