Cattle Vans K.23 - K.26

Batch of four cattle vans constructed in-house at the Douglas Works of the Railway Company in 1923 re-using the frames from four-wheel carriages which had been mounted onto bogie underframes as part of the ongoing pairs scheme of the time.


All four had been scrapped at some point between 1960 and 1965, the series having been superseded latterly by the versatile G series.  All four re-used underframes from former four-wheel carriages as they became part of the “pairs” series, with K.23 using B.4, K.24 using B.17, K.25 using B.13 and K.26 using B.24.  They were scrapped in 1964, 1963, 1961 and 1962 respectively.

Numbers:

Makers:

Year:

Length:

Width:

Height:

Wheelbase:

Status:

K.23 - K.26

I.M.R. Co.

1923

14’ 6”

6 6”

8 6”

8 0

All Scrapped

K.25 in September of 1957 on mart day at Ramsey Station.

Another view of K.25, from July of 1957 again at Ramsey Station.

Vans in the goods yard Douglas Station with the one on the far right being roofless.