Sutherland was one of three locomotives built for the opening of the Isle of Man Railway and arrived with two other locomotives, No.2 Derby and No.3 Pender. Sutherland was named after the Duke of Sutherland, the company director at the time. When Sutherland arrived it was assigned the first train on the new railway which ran on the 1st of July in 1873. It remained in service (only being taken out of service for repairs in 1921 to 1922) as a shunter at Douglas Railway Station until 1964 when it was withdrawn from service. In 1967 the Marquess of Alisa took over the operations on the railway and Sutherland was painted up in a "Spring Green" Livery (inspired by LNERApple Green) and was put on display, first at St John's and then in the Isle of Man Railway Museum when it opened in 1975. It was brought back to Douglas in October 1997 and restored, using the boiler from No.8 Fenella, in time for the 125th Anniversary of the Isle of Man Railway operating steam motive power. Sutherland occasionally pulled trains on the Manx Electric Railway and was later repainted Indian Red. In 2003 it was withdrawn from service and the boiler returned to the frames of Fenella. Following being put in storage and a static restoration it was put on display in 2020 in the Isle of Man Railway Museum in the place formery occupied by No.16 Mannin.[1][2][3]
