Four-Wheel Carriage B.24

Last 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 1882 this carriage was close-coupled to B.16 and in 1916 the two were mounted on a new bogie underframe to become “pair” F.60; 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.24 (Paired With B.16, Thence F.60)

30 (Five Passengers Per Bench)

1873 (Paired 1916)

7’ 0”

Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co.,Ltd.

17’ 0”

F.60 at St. John’s Station in the summer of 1968 shortly before disposal.

Detail of F.60 lettering at St. John’s Station in the summer of 1968 before disposal.

F.60 at St. John’s Station, the origins of the W.2 lettering are lost to time!