Four-Wheel Carriage B.2

One of the first four-wheel carriages built for the opening of the Peel Line in 1873 by the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd., of Saltley in Birmingham, upon delivery of the first bogie carriages from Brown, Marshall & Co., Ltd., in 1874 this carriage was close-coupled with C.6 and later mounted onto a bogie underframe in 1926 to become “pair” F.55; the frames became K.17; the bodies were scrapped in 1967 and the frames became R.3.

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B.2

With C.6  - Thence F.55 

30 (Five Per Bench)

1873 (“Paired” 1926)

7’ 0”

Metropolitan

17’ 0”

The B.2 portion of F.55 in July 1968 at St. Johns Station

B.2 was one portion of F.55 removed from its frames in 1968 at St. John’s Station.

Detail of the B.2 portion of F.55 in July 1968 at St. John’s Station