Four-Wheel Carriage A.3

One of the first four-wheel carriages built for the opening of the Peel Line in 1873 by the Metropolitan Carriage &Wagon Co., Ltd., of Saltley in Birmingham, upon delivery of the first bogie carriages from Brown, Marshall & Co., Ltd., in 1874 this carriage was close-coupled with D.2 and later mounted onto a bogie underframe in 1926 to become “pair” F.72; the carriage bodies were removed in 1967 and later scrapped at St. John’s Station, the underframes then became R.3.

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A.3

“Paired” With D.2 - Thence F.72

30 (Five Passengers Per Bench)

1873 (Paired 1926)

7’ 0”

Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd.

17’ 6”

F.72 with A.3 on the left at St. John’s Station during closure in July 1966.

F.72 with A.3 to the left on the bay platform at Port Erin, station in 1957.

F.72 with A.3 to the left on at Port Erin Station in purple lake in 1938.

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