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Hi Alex,
Right that will be the distance between the wheels, a 15ft wheelbase 4 wheel Midland Railway coach, for commuter work was 27 feet long, they are panelled.
For commuter work (or workmens coaches) as they had 6 foot 6inch first class compartments (4), and 5foot 2.5inch thirds(5). With tumblehome to sides and ends, and qiute wide (again as they were commuter coaches at 8foot 6inches, normal stock was 8foot wide). They were designated Metroplitan area stock, so were used in London. Built 1883
By then normal use stock was 6 wheel.
Naturally these are for 4ft 8inch gauge, yours sound like being freelance, and are they for narrow gauge?
Wittyh your time range coaches were by then quite good, and had panelling, making life difficult for easy modelling. Not so narrow gauge - the Workmens(quarrymens) coaches on the Festiniog Railway were little more the van bodies with no doors or windows, and plank seats!
Yours Peter.
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