GR622B Ffestiniog Railway Long 'Bowsider' Bogie Coach, Red & Cream, No. 20 Brand_Walthers Use for early Spring bushes

Use for early Spring bushes

a Kato Power pack

making for the significantly more comfortable ride that led to its nickname of "Easy Eight

COUPLINGS Rapido

represents one of the first Royal Air Force Gloster-Saro bodied appliances that served with the Queens Flight in 1977

GR622B Ffestiniog Railway Long 'Bowsider' Bogie Coach, Red & Cream, No. 20 Brand_Walthers Use for early Spring bushesA Brief History Of The Bowsider Coach 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 1st class compartments. All four are still in service on the