Old Slow Coach

"Everyone agreed that there was nothing Old or Slow about Coach, and she will always be Really Useful indeed!"

- The Narrator Old Slow Coach, sometimes simply known as Coach, is a Great Western Railway clerestory brake coach. She was known for her luxurious interior.

Biography
Before coming to the Island of Sodor, Old Slow Coach was originally part of The Cornishman, taking passengers to Falmouth to catch the Transatlantic Liners. Impressed by her grand and luxurious interior, Sir Topham Hatt brought her to Sodor.

Old Slow Coach was a luxurious coach when she was first brought to Sodor, but was eventually replaced by modern rolling stock. She was sent to the scrapyards and was long overdue for scrapping when Thomas and Percy met her. The two tank engines promised to try and find a way to save her and their chance came sooner than expected when the workmen's hut was destroyed by a fire. Percy suggested that Old Slow Coach could house the workmen until a new hut could be made. Old Slow Coach was cleaned and restored and taken to the beach to be used as the hut for the workmen.

After the workmen's hut was rebuilt, Old Slow Coach was brought back onto the rails to be used as a coach again. When Percy was looking for something "old" for Mrs. Kyndley's daughter's good luck package at her wedding, she became the "old" item.

Old Slow Coach has not been seen since the fifth series. However, according to the "Thomas and Friends Writers' Bible", she is now only used for special occasions.

Personality
After being saved from the scrapyard, Old Slow Coach was delighted to have a second chance in life and she never took it for granted. She is a happy railway coach with a polite spirit to all the engines especially Thomas and Percy. Whether she is a hut for the workmen or a coach for passengers, Old Slow Coach is just delighted to be Really Useful indeed.

Basis
Old Slow Coach is based on a Diagram E39 Falmouth Coupe TRI brake coach, built in 1893 for the Great Western Railway.

Livery
Old Slow Coach is painted in the Great Western Railway's chocolate and cream coach livery.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 5 - Thomas, Percy and Old Slow Coach and Happy Ever After

Music Videos
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 * Series 5 - Every Cloud has a Silver Lining
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Books

 * 2001 - Thomas the Tank Engine Encyclopedia
 * 2002 - Thomas and Percy to the Rescue, and Thomas and the Rumors and other Thomas the Tank Engine Stories
 * 2005 - Thomas Goods Encyclopedia
 * 2006 - Thomas' Sticker Express
 * 2015 - Thomas Goods Encyclopedia

Magazine stories

 * 2005 - Strange Sounds

Video Games

 * 2007 - DVD Bingo
 * 2008 - Begins Educational Learning

Other
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 * 2002 - Trading Cards

Official Description
1997-2000= From Official Website:

From Official Website:
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Trivia

 * Old Slow Coach was the first rolling-stock character not created by the Awdrys to be introduced in the television series.
 * Old Slow Coach is the first coach with moving eyes and a moulded face like the engines, the second being Henrietta, starting from the eighteenth series.
 * Old Slow Coach is the last sentient coach created in the television series until the Slip Coaches in the eighteenth series.
 * In the Dutch dub, Old Slow Coach is referred to as 'Oldie the Coach'.
 * In the Spanish, Czech, Polish, Russian and German dubs, Old Slow Coach is portrayed as a male.
 * Old Slow Coach was the last rolling stock character introduced in the Britt Allcroft era and the last one introduced until Rocky in the tenth series.
 * Old Slow Coach's television series model is currently on display at Drayton Manor Theme Park.
 * A similar looking coach appears in the 2003 magazine story, Fast Food.
 * Old Slow Coach's Wooden Railway toy was among the toys that were part of the Lead Paint Crisis in 2007.

Merchandise

 * ERTL
 * Wooden Railway
 * Thomas Engine Collection Series
 * Hornby
 * Motor Road and Rail
 * Trading Cards
 * Nakayoshi
 * Boss