Part of the first batch to be delivered from the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd., of Saltley Works in Birmingham for the opening of the Peel Line in 1873, by 1882 this carriage had been close-coupled with B.12 to become the “pair”  F.71 and survived in this form until 1983; the redundant underframes were used to construct K.14 (i) and bodies were scrapped in 1983, the runner remained in use until November 2024 when it was scrapped with useable parts salvaged.