Carriage 37
| Carriage 37 | |
|---|---|
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| Type | Tourist Open Third |
| Seating | 24 x 3rd |
| Home Railway | FR |
| Status | In service |
| History | |
| Built by | FR Co. |
| Built | 1971 |
| Technical | |
| Length | 22 ft |
| Frames | WD D type wagon underframe |
| Carriages | |
Carriage 37 is an open-sided tourist coach (also known as a "toastrack") operating on the Ffestiniog Railway.
Background[edit]
The Festiniog Railway has three carriages with open sides. They are added to service trains in good weather, to offer passengers an alternative to travelling in a closed carriage. The open carriages are usually placed immediately behind the locomotive on the Up run. Usually known as the "Tourist Cars", two of these carriages were built in 1971 at Boston Lodge.
No.37 is a semi-open four-compartment tourist carriage built by FR Co. at Boston Lodge on a much older WD D-type bogie wagon underframe (ex No. 70 (the first)), acquired and refurbished by FR WRG 1971, its prior user being presently unknown.
When constructed, some of the half-height doors from Carriage 23 were fitted to this carriage and to Carriage 38.
Gallery[edit]
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Carriage 37 behind Earl of Merioneth on 19 August 1986. The livery is all-over maroon with black ends and large "3" transfers. The handbrake then fitted at the bottom end is visible. -
At Tanygrisau in 2019. -
Carriage 37 in the late 1990s livery of maroon and cream, with maroon ends and "Third" transfers. The handbrake has been removed. Date unknown. -
Interior, 3 May 2003. Photographer unknown. -
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