Four-Wheel Carriage A.7

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with C.10 and later mounted onto a bogie underframe in 1923 to become “pair” F.54; in this fom the carriage was withdrawn and bodies scrapped in 1983; a replica was constructed by the railway from 1991 and the completed replica entered traffic in 1999.

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A.7

“Paired” With C.10 - Thence F.54)

30 (Five Passengers Per Bench)

1873 (Paired 1923)

7’ 0”

Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd.

17’ 6”

F.54 with the replica of A.7 to the right at Port St. Mary Station in April 2022.

The original F.54 with A.7 to the right with doors removed in March of 1980.

F.54 showing bulkhead detail at Port Erin Station in March of 2020.

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A.7 (Later Paired With C.10) Thence F.54)