Four-Wheel Carriage D.2

One of the first four-wheel carriages built for the opening of the Peel Line in 1873 by the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd., of Saltley in Birmingham, upon delivery of the first bogie carriages from Brown, Marshall & Co., Ltd., in 1874 this carriage was close-coupled with A.3 and later mounted onto a bogie underframe in 1926 to become “pair” F.72;  both this carriage and D.1 were distinguishable by the door vents above the droplights, the central one being of a different design to the outer two for the first class compartment; in this form the carriage was withdrawn in 1974 and stored; the bodies were later scrapped in 1983 with the underframe remaining on the railway today as a bogie runner.

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D.2

With A.3 Becoming F.72

As Built, 30 (3rd / 1st / 3rd)

1873 (“Paired”1926)

7’ 0”

17’ 6”

Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co.,Ltd.

As Built, Livery (Conjectural)

As “paired” F.72, with D.2 to the right in May of 1966 at St. John’s Station in the all-over brown schools livery.

As “paired” F.72, with D.2 to the right in August of 1938 at Port Erin Station in the purple lake and white livery.

As “paired” F.72, with D.2 to the right in July of 1959 at Port Erin Station with yellow class designations.

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