Half-Brake Carriage F.43
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Second of a batch of two delivered from the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., of Saltley Works in Birmingham in 1907, the other being F.44, this carriage was withdrawn from traffic in 1983 and currently stored in the carriage shed at Port Erin Station. With some panelling removed, it is the last example to still carry the nationalisation maroon and pale cream scheme with orange horizontal line, and has been daubed with graffiti over time including a British Rail arrows logo and the word “scrap” on one side.
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F.43
1907
Metropolitan
24
37’ 0”
7’ 0”
10’ 0”
Stored
September 1983
In February 2012 F.43 was stored in the carriage shed at Port Erin Station having last been used in traffic back in 1983.
September 2019 with the railcars in Douglas carriage shed, the British Rail logo crudely applied to the panel with the word “scrap” (!)
F.43 in June 1969 at Douglas Station when it was still part of the active service fleet, note the Ailsa crests on the panelling.
August 2020 and the letter rack inside the luggage compartment still in situ, note also the Stones electric lighting equipment.
Stored in the infill shed at Douglas Station in April 2007 partially sheeted over from a period in outdoor storage the previous year.
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