The depot remained in situ after closure and shortly prior to its demolition one tramcar was rescued and taken off-island preservation, all other stock was destroyed on site.

Later it was served regularly by the motor buses of Douglas Corporation Transport which used a re-opened and repaired Marine Drive along the route of the former tramway, it enjoyed something of a renaissance during the 1960s but later fell into disrepair.

It was established by a previous owner of the house and has been expanded in recent times to travel around the edge of a man-made lake in the grounds, with turntables fitted for locomotives, workshops, sheds, a mock-up signal box and a fabricated "tunnel" through which trains pass which was made by burying a modified shipping container.

In the past a variety of both steam and diesel locomotives including miniature Santa Fe and Canadian Pacific and a Beyer-Garratt known as King Crogga.

The matter was widely reported in the media but as the train was travelling no faster than five miles per hour (as per the rule book within station limits) and no injuries were sustained.

Local emergency services attended but train operations were continued later in the same day; a health and safety report has since been commissioned into the incident.