Four-Wheel Carriage A.12

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.9 and later mounted onto a bogie underframe in 1926 to become pairF.75; these two unique carriages were both saloons, the only two delivered, and now form the Governors’ Saloon, extant in the railway museum at Port Erin where it has been exhibited since withdrawal from traffic in 1975.  The four-wheel frame was reused from 1926 to form part of the set for No.2 Crane.

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A.12

“PairedWith C.9 - Thence F.75

20 (Longitudinal Seating)

1873 (Paired 1926)

7’ 0”

Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd.

17’ 6

F.75 with A.12 to the right at Douglas Station in July 1970 whilst in service.

F.75 with A.12 highlighted at Douglas Station in July 1971 whilst in service.

F.75 with A.12 to the right on display in the railway museum in January 2014.

F.75 with A.12 highlighted at Douglas Station in June 1968 whilst in service.

F.75 with A.12 to the right at Port Erin Station in August 1938 in purple lake.