“Pairs” Carriage F.51

Two four-wheel carriages dating from 1873, B.3 and B.5, mounted in 1912 on a new bogie underframe provided by the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd., becoming pair” F.51.  Latterly used almost exclusively on schools trains, it was withdrawn in 1963 and the bodies removed at St. John’s Station in 1968 to create bogie runner R.11.  This was sold to the Ffestiniog Railway in 1974 and used to construct their carriage No.120.


This is one of few items of rolling stock for which there is a poor photographic record, if you have access to any images that you would be happy for us to use on this side to complete the page please get in touch with the website administrator who would be delighted to hear from you.  The accompanying drawings on this page are of similar carriages for illustrative purposes only.

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F.51

48

1912

7’ 0”

332

Metropolitan

Scrapped

In June of 1950 carrying the two-tone brown utility livery of the war years, on Road Three at Douglas Station.

1947 carrying the two-tone brown utility livery of the war years, on Road Three at Douglas Station from a larger image.

Sister carriage F.66 in regular traffic on the bay  line at Port Erin Station in the standard post-war livery,