A dispute over the future of vintage Manx railway stock has been resolved.

Transport chiefs and the Isle of Man Rail and Tramway Preservation Society seemed to have reached an impasse on how, and whether, to preserve the items.

At one point, the society was told to move vehicles it was storing in government railway sheds as the leisure department needed the space and said the stock was not in a fit state to be run, or displayed.

However, Leisure Minister David Cretney says a resolution has all but been agreed: