Four-Wheel Carriage B.1

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 A.1 and later mounted onto a bogie underframe in 1926 to become F.62; in this form it survived in traffic as a “pair”  until withdrawal in 1987 after which it was stored in a variety of locations, but fully restored and returned to traffic in 2022, again as a “pair”, with original fleet numbering carried on lower panelling.

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B.1 (Later Paired With A.1) Thence F.62)

30 (Five Passengers Per Bench)

1873 (Paired 1926)

7’ 0”

Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co.,Ltd.

17’ 0”

F.62 with B.1 to the left whilst on Santa Express duty at Douglas Station.

Interior detailing of the restored F.62 showing the standard of works done.

F.62 shortly after returning to traffic following restoration with B.1 to the left.