Bogie Runner R.4
Using the bogie underframes from F.52 (A.2 and C.2) which were removed at St. John’s Station in 1968 and later scrapped on site; the underframes were later sold to the Ffestiniog Railway.
April 1974 and R.4 was in use during the infamous bonfire at Ballasalla Station carrying a load of snow ploughs destined for scrapping.
Painted-on lettering detail showing how the fleet gained this scheme at Ballasalla Station during the infamous bonfire in April 1974.
Scrap loaded on R.4 including a diamond frame carriage bogie and redundant snow ploughs ready for scrapping in 1974.