Narrow Gauge Coaches

Several types of four-wheeled and bogie Narrow Gauge Coaches have been used on the Mid Sodor, Skarloey, Talyllyn and Ffestiniog Railways.

Blue Narrow Gauge Coaches
"Stop! Stop! Stop! You've left the Refreshment Lady behind!"

- Skarloey Railway Coaches These coaches are four-wheeled coaches which were seen on the Skarloey Railway and the Mid Sodor Railway in the television series.

Biography
They are the most commonly used coaches and have endured many accidents and adventures; such as leaving the Refreshment Lady behind, derailing several times, stopping at wrong places, being stuck in tunnels and having a full train of passengers on a stormy day.

The coaches are very fond of Peter Sam, due to the fact he treats them with respect, and they took a dislike to Sir Handel because he insulted them by calling them "cattle trucks".

Basis
The blue narrow gauge coaches are based on the Talyllyn Railway's No. 4 coach. Lucy shares the same basis.

Livery
These coaches are painted light blue with cream window surrounds. In the Railway Series and My Thomas Story Library books, the Skarloey Railway coaches' lower half is blue and their upper half is entirely cream.

On the original cover of the My Thomas Story Library book, Rheneas, a red coach with grey ends can be seen. This illustration error would be corrected as blue in later releases.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 4 - Granpuff, Sleeping Beauty , Bulldog , You Can't Win , Four Little Engines , A Bad Day for Sir Handel, Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady, Trucks , Home at Last , Rock 'n' Roll , Special Funnel , Passengers and Polish , Gallant Old Engine and Fish
 * Series 5 - Toby and the Flood and Make Someone Happy
 * Series 6 - Faulty Whistles
 * Series 7 - The Refreshment Lady's Tea Shop, Rheneas and the Roller Coaster, Harold and the Flying Horse  and Not So Hasty Puddings
 * Series 10 - Follow that Flour, Duncan Drops a Clanger, Thomas' Tricky Tree and Which Way Now?

Music Videos
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 * Series 4 - Thomas' Anthem Grand Finale, Gone Fishing and The Island Song
 * Series 5 - Night Train, Accidents Will Happen, It's Great to be an Engine, The Snow Song, Come for the Ride, Harold the Helicopter and Percy's Seaside Trip
 * Series 6 - Little Engines and Winter Wonderland
 * Series 7 - Five New Engines in the Shed and There Once Was an Engine Who Ran Away
 * Series 10 - Jingle Bells

Trivia

 * The blue narrow gauge coaches strongly resemble Agnes, Ruth, Lucy and Jemima from the Railway Series and the My Thomas Story Library books. Gertrude and Millicent, a pair of bogie coaches, also share the same livery.
 * In the Railway Series, they have faces on their blue lower half. Whereas, in the Television Series, their faces are placed in the middle and are entirely blue.
 * Three small-scale models of these coaches (two with their faces) are owned by Twitter user ThomasTankMerch.
 * The Motor Road and Rail and TrackMaster merchandise are repainted from the Red Branch Line Coaches. Coincidentally, a flipped colour palette for some coaches in India appeared in the CGI Series.
 * The Capsule Plarail coaches are repainted from Annie and Clarabel. An entirely blue version of this coach was also introduced in later releases.
 * The Choro-Q coaches are repainted from their Express Coaches.
 * The Pocket Fantasy range have produced yellow, dark green and grey variants of the Blue Coaches.

Merchandise

 * Bachmann
 * Ertl Company
 * Motor Road and Rail
 * TrackMaster
 * Thomas Engine Collection Series
 * Departing Now
 * Nakayoshi
 * Waku Waku
 * Pocket Fantasy
 * Mini Die Cast Collection
 * Choro-Q
 * Capsule Plarail
 * Tsunagete Collection

Red Narrow Gauge Coaches
"I'm ashamed of you! You might have hurt your passengers!"

- Skarloey scolding the coaches These coaches are four-wheeled coaches which were seen on the Skarloey Railway and the Mid Sodor Railway in the television series.

Biography
Since Sir Handel insulted the coaches, they do not trust him, even when he tries his best to be kind towards them. They are considered to be awkward and rude. They bumped Sir Handel off the rails when he had to stop suddenly to avoid running over a flock of sheep. Skarloey scolded the coaches severely and had to pull Sir Handel's train instead.

Peter Sam found a dilapidated red coach and it was later restored into a mobile Refreshment Coach. Later, Rusty took the Sodor Brass Band around on a tour of the Skarloey Railway using one of these coaches. On Mrs. Percival's birthday, Mr. Percival arranged for Sir Handel to take them to Culdee Fell Hill for a picnic, using one of these coaches.

