GR551 Ffestiniog Railway 'Bug Box' 4 Wheel Coach 1st Class Early Preservation Livery Truck ERA 9 (1995 - 2005)

ERA 9 (1995 - 2005)

4 replaces the previous version – DCD-Zmini

2 x Kato Bridge Track Sections

Height - 7cm

this small fleet of open wagons were design specifically for the movement of consignments to and from the continent by the channel train ferry

GR551 Ffestiniog Railway 'Bug Box' 4 Wheel Coach 1st Class Early Preservation Livery Truck ERA 9 (1995 - 2005)The curiously named Bug Boxes 4 wheel coaches were the first passenger carrying coaches built for the Ffestiniog Railway. Dating from 1864 to 1867 they were built by Brown, Marshall & Company. The term Bug Box is a more recent term given to them, possibly in the 1950s, and originally they were referred to as Small Birmingham's. Ten were built, including two replicas, and 7 survive, still doing what they were originally designed to do, moving