Open-Topped Carriages (standard gauge)

Open-topped carriages are passenger coaches with no roofs.

Variants
The National Railway Museum owns two replicas of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway open-topped carriages. Thomas used one of these when he was carrying out demonstrations during his time at the museum. It was painted cream.

The Railway Series

 * Thomas and the Great Railway Show - Trouble on the Line

Variants
The North Western Railway owns 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 a rake of open-topped carriages, which are painted in a similar 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.

Livery
Stephen's carriages are painted sky blue with gold door handles.

Appearances
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Television series

 * Season 16 - Happy Birthday Sir!
 * Season 17 - The Lost Puff, Percy's Lucky Day and The Afternoon Tea Express
 * Season 19 - Slow Stephen
 * Season 20 - Pouty James, Over the Hill and Cautious Connor
 * Season 21 - Runaway Engine
 * Other - Thomas & Friends in 4-D: Bubbling Boilers

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 * King of the Railway
 * The Great Race
 * Journey Beyond Sodor

Trivia

 * Throughout the seventeenth season and King of the Railway, Sir Topham Hatt's open-topped carriage inconsistently changes in height.

Variants
Millie owns three open-topped carriages, both of which are narrow gauge replicas of the coaches used by Stephen and Glynn. Her coaches are painted red with the Ulfstead Castle crest on the sides.

Livery
Millie's carriages are painted red with Sir Robert Norramby's crest painted on the sides.

Appearances
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Television series

 * Season 17 - The Switch, Too Many Fire Engines, Santa's Little Engine and The Afternoon Tea Express
 * Season 18 - Millie and the Volcano
 * Season 20 - Cautious Connor

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 * King of the Railway
 * Journey Beyond Sodor

Other
Aside from the regular coaches, there are also other open-topped carriages that have been seen around Sodor. Ada, Jane and Mabel are open-topped carriages used on the Skarloey Railway, and the Arlesdale Railway also owns their own rake of open-topped carriages.

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