Brake Composite F.2
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Second bogie carriage and one of an order of six from Brown, Marshall & Co., Ltd., of Birmingham from 1876 and surviving in traffic until the latter days, in service until the 1970 season after which is was ultimately moved to St. John’s Station for storage the following winter. Having retained its wooden brake blocks is was not favoured and surplus to operational requirements following the closure of the Peel and Ramsey lines. It was lost in the shed fire at St. John’s Station on 10th December 1975.
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F.2
1876
Brown Marshall
35’ 0”
7’ 0”
9’ 4”
40 / 48
Scrapped
In model form, the Douglas Station exhibition model by Michael Radcliffe in the care of the Association, see Douglas ’61 for more details.
Sister carriage F.4 in original form at Peel Station; the first batch of bogie carraiges were largely identical.
Sister F.1 in the yard at Douglas Station in June of 1969; the general appearance of early rolling stock was similar.
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