GR580A - PECO - OO-9 - F.R. Quarryman Brake Van, Green, No. 7, Double balcony PECO Great Little Trains OO-9

PECO Great Little Trains OO-9 Ffestiniog Railway 'Bowsider' composite in Victorian Livery No

With its fine scale latticework and curved section roof

disc wheels and couplings

These can be pulled out with fine nosed pliers and replaced with conventional OO-9 hoop-and-loop couplings (supplied) at each end of the rake

The Pecoscene ranges provide the perfect loading materials

GR580A - PECO - OO-9 - F.R. Quarryman Brake Van, Green, No. 7, Double balcony PECO Great Little Trains OO-9From 1867 the Ffestiniog Railway used dedicated carriages to carry workmen to and from the slate quarries around Blaenau Ffestiniog. From 1885 to 1887, eighteen of what are now referred to as the 'Type 3' Quarrymen's carriage were built featuring sprung axle boxes, one central door on each side and droplight windows. More of the same design were made to replace the older carriages and there were a total of thirty six in the 1900s. Archive images show