Four-Wheel Carriage B.9

Ninth 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.14 and in 1922 the two were mounted on a new bogie underframe to become “pair” F.70; the bodies were scrapped in 1979 and the underframes later converted to a ballast hopper in which form they remain today.

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B.9 (Later Paired With B.14) Thence F.70)

30 (Five Passengers Per Bench)

1873 (Paired 1922)

7’ 0”

Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co.,Ltd.

17’ 0”

F.70 outside the old carriage shed at Douglas Station in utility brown.

F.70 on Road Zero at Douglas Station as the second ballast hopper.

F.70 in the running shed  at Douglas Station following overhaul in 2022.