GR602B - PECO - OO-9 - F.R. Bowsider - Short, Red & Cream No. 18 On30 busier stations often had 2

busier stations often had 2 stairways to each platform

sometimes referred to as “Zoo” cars

Scale 1:76

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

so commonly seen in locations around the country in relation to the railways

GR602B - PECO - OO-9 - F.R. Bowsider - Short, Red & Cream No. 18 On30 busier stations often had 2PECO Great Little Trains OO 9 Ffestiniog Railway 'Bowsider' composite In Red and Cream Livery No. 18. The Ffestiniog Railway operated two pairs of bogie coaches, numbered 17 20 and built by Brown Marshalls & Co and Gloucester Wagon Co. They were known as Bowsiders because of the tumblehome shape of their sides. Numbers 17 and 18, built in 1876, are a shorter model with one 1st class compartment. Numbers 19 and 20, built in 1879, are longer with two