The K” Series : Cattle Vans

This series of wagons were designed for the transportation of livestock were similar to the later G vans.  The first batch were delivered for the opening of the Peel Line in 1873, and of all the various series of rolling stock on the line their history is perhaps the most complicated with various modifications made to certain vans over the the years and various re-numberings with vehicles constructed using frames of other rolling stock.  None survive today but it has been mooted, for historical purposes, that the Supporters’ Association may take on the reconstruction of one of these, so that the railway ultimately has an example of each type of stock in their possession.  There follow links for each batch of vans:-

Cattle Vans K.1 (i) - K.2 (i) (1873) 

Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd.


Cattle Vans K.3 - K.4 (1877)

Ashbury Railway Carriage & Iron Co., Ltd.


Cattle Vans Kr.5 - Kr.7 (1879)

Swansea Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd.


Cattle Vans K.8 - K.9 (1899)

Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd.


Cattle Vans K.10 - K.12 (1908)

Isle Of Man Railway Co., Ltd.


Cattle Vans K.13 (i) - K.15 (i) (1912)

Isle Of Man Railway Co., Ltd.


Cattle Van K.16 (1912)

Isle Of Man Railway Co., Ltd.


Cattle Vans K.17 - K.18 (1914)

Isle Of Man Railway Co., Ltd.


Cattle Vans K.19 - K.20 (1920)

Isle Of Man Railway Co., Ltd.


Cattle Vans K.21 - K.22 (1921)

Isle Of Man Railway Co., Ltd.


Cattle Vans K.23 - K.26 (1923)

Isle Of Man Railway Co., Ltd.


Cattle Vans K.1 (ii) - K.2 (ii) (1926)

Isle Of Man Railway Co., Ltd.


Cattle Van K.5 (ii) (1899)

Isle Of Man Railway Co., Ltd.


Cattle Vans K.13 (ii) - K.15 (ii) (1924)

Isle Of Man Railway Co., Ltd.


Replica Cattle Van K.27 (202?)

Isle Of Man Steam Railway Supporters’ Association (Proposed...?)

April 1950

Douglas Station

Ramsey Station

August 1948

May 1938, K.22

St. Germain’s