Purchased as two four-wheel carriages in 1873 from the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd., of Saltley Works in Birmingham for the opening of the Peel Line and later allocated fleet numbers A.3 and D.2, by 1883 these two carriages had become close coupled and were later mounted on a new steel underframe, again supplied by the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd., in 1926 to become “pair” F.72.  

The carriage in this form survived in service until 1965 when it was withdrawn; by 1968 the underframes were selected for further use and went on to become runner R.8 and the bodies were scrapped at St. John’s Station.  The underframes were later sold to the Ffestiniog Railway having latterly lain dormant stored on Road One at Douglas Station.