Brake Composite F.18
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The final vehicle from a batch of six from Brown, Marshalls & Co., Ltd., and delivered in 1894, this carriage features a guards’ compartment and five passenger compartments, the central four of which are doubles with no bulkhead between them, with a final end compartment as a single, a common layout for such carriages. It 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”
40 / 48
In Traffic
F.18 undergoing attention in the workshops at Douglas Station in September 2018 including panelling and attention to the doors.
Looking very smart on Road One at Douglas Station following a repaint in 1964, note the damage sustained to the running board.
On Ultimate Driving Experience duty at Castletown Station in April 2024 in its current post-war livery which is now standard.
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.
The interior of the guards’ compartment with a view of No.4 Loch at Castletown Station in June of 2022 showing a standard interior.
Port Erin Station in June 1969; note the transfers fleet numbers of the era, as opposed to hand-painted versions of tradition.
In use as part of a Winter Photography event by the Association in February 2012; note the absence of painted on solebars in black.
Stowed on the bay at Port Erin Station in August of 1938 in the purple lake and off-white livery with class designations.
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