Metropolitan Railway Coaches

These passenger coaches were originally owned by the Metropolitan Railway. A number of these coaches were preserved by the Bluebell Railway.

The Railway Series
In 1962, Stepney came on loan to Sodor bringing his controller and a rake of coaches from the Bluebell Railway.

Basis
These coaches are the real Metropolitan Railway wooden bogie stock built by the Ashbury Railway Carriage & Iron Co. and Cravens in 1898, owned by the Bluebell Railway.

The Bluebell Railway has three 1898–1900 Ashbury carriages and one built by Cravens, and a fifth, built at Neasden, is at the London Transport Museum.

Livery
These coaches are currently painted in the Metropolitan Railway teak livery, but were painted brown and cream from 1962-1967.

Appearances
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The Railway Series

 * Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine - Bluebells of England and Bowled Out