Add a distinctive piece of early Welsh narrow-gauge railway history to your layout with the PECO OO9 Ffestiniog Railway ‘Bug Box’ Observation Coach, finished in the ornate Victorian plum and cream livery.

The original four-wheeled coaches were built by Brown, Marshall & Co. of Birmingham for the Ffestiniog Railway during the 1860s. Officially known as the Small Birmingham coaches, they later became widely known as Bug Boxes because of their compact dimensions. The open third-class observation vehicles were also nicknamed Zoo Cars due to their low-sided, open passenger compartments.

PECO’s model accurately captures the unusual open-sided body, compact four-wheel chassis and finely printed Victorian livery. The plum and cream colour scheme makes it ideal for recreating the Ffestiniog Railway’s historic Victorian passenger train or adding an eye-catching coach to a preserved narrow-gauge layout.

Produced in OO9 scale for operation on 9 mm gauge track, the coach measures approximately 45 mm over the buffers. It is suitable for use with PECO’s other Ffestiniog Railway Bug Box coaches and compatible OO9 locomotives.

Product Details

• Manufacturer: PECO

• Product code: GR-560

• Railway: Ffestiniog Railway

• Coach type: Open observation coach or “Zoo Car”

• Range: Ffestiniog Railway ‘Bug Box’ coaches

• Livery: Victorian plum and cream

• Scale: OO9 / 1:76

• Track gauge: 9 mm

• Four-wheel coach design

• Low-sided open passenger compartment

• Finely printed period livery and detailing

• Length over buffers: Approximately 45 mm

• Suitable for Victorian and preserved narrow-gauge layouts

A highly distinctive model for collectors and modellers of the Ffestiniog Railway, Welsh narrow gauge, Victorian passenger trains and OO9 rolling stock.