Four-Wheel Carriage C.8

Built for the opening of the Peel Line in 1873 by the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd., at their works in Saltley, Birminham, this carriage was close-coupled with A.8 in 1882 and became F.68, surviving in traffic until the latter days; it was sold to the Phyllis Rampton Charitable Trust in 1975 and removed from the island

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C.8 (Later Paired With A.8) Thence F.68

30 (Five Passengers Per Bench)

1873 (Paired 1910)

7’ 0”

Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co.,Ltd.

17’ 0”

Douglas Station

June 1969