Carriage Directory

Passenger Carriage Directory

LATEST UPDATE AS AT:-

Thursday, 2nd January 2025

This area of the site places links for all series of passenger rolling stock together in one place for ease of reference; further information pertaining to each series may also be found by navigating the individual rolling stock directories elsewhere by searching in The Railway drop-down menu at the top of the page where individual pages for each time will be found (left columns below are also linked).

“A” Series Four-Wheel Carriages

All Three-Compartment Composites (Except A.12)

Metropolitan C. & W. Co.

1873

“Paired” With B.1 - Thence F.62 - Restored & In Traffic

“Paired” With C.2 - Thence F.52 - See Below Later Scrapped

“Paired” With D.2 - Thence F.72 - See Below Later Scrapped

“Paired” With D.1 - Thence F.71 - See Below Later Scrapped

“Paired” With B.21 - Thence F.53 - See Below Later Scrapped

“Paired” With C.4 - Thence F.59 - See Below Later Scrapped

“Paired” With C.10 - Thence F.54 - Replica Now In Traffic

“Paired” With C.8 - Thence F.58 - See Below Later Scrapped

“Paired” With C.13 - Thence F.68 - Restored Aberystwyth

“Paired” With C.12 - Thence F.61 - See Below Later Scrapped

“Paired” With C.11 - Thence F.74 - See Below Withdrawn

“Paired” With C.9 - Thence F.75 - Extant Railway Museum

“B” Series Four-Wheel Carriages

All Three-Compartment Third Class Composites

Metropolitan C. & W. Co.

1873

“Paired” With A.1 - Thence F.62 - Restored & In Traffic

“Paired” With C.6 - Thence F.55 See Below Later Scrapped

“Paired” With B.5 - Thence F.51 See Below Later Scrapped

“Paired” With B.17 - Thence F.69 See Below, Scrapped

“Paired” With B.3 - Thence F.51 See Below Later Scrapped

“Paired” With B.20 - Thence F.63 See Below Fully Restored

“Paired” With B.8 - Thence F.50 See Below, Scrapped0

“Paired” WithWith B.7 - Thence F.50 See Below, Scrapped

“Paired” With B.14 - Thence F.70 See Below, Scrapped0

“Paired” With B.6 - Thence F.63 See Below Fully Restored

“Paired” With B.15 - Thence F.66 Withdrawn & Stored

“Paired” With C.5 - Thence F.71 See Below, Later Scrapped

“Paired” With B.22 - Thence F.60 See Below, Scrapped

“Paired” With B.9 - Thence F.70 See Below, Later Scrapped

“Paired” With B.11 - Thence F.66 Withdrawn & Stored

“Paired” With B.20 - Thence F.57 See Below, Scrapped

“Paired” With B.4 - Thence F.69 See Below, Scrapped

“Paired” With C.3 - Thence F.58 See Below, Scrapped

“Paired” With C.1 - Thence F.64 See Below, Scrapped

“Paired” With B.16 - Thence F.57 See Below, Scrapped

“Paired” With A.5 - Thence F.55 See Below, Scrapped

“Paired” With B.13 - Thence F.60 See Below, Scrapped

“Paired” With C.14 - Thence F.67 Withdrawn & Stored

“Paired” With B.16 - Thence F.60 See Below, Scrapped

“C” Series Four-Wheel Carriages

All Three-Compartment Composites (Except C.9)

Metropolitan C. & W. Co.

1873

“Paired” With B.19 - Thence F.64 See Below, Scrapped

“Paired” With A.2 - Thence F.52 See Below, Scrapped

“Paired” With B.18 - Thence F.58 See Below, Scrapped

“Paired” With A.6) Thence F.59 See Below, Scrapped

“Paired” With B.12 - Thence F.71 See Below, Scrapped

“Paired” With B.2 - Thence F.55 See Below, Scrapped

“Paired” With C.22 - Thence F.65 See Below, Scrapped

“Paired” With A.8 - Thence F.58 See Below, Scrapped

“Paired” With A.9 Thence F.75 Extant Railway Museum

“Paired” With A.7 - Thence F.54 Replica Built, In Traffic

“Paired” With A.11 - Thence F.74 Withdrawn & Stored

“Paired” With A.10 - Thence F.61 See Below, Scrapped

“Paired” With A.9 - Thence F.68 Restored Aberystwyth

“Paired” With B.2 - Thence F.67 Withdrawn & Stored

“D” Series Four-Wheel Carriages

Both Three-Compartment Composites

Four-Wheeler D.1

Four-Wheeler D.2

Metropolitan C. & W. Co.

1873

“Paired”With A.4 Becoming F.73 Scrapped (Runner Extant)

“Paired” With A.3 Becoming F.72 Scrapped (Runner Extant)

“E” Series Four-Wheel Brake Vans

Built 1873-1895 - Various Manufacturers

Metropolitan C. & W. Co.

Isle of Man Railway Co.

Manx Northern Railway Co.

Swansea Carriage & Wagon

1873

1893

1873

1874

1876

1873

1895

1879

Scrapped & Replaced 1893 St. John’s Station Accident

Replacement For E.1 (i) Scrapped 1975

Scrapped & Replaced 1893 Following Accident

Body Scrapped Frames To G.19 Extant Railway Museum

Body To Peel Road As Store - Frames To Fish Wagon No.3

Used As Mobile Store Douglas Station - Scrapped 1975

“Loco Dept.” No.3 Crane, Douglas Station - Scrapped 1975

Body To Sulby Glen Station As Store - Later Scrapped

Body To Sulby Bridge Station As Store 1937 - Scrapped

Ex-M.N.Ry. No.18 - Body To Colby Station - Scrapped 1974

Converted General Goods Van 1940 - Scrapped 1975

Ex-M.N.Ry. No.16 - Stored Douglas Yard - Scrapped 1974

“F” Series Bogie Carriages

Built 1876-1926 - Various Manufacturers

M.N.Ry. No.17 F.38

Foxdale F.39

Brown, Marshalls & Co., Ltd.

Ashbury Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd.

Brown, Marshalls & Co., Ltd.

Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co.

Isle of Man Railway, Douglas Works

Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co.

Hurst-Nelson & Co., Motherwell

Oldbury Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd.

Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co.

1876

1881

1894

1896

1894

1897

2012

1897

1905

1899

1886

1905

1907

1913

1917

1926

1925

1912

1919

1923

1912

1924

1919

1918

1920

1916

1910

1912

1910

1912

1922

1910

1922

1909

1923

1922

1911

1926

1920

1921

1926

Lost - St. John’s Station Shed Fire December 1975

Sold Welsh Highland Railway - Later Scrapped

Lost - St. John’s Station Shed Fire December 1975

Being Repatriated By The Association 2025

Lost - St. John’s Station Shed Fire December 1975

Destroyed - Controlled Fire March 1971

In Traffic - Restored 1987-1992

Undergoing Restoration 2023-2025

In Traffic, Fully Restored 2019-2024

Scrapped 1982, Latterly Derby Castle Store

Lost - St. John’s Station Shed Fire December 1975

In Traffic - Fully Restored 2018-2022

Lost - St. John’s Station Shed Fire December 1975

In Traffic

Lost - St. John’s Station Shed Fire December 1975

Sold 1975 - Repatriated 2006 - In Storage

Lost - St. John’s Station Shed Fire December 1975

Body Scrapped 1983 - Runner Scrapped 2011

Lost - St. John’s Station Shed Fire December 1975

Withdrawn September 1999 - In Storage

In Traffic

Dismantled, Timber Underframes Still Extant

* Constructed In-House - In Dining Traffic

Withdrawn 1989 - In Storage Douglas Station

In Traffic - Converted For Diner 2012

In Traffic - Rebuilt & Used For Dining

In Traffic - Converted For Dining Use 2012

Withdrawn c.1974 - Scrapped 1983

Withdrawn c.1969 - Scrapped 1976

Bar Added 1979 - Rebuilt 2012 In Traffic (Diner)

Undergoing Restoration Since 2019 - Ongoing

Repatriated 2024 - In Storage Pending Restoration

In Traffic (As M.N.Ry. No.17) Foxdale Coach

Scrapped

Scrapped, Converted For Disabled Use 1979

Scrapped, Latterly Association Mess Room

Withdrawn 1983 Stored Port Erin

Scrapped, Runner Remains Extant

In Traffic (Guards’ Douglas End)

In Traffic (Guards’ Port Erin End)

In Traffic

Undergoing Repaint - January 2025

Partically Rebuilt 2019 - In Traffic

Four-Wheelers B.7 & B.8 - Scrapped

Four Wheelers B.3 & B.5 - Scrapped

Four Wheelers A.2 & C.2 - Scrapped

Four Wheelers A.5 & B.21 - Scrapped

In Traffic, Rebuilt 1992-1999 (Replica Bodies)

Four Wheelers - B.2 & C.6 Scrapped

B.20 & B.16 Scrapped (Runner Extant)

Four Wheelers B.20 & B.16 - Scrapped

Four Wheelers B.18 & C.3 - Scrapped

Four Wheelers A.6 & C.4 - Scrapped

Four Wheelers B.24 & B.13 - Scrapped

A.1 & B.1 - In Traffic (Restored 2019-2022)

B.6 & B.10 - In Traffic (Restored 2021-2023)

Body Scrapped, Extant (As Bogie Runner Only)

Scrapped 1983 - Latterly Ballast Hopper No.1

Withdrawn 1987 & Stored, Jurby Airfield

Restored & Extant Aberystwyth Station

Scrapped Castletown Station August 1969

Scrapped, Runner Extant (Ballast Hopper No.2)

Four Wheelers B.12 & C.5 Scrapped (Runner Extant)

Four Wheelers A.3 & D.2 Scrapped (Runner Extant)

Four Wheelers - A.4 & D.1 Scrapped (Runner Extant)

Withdrawn 1987 & Stored, Jurby Airfield

Governors Saloon, Extant Railway Museum

“N” Series Six-Wheel Carriages

Built 1879 - Swansea Carriage & Wagon

Swansea Carriage & Wagon

1879

M.N.Ry. No.1 - Sold 1975 Phyllis Rampton Charitable Trust

M.N.Ry. No.2 - Body Now Store At Douglas Station

M.N.Ry. No.3 - Sold 1976 Three Foot Gauge Society

M.N.Ry. No.4 - Lost - St. John’s Station Shed Fire 1975

M.N.Ry. No.5 - Lost - St. John’s Station Shed Fire 1975

M.N.Ry. No.6 - Fully Restored Extant Railway Museum

M.N.Ry. No.7 - Lost - St. John’s Station Shed Fire 1975

M.N.Ry. No.8 - Lost - St. John’s Station Shed Fire 1975

M.N.Ry. No.9 - Douglas Station Controlled Fire 1972

M.N.Ry. No.11 - Lost - St. John’s Station Shed Fire 1975

M.N.Ry. No.13 - Lost - St. John’s Station Shed Fire 1975

M.N.Ry. No.14 - Sold 1975 Phyllis Rampton Charitable Trust

Not Renumbered - Used As Crew Bothy Until 1964

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