“Pairs” Carriage F.64
Purchased as two four-wheel carriages in 1873 from the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd., of Saltley Works in Birmingham for the opening of the Peel Line and later allocated fleet numbers C.1 and B.19, by 1881 these two carriages had become close coupled and were later mounted on a new steel underframe, again supplied by the Metropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd., in 1919 to become “pair” F.64.
The carriage in this form survived in service until 1977 when it was withdrawn in poor condition. The C.1 portion was later removed and is now on display next to the water tower at Peel Station with second class designations; the B.19 portion being scrapped after use in in 1995 as part of an emergency services exercise in the Nunnery Cutting where it was damaged.
Fleet numbering retained on the solebar of the surviving runner in the workshops at Douglas Station.
The remaining portion, C.1, plinthed beside the water tower on the site of Peel Station in 2012 in purple lake and white.
Outside the workshops at Douglas Station with No.11 Maitland in March of 2022, also marked wrongly as F.5o!
The interior of a compartment of C.1, plinthed beside the water tower on the site of Peel Station in 2012.
Used as portable storage in the paint shops at Douglas Station in April of 2022 with H.1 to the left.
