Open-Topped Carriages (standard gauge) (T&F)

Open-topped carriages are passenger coaches with no roofs.

Biography
The North Western Railway owned one open-topped carriage; it is the oldest coach on the railway, and every year, Edward would take Sir Topham Hatt around the Island on this coach for his birthday. However, the coach went missing one year and was forgotten about. Years later, it was rediscovered on an overgrown siding by Winston and Thomas, and it was taken to the Sodor Steamworks and restored as a birthday surprise for Sir Topham Hatt.

Sir Robert Norramby also owns at least six of the open-topped carriages, which are painted in the exact blue livery. They are used primarily by Stephen and Glynn, who use them to take visitors around the castle grounds. James has also used them to transport the Sodor Brass Band on a few occasions.

Basis
The open-topped carriages are based on the replicas of the third class four-wheeled carriages used by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in the 1830s. Two of these replicas are owned by the National Railway Museum, both of which are used for demonstration runs with Stephenson's Rocket.

Livery
The open-topped carriages are painted turquoise with black lining and gold door handles.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 16 - Happy Birthday Sir!
 * Series 17 - Percy's Lucky Day and The Afternoon Tea Express
 * Series 19 - Slow Stephen
 * Series 20 - Pouty James, Over the Hill and Cautious Connor
 * Series 21 - Runaway Engine
 * Series 22 - Forever and Ever and Hunt the Truck
 * Series 23 - Heart of Gold
 * Series 24 - Nia's Bright Idea
 * Other - Thomas & Friends in 4-D: Bubbling Boilers

Specials
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 * 2013 - King of the Railway
 * 2016 - The Great Race
 * 2017 - Journey Beyond Sodor
 * 2018 - Big World! Big Adventures!

Trivia

 * Throughout King of the Railway and the seventeenth series, the open-topped carriages inconsistently change in height. This is because a blue narrow gauge carriage was mistakenly used instead of the standard gauge variant.