N.41 : M.N.Ry. No.2
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Purchased for the opening of the Manx Northern Railway on 23rd September 1879 from the Swansea Carriage & Wagon Co. As supplied this was identical to No.1 but was stripped of its first class interior in 1903 after the delivery of the bogie stock from Hurst Nelson, with one of the partitions removed making two unequal compartments. The larger of the two made it popular with butchers travelling to the mart on Mondays, a convivial atmosphere being enjoyed leading to it becoming known as the “Butchers’ Coach”. In 1964 it was removed from its underframes and placed on the plinth outside the workshops at Douglas Station to be used as a crew mess or “bothy” (replacing No.12 which was scrapped), where it remained until 1999 when it was taken off-site for storage. It spent a period in the former Road Services depot at Homefield Garage until this space was vacated, when it returned to home metals, being placed on a bogie runner and stored in Douglas yard; happily in 2009 it was returned to its original position and is now used as a store, being very much part of the look of the yard. It was painted into the purple lake colours scheme with off-white upper panels and it original fleet designations. A further repaint in 2024 saw the vehicle repainted into the post-war red scheme with the later fleet numbering applied in 2025. Over the years it has carried a number of liveries including sky blue, dark green, purple lake and red with off-white panelling during the immediate post-nationalisation era. Here it is depicted in the post-war scheme as a “what if...”.
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No.2
N.41
6’ 9”
30’ 0”
2’ 3”
24’ 0”
Stored in the open at St. John's Station following withdrawal, seen in what appears to be reasonable condition in April 1955 captured by Peter Kenyon.
Outside the workshops at Douglas Station in May 2013 shortly after completion of a repaint into purple lake prior to fleet decal addition, original numbers were carried.
Repairs and repaint underway in August 2024, appearing similar to the scheme applied in 1979 during undercoating, prior to the top gloss being applied.
Two years after being installed as a bothy outside the workshops at Douglas Station, photography courtesy of Michael Bishop from May 1966.
Painted in the somewhat inappropriate red and white bus livery, a scene very much of its time at Douglas Station in May 1983 with No.13 Kissack.
Showing the extent of repair work carried out on the panelling during 2024 to ensure the long-term survival of the bodywork exposing a number of colours.
Bodywork attention ongoing at Douglas Station in June 2021 following the replacement of some of the time-expired lower panels, June 2021.
With M.N.Ry. No.6 being delivered back to the railway in June 2022 showing the before-and-after views of two similar carriages in various conditions.
The completed paint job in October 2024, the vehicle now carries the Indian Red scheme and will also receive N.41 lettering in yellow at some point shortly.
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