Saloon Coaches

Saloon Coaches are narrow gauge luxury bogie coaches.

The Railway Series
The coaches were originally owned by the Mid Sodor Railway and used on its Boat Trains. As the Mid Sodor Railway declined, they were sold off to numerous buyers for use as summer houses, holiday chalets, henhouses, and garden sheds. In 1959, when Mr. Peter Sam found one in a garden at Harwick, no less than eight have been rescued and restored at Crovan's Gate Works. The Talyllyn Railway also owns one.

Basis
The Saloon Coaches are based on some of the Corris Railway's bogie carriages, one of which was built in 1898 and is now owned by the Talyllyn Railway, while a few replicas were built for the Corris Railway when it was reopened in 2002.

Livery
The Saloon Coaches are painted brown with gold lining.

On the Mid Sodor Railway, these coaches were originally painted light blue with yellow and red lettering reading "1 M S 3".

Appearances
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The Railway Series

 * Very Old Engines - Duck and Dukes

Companion volumes

 * 1976 - Famous Engines
 * 1987 - The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways
 * 1996 - Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection

Miscellaneous
Vagones de Salón サルーン客車