Drop-Side Wagons M.67 - M.78

The final delivery of this series of wagons came in 1925 with the arrival from the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd. of Saltley Works, Birmingham but were note used until paid for the following year, stored at St. John's until this time.  Of these twelve wagons, some of which were the longest surviving and represent the sole surviving member of the series, M.78 was restored by the Supporters' Association in 1998.  M.71 (together with M.61 and M.66) had its sides and ends removed and was fitted with tanks from road tankers for the short-lived oil train traffic.

Numbers:

Makers:

Year:

Length:

Width:

Height:

Wheelbase:

Status:

Extant:

M.67-M.78

Metropolitan

1925

14' 6"

5' 3"

4' 8"

8' 0"

Scrapped

M.78 Only

M.77

Douglas Station, April 1950

M.78

Castletown Station, July 2012

M.68

Douglas Station, July 1969

M.78

Douglas Workshops, January 2013

M.77

Castletown Station, June 1963

M.78

Railway Museum, October 2022