Four-Wheel Carriage B.20

Built by the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co.,Ltd., of Saltley Works in Birmingham for the 1873 opening of the Peel Line, from 1883 this carriage was close-coupled to B.16 and in 1919 the two were mounted on a new bogie underframe to become “pair” F.57; the frames were used to construct K.19 and bodies scrapped, frames as flat wagon today.

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B.20 (Later Paired With B.16) Thence F.57)

30 (Five Passengers Per Bench)

1873 (Paired 1919)

7’ 0”

Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co.,Ltd.

17’ 0”

F.57 at Port Erin Station as part of a pre-season train carrying sleepers.

F.57 at the bay platform of Port Erin Station while still in use during 1969.

F.57 carrying parts of M.N.Ry. No.4 Caledonia in February of 2011.