Four-Wheel Carriage A.4

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was close-coupled with D.1 and later mounted onto a bogie underframe in 1926 to become “pair” F.71; in this form it was withdrawn and carriage bodies scrapped in 1983, although the underframes remained, used as a bogie runner until they were scrapped in November of 2024 with all reusable parts salvaged..

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A.4

“Paired” With D.1 - Thence F.71

30 (Five Passengers Per Bench)

1873 (Paired 1920)

7’ 0”

Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd.

17’ 6”

F.71 with A.4 on the left at the end of the bay platform at Port Erin in July 1969.

F.71 with A.4 on the left shortly before being destroyed at Douglas Station.

F.71 with A.4 on the right in traffic at Douglas Station in September 1971.

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