Four-Wheel Carriage B.8

Seventh of the series and supplied by the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co.,Ltd., of Saltley Works in Birmingham for the 1873 opening of the Peel Line, from 1882 this carriage was close-coupled to B.7 and in 1925 the two were mounted on a new bogie underframe to become “pair” F.50; the bodies were scrapped in 1967 at St. John’s Station and the underframe became R.13, later reverting to their original number.

Fleet Number:

“Paired”:

Capacity:

Built:

Width:

Manufacturers:

Length:

B.8

With B.7 - Thence F.50

30 (Five Per Bench)

1873 (“Paired” 1925)

7’ 0”

Metropolitan 

17’ 0”

The surviving frames of F.50