Closed Van G.4
Fourth and final of the first batch of four such closed vans, this example was withdrawn in 1962 and scrapped at Ballasalla Station in 1974.
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G.4
1873
Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co.,Ltd.
6’ 6”
8’ 0”
8’ 11”
14’ 6”
Scrapped
G.4 was part of the first batch of vans delivered from the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd. of Saltley in Birmingham and was identical to the recently-restored van G.1 which remains the sole representative of this early series of closed vans on the railway today..
(Photo: I.o.M.S.R.S.A.)
July 1969