Brake Composite F.1
The first bogie carriage on the railway, one of an order of six from Brown, Marshall & Co., Ltd., of Birmingham from 1876 and surviving in traffic until the latter days, in service until the 1970 season after which is was ultimately moved to St. John’s Station for storage the following winter. Having retained its wooden brake blocks is was not favoured and surplus to operational requirements following the closure of the Peel and Ramsey lines. It was lost in the shed fire at St. John’s Station on 10th December 1975.
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F.1
1876
Brown, Marshalls
35’ 0”
7’ 0”
9’ 4”
40
Scrapped
The first bogie vehicle F.1 in the yard at Douglas Station in June of 1969; the general appearance of early rolling stock was similar.
Sister carriage F.4 in original form at Peel Station; the first batch of bogie carriages were largely identical.
Sister carriage F.6 at Port Erin Station in the purple lake livery in August of 1938 showing the similarities.