Purchased for the opening of the Manx Northern Railway on 23rd September 1879 from the Swansea Carriage & Wagon Co., as an all-thirds compartment carriage with accommation across six equally spaced vestibules, a configuration was that never amended as with other members of the series.

The original composite-construction wheels were often cited as the reason for collapse on the six-wheelers; iIt was a failure of this nature that occurred between Union Mills Station and Crosby Station on 4th October 1904 to the extent that the vehicle was withdrawn at the end of that year.

The body lifted from the Cleminson patent underframe, with the body then re-purposed as the crew bothy (or brew room) at Douglas Station, removed from its underframes (which survived for many years beside the carriage shed).  The images below show it in use for this role.

It never being allocated a post-Manx Northern fleet number, it remained here until 1964 when it was scrapped being in poor condition, and replaced by N.42 which remains on its plinth today, very much an integral part of the look of the yard. The second body was selected for its unusual layout.