The H” Series : Three-Plank Wagons

Twenty of these six-ton three-plank, centre door open wagons were built for the opening of the Peel Line in 1873 and supplied from the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd., of Saltley Works in Birmingham.  Over time similar vehicles were delivered to the Manx Northern Railway when it opened in 1879, and further a later batch from Hurst-Nelson which brought the total to forty-six by 1926 including a one-off built in-house.  One of them was used (with side rails attached) to carry the military band on opening day in 1873. The Association built one of these from scratch in 2000 following an earlier project to restore M.78; it has been given the number H.1, and has been through-piped for vacuum brakes to meet with safety regulations.

Year

1873

1877

1879

1900

1918

Builders

Metropolitan 

Ashbury

Swansea

Hurst-Nelson

I.M.R. Co.

Notes:-

All Scrapped 1949-1962 - H.1 Replica Extant

All Six Examples Scrapped 1948-1960

Ex-M.N.Ry. - All Twelve Scrapped 1927-1962

Ex-M.N.Ry. - All Seven Scrapped 1924-1962

One-Off Built In-House - Scrapped 1960