GLT OO-9 FR 4-Wheel Bug Box Coach "Zoo Car" Victorian L No.1

4-wheel Ffestiniog 'Bug Box' observation coach in FR victorian plum and cream

"Zoo Car" Victorian L No.1

These 4-wheeled coaches were built in 1864 by Brown Marshall & Co of Birmingham for the Ffestiniog Railway. They are known officially as ‘Small Birminghams’, but more commonly referred to as ‘Bug Boxes’ due to their diminutive size. This intricate livery is their original colour scheme and has been authentically replicated in miniature with consultation from the experts that maintain and restore the prototypes on the Ffestiniog Railway, down to matching the correct shade of paint and applying detail differences such as the addition of oil lamp vents on the roof and there being fewer windows on the 3rd class variant. The Bug Boxes still see regular use during special events on the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways as part of the Victorian train.

This product belongs to the following era(s):
Era 1 Pioneering: 1804-1874
Era 2 Pre-grouping: 1875-1922
Era 10 Rebuilding of the Railways: 2005-2015
Era 11 Current Era: 2016-2026