Red Express Coaches (T&F)

The Red Express Coaches are generally used for other fast trains, but occasionally used for the Express.

Biography
These coaches are commonly pulled by Edward, Henry and James. In the third series, Duck commonly pulled them on the Little Western. Gordon pulled them in the fourth series when he met Sir Handel and in the fifth series when he went to go test the new station. Sidney has also pulled them at least once. They stopped appearing after the twelfth series but returned in the twentieth series. Henry was the first engine to pull these coaches in the second series in the episode Cows.

Some red express coaches belong to British Railways and are pulled by Class 40 and the Flying Scotsman.

Gordon pulled the red express coaches during Thomas and the Magic Railroad.

Basis
In Thomas & Friends, the models of the coaches were based on the Southern Railway Maunsell coaches without corridors. In the model era, they first appeared in Series 2. These red coaches were long, had broad windows on the corridor side and narrow windows on the compartment side. For production of the third series, shorter variants of these coaches were introduced and gradually replaced the original longer coaches. In Thomas and the Magic Railroad, the short variants of the red coaches received updated models with more details. Since the CGI Series, the coach designs had been altered to be much taller and thinner compared to the previous ones. Their compartment windows were also replaced with mirrored versions of the corridor windows.

Livery
The long variants are painted dark red with white window surrounds and black rooftops in Series 2.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 2 - Thomas, Percy and the Coal, Cows, Old Iron, Thomas and Trevor, Percy and the Signal, Duck Takes Charge, The Runaway, Pop Goes the Diesel, Better Late Than Never, The Deputation, Thomas Comes to Breakfast, Edward's Exploit, Woolly Bear and Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree
 * Series 3 - Percy's Promise, Time for Trouble, Gordon and the Famous Visitor, Donald's Duck, Thomas Gets Bumped, Thomas, Percy and the Dragon, Henry's Forest, The Trouble with Mud, No Joke for James, Edward, Trevor and the Really Useful Party, Buzz, Buzz, All at Sea, One Good Turn, Tender Engines, Escape, Oliver Owns Up, Bulgy, Heroes and Percy, James and the Fruitful Day
 * Series 4 - A Bad Day for Sir Handel, Thomas and Stepney, Bowled Out, Toad Stands By, Bulls Eyes, Thomas and the Special Letter, Paint Pots and Queens and Mind that Bike
 * Series 5 - A Better View for Gordon, Lady Hatt's Birthday Party, Thomas and the Rumours and Busy Going Backwards
 * Series 6 - Middle Engine, James and the Red Balloon, Jack Frost, Gordon Takes a Tumble, Thomas the Jet Engine and Edward the Very Useful Engine
 * Series 7 - Emily's New Coaches, Bulgy Rides Again, Harold and the Flying Horse and Best Dressed Engine
 * Series 8 - Thomas and the Tuba, Percy's New Whistle, Henry and the Wishing Tree, Thomas Saves the Day, Percy's Big Mistake, Emily's New Route, Gordon Takes Charge, Spic and Span, Edward the Great, Thomas Gets it Right, As Good as Gordon and Too Hot for Thomas
 * Series 9 - Percy and the Oil Painting, Thomas' Milkshake Muddle, Respect for Gordon, Thomas and the New Engine, Toby Feels Left Out, Saving Edward and Keeping Up with James
 * Series 10 - Toby's Afternoon Off, It's Good to be Gordon, Edward Strikes Out, Emily and the Special Coaches, Thomas and the Colours and James the Second Best
 * Series 11 - Thomas and the Storyteller, Smoke and Mirrors, Don't be Silly, Billy, Toby's Triumph and Thomas in Trouble
 * Series 12 - Thomas and the Billboard, Steady Eddie, Toby's Special Surprise and Percy and the Bandstand
 * Series 20 - Sidney Sings, Toby's New Friend, Engine of the Future and All in Vain
 * Series 22 - Confusion Without Delay
 * Series 24 - Thomas and the Royal Engine

Specials

 * 2000 - Thomas and the Magic Railroad
 * 2005 - Calling All Engines!
 * 2016 - The Great Race
 * 2017 - Journey Beyond Sodor
 * 2018 - Big World! Big Adventures!

Music Videos

 * Series 3 - Thomas' Anthem
 * Series 4 - Let's Have a Race, Toby, Don't Judge a Book by its Cover, The Island Song and Really Useful Engine
 * Series 5 - Night Train, Every Cloud has a Silver Lining, It's Great to be an Engine, Donald's Duck, Sir Topham Hatt, Come for the Ride and Harold the Helicopter
 * Thomas and the Magic Railroad - Really Useful Engine
 * Series 6 - James the Really Splendid Engine, Little Engines, Down by the Docks, Winter Wonderland and Never, Never, Never Give Up
 * Series 7 - Five New Engines in the Shed, The Red Balloon, There Once Was an Engine Who Ran Away, Troublesome Trucks and The Whistle Song
 * Series 8 - Sounds, A World Around You and Ode to Gordon
 * Calling All Engines! - Busy and Together
 * Series 9 - Pride, Every Day's a Special Day on Sodor and Togetherness
 * Jack and the Sodor Construction Company - One Friendly Family
 * Series 10 - Navigation, Responsibility and Engine Roll Call
 * The Great Discovery - Thomas, You're the Leader

Learning Segments
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 * Series 8 - Helping One Another and What Makes Percy Feel Better?
 * Series 9 - Being Kind, Getting Up Gordon's Hill and What Goes Where?

Magazine Stories
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 * 2011 - Bird Talk
 * 2012 - Clock Countdown

Trivia

 * One of the brake coaches from Thomas and the Magic Railroad to Series 12 is owned by Twitter user: ThomasTankMerch.
 * Three of the express coaches used to be on display at Drayton Manor, but are now in storage and one formerly displayed at Nitrogen Studios. Two of the express coaches are now on display at the Hara Model Railway Museum.

Merchandise

 * Ertl Company
 * Wooden Railway
 * Motor Road and Rail
 * Thomas Engine Collection Series
 * Departing Now
 * Tomica
 * Capsule Plarail
 * Pocket Fantasy
 * Tomix
 * De Agostini
 * Bachmann
 * Hornby
 * Nakayoshi
 * Boss
 * Choro-Q
 * LEGO