Drop-Side Wagons M.8 - M.19
A further batch of twelve wagons, again from the Ashbury Carriage Wagon & Iron Co., Ltd. (the last of their kind from this particular supplier) and delivered in 1888, all survived relatively late although surplus to requirements latterly.
Scrapping Dates
M.8 & M.11 - 1974
M.9 & M.13 - 1961
M.15 & M.17 - 1973
M.10 & M.12 - 1974
M.16 & M.19 -1975
M.14 & M.18 -1975
Numbers:
Makers:
Year:
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase:
Status:
Extant:
M.8 - M.19
Ashbury
1888
14’ 6”
6’ 6”
4’ 8”
8’ 0”
Scrapped
Nil
M.17 at Peel Station in August 1938 in a deeper shade of grey.
M.10 at Peel Station in June 1948 with no shadow on the lettering.
M.8 at Peel Station in August 1938 with cattle dock to the rear.