M.N.Ry. No.5 (N.44)
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Purchased for the opening of the Manx Northern Railway on 23rd September 1879 from the Swansea Carriage & Wagon Co. Supplied with a guards’ compartment at the northern end and three open third class compartments with no dividers.
This arrangement was modified in 1881 so that each of the compartments were separated; the layout was again changed in 1904 removing the guards’ compartment, later reverting to its original configuration by 1932.
The six-wheelers gradually fell out of use except for instances of high traffic demand such as Tynwald Day, and by the 1950s it was withdrawn and stored, first in the carriage shed at Ramsey and latterly at St. John’s Station.
It was noted by James I.C. Boyd as being “partially scrapped” prior to 1965, and as retaining its original interior when destroyed by controlled fire in the summer of 1972 at Douglas Station. This makes it a later survivor.
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No.5
N.44
6’ 9”
30’ 0”
2’ 3”
St. John’s Station in open storage long after withdrawal from traffic during the closure year in 1966, photograph courtesy of Michael Bishop.
Harry Cubbon’s Wing at the rear of the carriage shed at St. John’s Station where many six-wheelers were stored from 1955 onwards.
Stored in the former goods yard at Douglas Station in 1972 shortly before scrapping. This was the only six-wheeler to be moved here latterly.
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