Four-Wheel Carriage A.12
The final one of the first batch of first class four-wheel carriages built for the opening of the Peel Line in 1873 by the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd., of Saltley Works in Birmingham, upon delivery of the first bogie carriages from Brown, Marshall & Co., Ltd., in 1881 this carriage was close-coupled with C.9. The underframe went on to have No.1 Crane mounted on it. In 1925 it became the last to be mounted onto a bogie underframe becoming “pair” F.75; these two unique carriages were both saloons, the only two delivered, and now form the Governors’ Saloon, extant in the railway museum at Port Erin where it has been exhibited since withdrawal from traffic in 1975. The alphanumerical system was applied to the fleet later and the conjectural illustration shows the saloon as it may have appeared on opening day, contemporary reports stating the saloons being painted green.
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F.75 with A.12 to the right at Douglas Station in July 1970 whilst in service.
F.75 with A.12 highlighted at Douglas Station in July 1971 whilst in service.
The timber underframe from carriage A.12 was reused to mount No.1 Crane.
F.75 with A.12 to the right on display in the railway museum in January 2014.
F.75 with A.12 highlighted at Douglas Station in June 1968 whilst in service.
F.75 with A.12 to the right on display in the railway museum with van G.19.
F.75 with A.12 to the right at Port Erin Station in August 19