This carriage truck was buil tat Boston Lodge by the Festiniog Railway in 1884 (at a cost of Ј18 10s). It could only carry the smallest of horse-drawn vehicles such as a trap or dog cart, due to the restrictions of the loading gauge and the length of the truck. The truck may have been built for the Oakeley family, who also had their own private carriage, or it may have been built for the convenience of C E Spooner who might have wanted to take a trap up the line when he visited the quarries he served as Consulting Engineer.
It has to be assumed that the accompanying horse would be carried in one of the horse dandies normally used on gravity trains.
The truck ended its days in the siding behind the engine shed at Boston Lodge as a jib runner for the rail-mounted crane bought by Colonel Stephens.
Thanks to Paul Hobbs for his mesh library elements, some of which have been used in the model and for the great tutorials, which helped me get this model working.
Other peices of FR stock by kevmt can be found on the Ffestiniog page at http://www.trainzone.co.nz/ffestiniog.htm.
Тип: traincar