Basis
The red narrow gauge coaches are based on the Talyllyn Railway's No. 1-3 coaches; they share the same basis as Agnes, Ruth and Lucy and some other coaches on the Talyllyn Railway.

Livery
These coaches are painted red with yellow lining and the number "1" painted on their doors, which signified them as 1st class coaches. However, their Railway Series counterparts are in the standard blue and cream livery with the numbers "1", "2" and "3" in yellow lining.

On the Mid Sodor (Layout), one of these coaches was painted light blue and the number "3" painted in yellow on its doors, which signified it as a 3rd class coach.

The Refreshment Coach is painted yellow with red and thick blue lining. A dilapidated coach with exposed wood appeared in the episodes, The Refreshment Lady's Tea Shop, Skarloey the Brave, Duncan and the Old Mine, and Rheneas and the Dinosaur.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 4 - Granpuff, Sleeping Beauty , Bulldog , You Can't Win , Four Little Engines, A Bad Day for Sir Handel, Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady , Trucks , Home at Last , Rock 'n' Roll , Special Funnel , Passengers and Polish , Gallant Old Engine and Fish
 * Series 5 - Toby's Discovery and Snow
 * Series 6 - Faulty Whistles
 * Series 9 - Mighty Mac, Tuneful Toots and Skarloey the Brave
 * Series 10 - A Smooth Ride, Duncan Drops a Clanger, Which Way Now? and Thomas and Skarloey's Big Day Out
 * Series 11 - Cool Truckings and Duncan Does it All
 * Series 12 - The Party Surprise

Music Videos
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 * Series 4 - Thomas' Anthem Grand Finale, Gone Fishing and The Island Song
 * Series 5 - Night Train, It's Great to be an Engine, Come for the Ride and Percy's Seaside Trip
 * Series 6 - Little Engines and Winter Wonderland
 * Series 7 - There Once Was an Engine Who Ran Away and The Whistle Song
 * Series 10 - Navigation
 * Series 11 - The Narrow Gauge Engines
 * The Great Discovery - Where, oh Where is Thomas?

Trivia

 * The red narrow gauge coaches have "1" on their doors, signifing that they are First Class.
 * A small scale version of one of these coaches from the fourth series is owned by Twitter user, ThomasTankMerch. Three others are also owned by TomsProps.
 * The Motor Road and Rail and TrackMaster merchandise are repainted from the Red Branch Line Coaches. The TrackMaster 2010 Big Friends Rusty release included a dark blue coach with dark blue lining.
 * The Capsule Plarail coaches are repaints of Annie and Clarabel. An entirely red version of this coach was introduced in later releases. A pink narrow gauge coach was also introduced in a set focused on female characters.
 * The Choro-Q coaches are repainted from their Express Coaches.

Merchandise

 * Motor Road and Rail
 * TrackMaster
 * Thomas Engine Collection Series
 * Departing Now
 * Nakayoshi
 * Waku Waku
 * Pocket Fantasy
 * Mini Die Cast Collection
 * Choro-Q
 * Capsule Plarail

Green Narrow Gauge Coaches
"I'm used to smart/new coaches, not these cattle trucks!/cars!"

- Sir Handel These coaches are four-wheeled coaches with open sides, which were seen on the Skarloey Railway and the Mid Sodor Railway in the television series.

Biography
These open air coaches are mainly used on sunny days for tourist trains and excursions. They were a part of Duke's Picnic Train on the Mid Sodor Railway. Rheneas pulled one of these coaches during a school excursion.

Once, Mighty Mac accidentally derailed one of them and pushed it into a mountain. This caused a rock slide and the passengers had to help lever the coach back onto the rails. Duncan and Peter Sam took the Percival Twins for a train ride on their birthday using one of these coaches.

Basis
The coaches loosely resemble on Leighton and Buzzard open coaches shortened to 4 wheels.

Livery
They are painted green with cream window surrounds. Whenever these coaches had faces, their ends were entirely cream-coloured. However, if they did not have faces, the green stripe on their sides was continued onto their ends.

