Modern narrow-gauge railway. 


The Isle of Man Railway Company completed its first line between Douglas and Peel in 1873.


The 3-foot narrow-gauge system was extended by the completion of a second line between the main station at Douglas and Port Erin in the south-west of the island in 1874.  Separately, the Manx Northern Railway constructed a line from St John's (on the route between Douglas and Peel) in 1879 and from 1886 operated another short line between St John's and Foxdale, exploiting the mining traffic arising from the latter.  The railway companies amalgamated in 1904.


The Peel line closed to passenger services in 1968, and to goods traffic the following year, and was dismantled in the 1970s.


The grid reference relates to a short length of restored track next to the water tower, south of which the line extended up the valley and then towards St John's.


The railway terminus at Peel is now built over, though the station building and goods shed both survive and are repurposed as part of the House of Manannan heritage centre.