Peco PC612 GWR 4 Wheel Coach 2x3rd+2x1st Class Compartments 00 Gauge Plastic Kit

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Peco PC612 GWR 4 Wheel Coach 2x3rd+2x1st Class Compartments 00 Gauge Plastic Kit

THESE COACHES WERE CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN 1890 & 1902 & WERE USED ON THE MORE RURAL PARTS OF THE SYSTEM. THEY ARE IDEAL FOR THE SLEEPY BRANCHLINE TERMINI SO OFTEN MODELLED. BY THE LATE 1930’s THEY WERE STRICTLY ‘BACKWATER’ VEHICLES, USED FOR MUNDANE TASKS LIKE WORKMAN’S TRAINS IN SOUTH WALES, OFTEN WITH THE 1st CLASS SECTIONS DOWNGRADED TO 3rd. THIS PRACTICE CONTINUED UNTIL THE EARLY 1950’s, WHILST OTHERS BECAME ‘CAMPING COACHES’ IN THE 1930’s OR WERE GROUNDED (KIT 501)