FR Centenary Carriages 101 and 112

This is a detailed scale model kit for adult collectors. Not for children under 14 years old.

This model kit is of carriages 101 and 112, as running on the Ffestiniog Railway in 2020. Carriage 101 is part of the Centenary Stock series of vehicles, also known as 'The Barns'. Since the railway no longer traverses the old Moelwyn Tunnel, vehicles can be built to a slightly larger loading gauge. These were built in the late 1960's and are modern vehicles, taking design cues from the Lynton and Barnstable Carriage 14 that had been modified to work the railway. Carriage 112 is one of three 'Carnforth' carriages, built in the early 1990's by Carnforth Railway Restoration and Engineering Services. These modern vehicles are of aluminium construction, with wide easy-access doors at each end, and run on distinction 'chevron' bogies.

101 dates back to the 1970s as one of the original obs/guard carriages. It has now been heavily modified, with the guards compartment removed, all new seating as a third class 'top-end' obs, with brake equipment moved to the opposite side of the vehicle. 

112 was originally a Third Saloon with two First Class Compartments. In the late-2010's this vehicle was downgraded to a full Third Saloon with accessible space for wheelchairs.