Carriages

No.NameWh.Ln.S.BrakesBuilderDateTypeNotes
1Cote CoachBogie23'20AirWHR Ltd1973Observation and Brake end car with central glazed saloon; observation compartment is part-glazed.Based on modified Hudson chassis. Sold off.
2V.O.R. Brake4 wheel--AirMidland Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. (Rebuilt GWR 1938)1902Brake VanEx. Vale of Rheidol Railway, sold by British Rail 1968.
3"Old Toastie"Bogie16'18AirWHR Ltd1980Open toast rack, non-glazed, 3 compartments.Based on Hudson chassis.
5-Bogie39'44--1913-Chassis of Deutsche Reichsbahn bogie coach awaiting new body. No. 960 140 imported 1972.
6The Four Wheeler4 wheel16'12AirWHR Ltd1995 ¹-Converted from RNAD flat wagon No. 69
former no.6-Bogie16'18-WHR Ltd1981Semi-open toast rack, part-glazed, 3 compartments.Based on Hudson chassis. Sold off.
7Eisteddfod coachBogie26'32AirWHR Ltd1987Saloon, central corridor, fully glazed.Based on modified Hudson chassis.
8 (later 29)Gladstone CarBogie26'24Air & through vacuum pipeMetropolitan Carriage & Wagon Co.1891Central glazed saloon, open balcony at either end.Ex North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways. Recovered in 1988. Currently being restored to nearer original status.
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(later 25)
Ashbury corridor (replica)Bogie30'33AirWHR Ltd and Magnay & Yates Ltd2007/10Saloon fully-glazed, centre corridor.The original 1893 Ashbury carriage No.25 had been scrapped in 1942. This replica entered service in spring 2010.
10 (later 23)Buffet CarBogie30'33Air, converted to vacuumAshbury Rly Carriage & Iron Co.1893Saloon fully-glazed, centre corridor.Ex North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways. Modified to form Buffet Car in 1927. Recovered in 1987. Restored, entered service in spring 2009.
11Summer CarBogie30'33Air, converted to vacuumAshbury Rly Carriage & Iron Co.1894Seven 3rd Class compartments semi-glazed.Ex North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways. Restored by FR at Boston Lodge.
42Tourist ToastrackBogie24AirHudson1923Open tourist 'toast-rack'One of six original toast-racks used on both WHR and FR. Now undergoing restoration.

Wh. = Wheel arrangement; Ln. = Length; S. = Seats

¹ date of conversion from flat wagon.

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