Red Express Coaches

The Green Express Coaches are primarily used for The Express in the television series.

Thomas & Friends
The green coaches have appeared since the first season and are primarily used for the express. These coaches are commonly pulled by Edward, Henry, Gordon, James and Rebecca. Between the thirteenth and sixteenth seasons, the coaches seemed to be exclusive to Gordon as he was the only engine ever seen pulling them. Since the seventeenth season, however, other engines have occasionally been seen pulling them again. In Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, the coaches were involved in an accident when Thomas thundered out of Knapford with the coaches after criticizing Gordon for being lazy for not getting his own coaches.

Personality
Between the first and third seasons, these coaches were sentient despite not having faces. Like many coaches on Sodor, they do not appreciate being bumped by an engine, and if they are not handled properly, they can get back at their engine.

Basis
The models of the coaches were based upon SR Maunsell Coaches. They have broad windows on one side and narrow windows on the other.

For production of the sixth season, shorter variants of these coaches were introduced and replaced the original longer coaches.

Since the CGI Series, the coach designs had been altered to be much taller and thinner compared to the previous ones.

Livery
The coaches are painted dark green with cream window surrounds. In the second season, the window surrounds were repainted white, but was changed back to cream again in the third season, with a yellow stripe running down the sides since the sixth season.

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Merchandise

 * Ertl Company (discontinued)
 * Wooden Railway (discontinued)
 * Motor Road and Rail (discontinued outside Asia)
 * Departing Now (discontinued)
 * Thomas Engine Collection Series (with sound effects; discontinued)
 * TrackMaster (discontinued)
 * My First Thomas (discontinued)
 * Tomica (with Gordon)
 * Tomix
 * Choro-Q (discontinued)
 * Capsule Plarail
 * Pocket Fantasy (discontinued)
 * Boss (with Edward; discontinued)
 * Waku Waku (with Gordon; discontinued)
 * Nakayoshi (discontinued)
 * De Agostini (discontinued)
 * Boss (with James; discontinued)
 * LEGO (discontinued)
 * Wood