Closed Van Gr.12 (M.N.Ry. No.15)
One of five wagons inherited from the Manx Northern Railway and supplied by the Swansea Carriage & Wagon Co., for the opening in 1879 for the opening of the north line; upon the 1905 merger and renumbered accordingly, this van has ventilation distinguishing it from earlier examples. Entering the railway museum in 1975, it was removed in 1997 and restored by a private individual and entered traffic the following year. For a photography train in 2013 it was partially repainted and now carries its original fleet lettering; withdrawn in need of attention to the wheelsets in 2022, it is now resident in the railway museum periodically and stored in the goods shed at Port St. Mary Station when not displayed. The rendering below imagines the van if it had been delivered in 1879 in unpainted condition.
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July 1997 and Gr.12 is joined by restored drop-side M.78 at Douglas Station prior to its restoration off-site.
Stored in the goods shed at Port St. Mary Station in September of 2023 following withdrawal from traffic.
In July of 2017 Gr.12 was at Castletown Station on driver experience duty with three-plank H.1 and No.13 Kissack.
As part of a mixed train for an evening photographic charter in April of 2010 with No.10 G.H. Wood at Port Erin Station,
June of 1969 at Douglas Station and Gr.12 in poor condition in the goods yard before entering the Railway Museum.
Original fleet detailing applied in 2013 as part of a Manx Northern Railway recreation train with the Foxdale Coach.