The last coach to be built for County Gate is a 'what if'? The original coaches supplied to the L&B were really rather heavy and as a consequence, train lengths were limited to 3 coaches for the locomotives. On takeover by SR, an option would have been to build lighter coaching stock for peak periods.
Below is what I think they could have been.
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nicknamed 'monsoon' by the staff as deployment nearly always seemed to bring down the skies!
regards
JdF
Nice one John, but will it really be the last coach for CG?
I can't imagine that the rich set such as retired aeronautical types etc would accept excursion travel in such spartan accomodation. What about a luxury Pullman train for just such august and priviledged people - something along the lines of a Rhaetian rather than modern Welsh Highland design perhaps?
And then of course there needs to be something suitable for the directors of the Glenthorne Harbour Authority extension - surely they can't be expected to travel in the ramshackle railcar unit?
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Mick
All good ideas, Mick, but we really do have the required trains now. The Glenthorne family prefer transport by Rolls! On a good day, I would imagine that the Monsoon coaches would have been popular for excursions. Hell, once I braved the Silverton Durango in a similar car round Xmas with 2 metres of snow on the ground!
best
JdF