GR557A - PECO - OO-9 - F.R. 4 Wheel Bug Box Coach, 3rd Class, Col. Stephens no. 3

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£36

PECO Great Little Trains OO-9 Bug Box Coach - Colonel Stephens Livery - No.3. Welcoming the release of our NEW 'Colonel Stephens' Ffestiniog Railway 4-wheel 'Bug Box' coaches. We have paid a lot of attention to the livery characteristics of these coaches, ensuring that all details are as accurate as they can be, with some very fine printing detail and authentic colours. Free-running metal-tyred wheels are now fitted as standard to all of our new OO-9 releases. Colonel Stephens was noted as a man who championed the minor railways of Great Britain, and during the 1920s 30s he took control of the

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Registered at Companies House as PECO PUBLICATIONS & PUBLICITY,LIMITED, number 00501541. Checked 2026-08-29.
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UK operations
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British-owned
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