Built for the opening of the Peel Line in 1873 by the Metropolitan Carriage Wagon Co., of Saltley Works in Birmingham, this originated as a standard composite carriage ad was re-bodied in 1903 to become the second saloon (the other being A.12) and thereafter close coupled and used to carry dignitaries.  Becoming known as the Ducal Saloon, it was paired in 1926 with another saloon, A.12 which had been converted earlier, thereafter forming the Governors’ Saloon; for the reopening in 1967 an opening between the two saloons was created which remains today; withdrawn for display in 1975 the carriage is now extant in the Railway Museum at Port Erin Station.