GR561 Ffestiniog Railway 'Bug Box' 4 Wheel Coach 'Zoo Car' Observation Early Preservation Livery Class_Class 73 Fitting that decoder couldn’t be

Fitting that decoder couldn’t be easier thanks to the clip-off underframe panel behind which the decoder socket is fitted and combined with the pre-fitted speaker

Bletchley to Buckingham and Banbury

They can be used for the control of Accessories on AC

but no full brakes

It also has a separate control box to power the bridge

GR561 Ffestiniog Railway 'Bug Box' 4 Wheel Coach 'Zoo Car' Observation Early Preservation Livery Class_Class 73 Fitting that decoder couldn’t beThe 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