Bryn Bach Light Railway 1st class saloons

Some 009 style coaches in the style of the Mount Lyell Mining And Railway Company coaches. use sewing pins to attach the bogies.

The Bryn Bach Light Railway had 6 first class coaches, the first two were built in 1905 and given the numbers 5 (named Elaine) and 6. (named Anna) They had clerestory roofs unlike all but one other coaches on the line. In 1911 four more were built with regular roofs numbered 11 Klara, 12 Izzie, 13 Poppy, and 14 Jane. They were often used on the poster boy service of the railway "The Bryn Bach Flyer" with Elaine having a radio fitted in 1927 that was played for the passengers on the evening Bryn Bach Flyer.
The coaches started being in varnished teak but by some point before 1940 they had been repainted to be a blood and custard livery similar to what British Railways painted their coaches in. They were used less and less for 1st class services as the Bryn Bach Flyer was cancelled in June 1949.
Elaine and Klara were among the coaches used on the last passenger train on March 9th 1960. thankfully all coaches were stored undercover in the carriage shed until the line was preserved in January 1964, although none of the passenger rolling stock was used until 1966 as the Bryn Bach Steam Railway Preservation Society of Fluaw Drus (later shortened to The Bryn Bach Steam Railway Preservation Society) had to restore the line first! They have been in use as 1st class coaches on the preservation line ever since.