A light blue version of this type of coach can be seen in the My Thomas Story Library book, Mighty Mac.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 4 - Sleeping Beauty, You Can't Win , Four Little Engines , A Bad Day for Sir Handel, Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady , Home at Last , Rock 'n' Roll and Steam Roller
 * Series 7 - The Old Bridge, The Refreshment Lady's Tea Shop, Rheneas and the Roller Coaster, Harold and the Flying Horse and Trusty Rusty
 * Series 9 - Mighty Mac
 * Series 11 - Sir Handel in Charge
 * Series 12 - Duncan and the Hot Air Balloon

Music Videos
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 * Series 4 - The Island Song
 * Series 10 - Navigation and Responsibility
 * Series 11 - The Narrow Gauge Engines

Trivia

 * The coaches resemble Ada, Jane and Mabel from the Railway Series, but with added roofs.
 * All three coaches' faces (including the blue and red coaches) are made similar to Annie and Clarabel's faces.
 * When these coaches returned in the seventh series in large-scale form, their bodies seem to increase in size and their roofs became more rounded.
 * The Capsule Plarail coaches are repainted from Annie and Clarabel. An entirely cream version of this coach was also introduced in later releases.
 * Three small-scale versions of these coaches are owned by Twitter user ThomasTankMerch. One of the coaches faces was later sold to ThomasTankMerch from The Prop Gallery.
 * The Motor Road and Rail range released a rare few of these coaches in a blue and yellow livery as Mighty Mac's motorized coach.

Merchandise

 * Wooden Railway
 * Motor Road and Rail
 * TrackMaster
 * Waku Waku
 * Mini Die Cast Collection
 * Capsule Plarail

Talyllyn Railway Coaches
"Seats uncomfortable, trains always late."

- The Grumpy Passenger These coaches resemble the ones used on the Talyllyn Railway. They have been used since the sixteenth series.

Duncan once took his coaches and the coaches meant for Skarloey's train, to make more room in order to please a grumpy passenger.

Basis
These coaches are based on the in real-life Talyllyn Railway coaches.

In the Railway Series, they are based on Talyllyn Railway coaches No.1 to 4. In the CGI Series, they are a hybrid of the No.1-3 coaches and No.4 coach.

Agnes, Ruth, Jemima and the red narrow gauge coaches are based on the No.1-3 coaches. Whereas, Lucy and the blue narrow gauge coaches are based on the No.4 coach.

Livery
These coaches are painted cherry red with middle brown frames and ends and deep bronze green lining. In the magazines, these coaches are two-tone brown.

Appearances
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The Railway Series

 * The Little Old Engine - Little Old Twins
 * Very Old Engines - Duck and Dukes
 * Great Little Engines - Sir Handel Comes Home
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 16 - Don't Bother Victor!
 * Series 18 - Duncan and the Grumpy Passenger, Duncan the Humbug and Emily Saves the World
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Magazine Stories

 * 2001 - Leaves on the Line (magazine story)

Trivia

 * In the CGI Series, these coaches are out of scale; being too long and too tall.
 * The Bachmann range produced the No.1-3 type coach, however the Talyllyn Railway's No.1-3 coaches did not specifically appear in the CGI Series. In addition, Bachmann incorrectly referred to it as the "Red Narrow Gauge Coach", which has a completely different livery to the coaches featured in the Model Series.

Merchandise

 * Bachmann

Ffestiniog Railway Coaches
The Ffestiniog Railway own a variety of bogie coaches.

In the 1979 annual, Merddin Emrys was illustrated pulling a rake of these coaches.

Basis
These coaches are based on those used on the Ffestiniog Railway. The Mid Sodor Railway Coaches share the same basis.

Livery
These coaches are painted light brown.

Appearances
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Companion Volumes

 * 1979 - Annual: The Ffestiniog Railway

Glyn Valley Tramway Coaches
These coaches are of the same design as the four-wheeled coaches from the Glyn Valley Tramway and are used on the Skarloey Railway. They first appeared in the twenty-second series. They are usually pulled by Skarloey.

Basis
These coaches are based on the Talyllyn Railway's ex-Glyn Valley coaches numbers 14 and 15.

Livery
The coaches are painted dark green with white window surrounds.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 22 - Counting on Nia
 * Series 24 - Thomas' Animal Friends

Trivia

 * The Glyn Valley coaches were actually modelled by Nitrogen Studios and went unused by Arc and Jam Filled Productions until the twenty-second series.

Other Narrow Gauge Coaches
In the magazines and annuals, these coaches are most commonly protrayed as Orange Branch Line Coaches scaled down as narrow gauge. Some of these orange coaches have been illustrated with faces. The orange coaches were also illustrated as Culdee Fell Coaches in the magazines.

Although other designs have appeared in the magazines. A long yellow coach and a long white coach with yellow lining can be seen in the 2006 magazine story, Splendid Sight. Five small brown carriages (resembling Ffestiniog "Bug Box" coaches) were also seen in the 2000 magazine story, A Special Story About Peter Sam, where they are pulled by Peter Sam. Three olive coaches with cream-window surrounds, black fronts and roofs, were pulled by Duke as part of "The Pinic" train in the 2000 magazine story, A Special Story About Duke.