GR551 - PECO - OO-9 - F.R. 4 Wheel Bug Box Coach, 1st Class, Early Pres Livery On30 fitted into an NEM-style coupler

fitted into an NEM-style coupler box

built in 1876

The kit will make up 2 full length (approx 170mm long and 75mm wide) huts

These cranes were usually supplied by a large water tank (see Ratio Water Tower kits 215

Several kits can be combined to protect a long platform

GR551 - PECO - OO-9 - F.R. 4 Wheel Bug Box Coach, 1st Class, Early Pres Livery On30 fitted into an NEM-style couplerThe curiously named bug Box 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. There are three types of vehicle: First Class, Third Class, and Open third, sometimes referred to as Zoo cars.