Closed Van Gr.11 (M.N.Ry. No.14)
One of five wagons inherited from the Manx Northern Railway upon the 1905 merger and renumbered accordingly, this van had ventilation distinguishing it from earlier examples. Withdrawn by 1962 it was stored after the closure of the Peel Line outside Douglas Station and destroyed by an arson attack in 1972.
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Gr.11 (M.N.Ry. No.15)
1879
Swansea Carriage & Wagon Co.,Ltd.
7’ 0”
8’ 0”
8’ 11”
14’ 6”
Scrapped
Gr.11 was one of the vans inherited upon the takeover of the Manx Northern Railway in 1905 and featured ventilation detail as illustrated above, the small "r" prefix denotes its origins.
(Photo: I.o.M.S.R.S.A.)
