Four-Wheel Carriage B.2

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.6 and later mounted onto a bogie underframe in 1926 to become “pair” F.55; the frames became K.17; the bodies were scrapped in 1967 and the frames became R.3.

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B.2 (Later Paired With C.6) Thence F.55)

30 (Five Passengers Per Bench)

1873 (Paired 1926)

7’ 0”

Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co.,Ltd.

17’ 0”

The B.2 portion of F.55 in July 1968 at St. Johns Station

The B.2 portion of F.55 in July 1968 at St. John’s Station