PECO GR-562 Festiniog Railway Open Sided 4 wheel Bug Box Coach 1 Col.Stephens Green OO9 SCALE

Detailed model of Festiniog Railway open sided 'Bug Box' observation coach number 1 as running during the Colonel Stephens management era finished in plain green livery.
These small 4-wheel coaches are typical of early Victorian era design with the wheels hidden behind the internal seating to maintain a low centre of gravity. Many narrow gauge lines ran through isolated and scenic valleys which were inaccessible to large standard gauge trains, so open sided coaches were popular with Victorian tourists keen to view the scenery and breath in the pure mountain air.