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O GAUGE – 3rd CLASS BRAKE AND LUGGAGE WOODEN BODIED PASSENGER COACH FOR ‘SMR’- POSSIBLY KIT BUILT (NO MANUFACTURERS NAME) OR POSSIBLY CONVERSION FROM A MANUFACTURED COACH.14 INCHES LONG AND 2 INCH AND 3/8″ WIDE. I CAN’T FIND ANY STANDARD MANUFACTURERS OF THE TIME WITH COACHES OF THIS LENGTH SO MY GUESS IS KIT BUILT. HAND PAINTED RED WITH DARK GRAY ROOF WITH SMALL CIRCULAR ROOF VENTILATORS IN PAIRS. GLAZED WINDOWS WITH WITH INTERNAL WOODED SEATS AND LUGGAGE RACKS. PERSEPEX OR PLASTIC WINDOWS. I AM NOT SURE WHICH RAIL COMPANY WAS DESIGNATED ‘SMR’.FIXED RIGID BUFFERS WHICH ARE ROUNDED, WHEELS GENERALLY SPIN WELL THOUGH COUPLE CATCH ON THE BASE OF THE COACH. NO SIGNS OF RUST OR CORROSION ON THE WHEELS. FOR SOME STRANGE REASON, ‘LIMA’ CONNECTING HOOKS HAVE BEEN ADDED.THERE IS A HAND PAINTED INSCRIPTION ON THE BASE OF THE COACH WHICH READS;
‘AAG – 26/1/62’
THERE IS ANOTHER WHICH READS ‘REPAINT 7/7/89 PLUS SLATERS C/S WHEELS’
MY GUESS IS AAG IS THE MODELLER. THE BUILD DATES FROM MARCH 1958.
WEIGHT 788 gms LENGTH AND WIDTH AS STATED EXCLUDING BUFFERS
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Category: Collectables:Model Railways and Trains:O Gauge:Coaches
Location: NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE