GR551 Ffestiniog Railway 'Bug Box' 4 Wheel Coach 1st Class Early Preservation Livery Era_Era-4 or the more lightly soiled

or the more lightly soiled examples were converted quite commonly into ale vans for the transport of beer

which features a beige masked roof

Minutely researched and applied liveries on all models

Sprung metal buffers

GR551 Ffestiniog Railway 'Bug Box' 4 Wheel Coach 1st Class Early Preservation Livery Era_Era-4 or the more lightly soiledThe curiously named Bug Boxes 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. Ten were built, including two replicas, and 7 survive, still doing what they were originally designed to do, moving