Four-Wheel Carriage B.18

Eighteenth carriage 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 C.3 and in 1913 the two were mounted on a new bogie underframe to become F.58; the frames became K.14 (ii) and both bodies were scrapped in 1968 and underframes became R.5.

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B.18 (Later Paired With C.3) Thence F.58)

30 (Five Passengers Per Bench)

1873 (Paired 1913)

7’ 0”

Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co.,Ltd.

17’ 0”