Rail Cars

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As there seems to be quite abit of interest in railcars at the moment I have scanned this drawing from a 1979 issue of Model Railways
the original was of course standard gauge but it looks like it could be adapted

passenger access was via wooden sliding doors

[garrywhiting]

As there seems to be quite abit of interest in railcars at the moment I have scanned this drawing from a 1979 issue of Model Railways
the original was of course standard gauge but it looks like it could be adapted

passenger access was via wooden sliding doors

Yes, but there is no real need to do so, since narrow gauge versions of this design existed, for example on the 2ft 6ins Kelani Valley section of the Ceylon (Sri Lanka ) Goverment Railways. This was the line that supplied the loco and rolling stock for the end sequence in the film "Bridge on the River Kwai", which was filmed in Ceylon. Other ng versions to be found in South America.

[Brandyman]

Hi Born-Again Modeller welcome to the forum.
Yes, very interested in railcars at the moment and thanks for the plans. I have two sets of different cars in production.
Look forward to your posts
Jeff

[JulienW]

As there seems to be quite abit of interest in railcars at the moment I have scanned this drawing from a 1979 issue of Model Railways
the original was of course standard gauge but it looks like it could be adapted

passenger access was via wooden sliding doors

Yes, but there is no real need to do so, since narrow gauge versions of this design existed, for example on the 2ft 6ins Kelani Valley section of the Ceylon (Sri Lanka ) Goverment Railways. This was the line that supplied the loco and rolling stock for the end sequence in the film "Bridge on the River Kwai", which was filmed in Ceylon. Other ng versions to be found in South America.

And I think that there was a drawing of the Ceylon railcar in the drwaing set produced by the Wessex Group many (many!) years ago.