The “F” Series : “Pairs” Carriages
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The early four-wheeled carriages delivered to the railway for the opening of the Peel Line in 1873 were the only carriages on the railway until the delivery of the first bogie carriages in 1876; the original stock was quickly close-coupled so that by 1881 two carriages ran as one unit for ease of shunting and coupling, largely remaining in this formation with original fleet numbers.
Thereafter they were allocated “F” series numbers (prior to this they retained their original numbers and were still treated as separate vehicles in the records). Generally used at peak times, a rake being largely dedicated for schools traffic latterly; some were stripped to become runners (see “R”); of note, “pairs” which included “A” series were were longer (34’ 2”) to accommodate bodies (there are no two of the “A” series for this reason).
This was the case until 1909 when a scheme was commenced to mount these onto new bogie underframes supplied by the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., of Saltley in Birmingham and this would continue until the final carriages were to treated in 1926. For this reason they became known as the “pairs”, a moniker which remains today.
Year
1925
1912
1912
1919
1923
1912
1924
1919
1918
1920
1916
1910
1926
1910
1910
1922
1910
1922
1909
1923
1922
1911
1926
1920
1921
1926
Notes:-
Bodies Scrapped - Underframe To Runner R.12
Scrapped - Underframe To Runner R.11
Bodies Scrapped - Underframe To Runner R.4
Bodies Scrapped - Underframe To Runner R.1
Replicas Constructed 1993-1999 - IN TRAFFIC
Bodies Scrapped - Underframe To Runner R.3
Bodies Scrapped - Underframe ToRunner R.7
Bodies Scrapped - Bogie Runner Remains Extant
Bodies Scrapped - Underframe To Runner R.5
Bodies Scrapped - Underframe To Runner R.10
Bodies Scrapped - Underframe To Runner R.2
Bodies Scrapped - Underframe To Runner R.6
Fully Restored 2019-2021 - IN TRAFFIC
Fully Restored 2020-2022 - IN TRAFFIC
Bodies Scrapped - Bogies To Ballast Hopper No.1
Withdrawn 1999 - Stored Off-Site Jurby Airfield
Withdrawn 1987 - Stored Off-Site Jurby Airfield
Restored 1975-2022 & Displayed - Aberystwyth Station
Destroyed - Controlled Fire Castletown Station 1969
Bodies Scrapped - Frame Extant Ballast Hopper No.2
Bodies Scrapped - Bogie Runner Scrapped 2024
Bodies Scrapped - Bogie Runner Remains Extant
Scrapped - Bogie Runner Remains Extant (Ex-R.8)
Bodies Scrapped - Bogie Runner Remains Extant
Withdrawn 1987 - Stored Off-Site Jurby Airfield
Ducal/Governor’s Saloon - Extant Railway Museum
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