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GR-600B Peco FR Short Bowsider Bogie Coach - Victorian Purple Brown 18

Peco say The wait is over - we are pleased to announce the arrival of the first of many of the new PECO Great Little Trains OO-9 Ffestiniog Railway Bowsider bogie coaches. This batch comprises both the short and long versions of the coaches in Victorian purple and brown livery.

Undoubtedly in what may be considered the most attractive of liveries we can see these coaches being extremely popular with modellers. This livery represents the period as built in 1876 and 1879. The four coaches in this group of vehicles were known as the Bowsiders because of the shape of their sides and were supplied by two builders in 1876 and 1879. Numbers 17 and 18 are the shorter coaches, delivered in 1876, and the two long coaches, numbers 19 and 20, arrived three years later in 1879. All four are still in service on the Ffestiniog Railway today. Numbers 18 (short) and 19 (long) currently wear this livery. Fitted with metal-tyred wheels the coaches are lovely smooth runners.