Four-Wheel Carriage B.22

Twenty-second of the series and supplied by the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co.,Ltd., of Saltley Works in Birmingham for the 1873 opening of the Peel Line, from 1881 this carriage was close-coupled to C.7 and in 1910 the two were mounted on a new bogie underframe to become “pair” F.65; both of the carriage bodies were removed and scrapped in 1983 to allow the underframes to be converted, they became Ballast Hopper No.1 which has also subsequently been scrapped.

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B.22 (Later Paired With C.7) Thence F.65)

30 (Five Passengers Per Bench)

1873 (Paired 1910)

7’ 0”

Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co.,Ltd.

17’ 0”

As “pair” F.65 at Douglas Station in the summer of 1967 still in use.

Converted as ballast hopper F.65 at Santon Station in the winter of 2011.

As “pair” F.65 at Port Erin Station in the summer of 1971 still in use.