“Pairs” Carriage F.65
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Two four-wheel carriages mounted onto a bogie underframe supplied by the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd., of Saltley Works in Birmingham in 1922, B.21 and C.7 were allocated the fleet number F.65 and remained in service in this condition until 1971 when withdrawn in need of attention and surplus to operating requirements.
The carriage bodies were removed and scrapped in 1983 and the underframes converted to become the first bogie ballast hopper, surviving in this form until withdrawn in 2009 whereupon a further former carriage underframe (Ex.F.70) was converted into a similar hopper. This first incarnation was scrapped in 2020.
F.65 in traffic during July 1969 at Port Erin Station, one of its final years in use, note the saloon to the left.
Final days in use as the first bogie runner stored on the former manure siding at Santon Station.
On the “new road” at Ramsey Station in the utility all-over brown livery with no class designations on the doors.
During scrapping in June 2020 outside the workshops at Douglas Station illustrating the deterioration.
Latter days at Douglas Station with faded paintwork stored int he open with F.71 to the left.
During scrapping in June 2020 outside the workshops at Douglas Station illustrating the deterioration.
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