Cattle Vans Kr.5 - Kr.7
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These three vans were supplied by the Swansea Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd., for the opening of the Manx Northern Railway in 1879 and inherited by the Railway Company upon the merger of 1905, thereafter being allocated new numbers with the small “r” prefix in common with other series. The three were the first to be delivered with vertical planked sides. They were the only three of their kind operated by the Manx Northern Railway.
Kr.5 was scrapped as early as 1924 with no further recycling of frames as was common at the time; Kr.6 was fitted with a roof in 1916 and survived after withdrawal until 1960, and the last example Kr.7 remained without a roof and was scrapped in 1963. The accompanying illustration shows the unroofed van with vertical planking and is imagined in “as delivered” condition, largely conjectural!
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Kr.5 - Kr.7
Swansea
1879
15’ 0”
6’ 6”
8’ 8”
8’ 0”
All Scrapped
An unidentified similar cattle vans at Peel Station c.1955 with a load of kegs showing how various loads were loaded to the open-toppers.
Two of the later vans with vertical planking at Ramsey Station in August 1948 illustrating the ventilated vertical planking typical of this series.
In May 1938 K.22 was in use to transport a hefty bullock at St. Germain’s Station and this rare view captures it in use for the role it was intended for.
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