Brake Composite F.18
One of a batch of six from Brown, Marshalls & Co., Ltd., in 1894, this composite has been in regular traffic throughout the railway's long history and was fitted with a new roof during a partial rebuild in 1988. Further panelling attention was carried out in 2022 and the carriage fully repainted and returned to service in early 2023. The guards' compartment is at the southern end of the carriage and features three rear lookout windows
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F.18
1894
Brown, Marshall
35’ 0”
7’ 0”
9’ 4”
In Traffic
F.18 undergoing attention in the workshops at Douglas Station in September 2018 including panelling and attention to the doors.
F.18 looking very smart on Road One at Douglas Station following a repaint in 1964, note the damage sustained to the running board.
Castletown Station during the weekend running of November 2021 when F.18 was used on each of these experimental services.
The bogies under attention in the running shed at Douglas Station in February 2012 ahead of the start of another busy season.
In use at Port Erin Station in June 1969; note the transfers for fleet numbers of the era, as opposed to hand-painted versions of tradition.
F.18 in use as part of a Winter Photography event organised by the Association in February 2012; note the abscence of painted on solebars in blacl.