GR622B Ffestiniog Railway Long 'Bowsider' Bogie Coach, Red & Cream, No. 20 Brand_Walthers RUNNING NUMBER 707

RUNNING NUMBER 707

COUPLINGS Rapido

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

Use for early Spring bushes

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 RUNNING NUMBER 707A 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