Four-Wheel Carriage C.1

First of the series and delivered for the opening of the Peel Line in 1873 from the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd., of Saltley Works in Birmingham, this carriage was close coupled with B.19 in 1912 on a new underframe from the same supplier to become “pair” F.64, the underframe from which survives as a bogier runner today.  The other portion has long since been scrapped but C.1 remains on the Peel Station site, fully repainted for its 150th anniversary in 2023.

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C.1 (“Paired” With B.19) Thence F.64)

30 (Five Passengers Per Bench)

1873 (“Paired” 1912)

7’ 0”

Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co.,Ltd.

17’ 0”

Surviving on display at Peel Station and carrying its original numbers.

Lettering details on the on display at Peel Station in purple lake and white.

Surviving on display at Peel Station and carrying its original second class numbers.