Open-Topped Carriages (standard gauge)

The Open-Topped Carriage is the oldest railway coach on the Fat Controller's Railway. When the Fat Controller was a young man, Edward always took him aboard this old coach on his birthday. However, the open-topped carriage somehow went missing, but Winston and Thomas found the old carriage in a overgrown siding and took it to the Sodor Steamworks for restoration. Then, once restored, Edward brought it to Knapford as a lovely birthday surprise for the Fat Controller.

It appeared in the sixteenth season episode, Happy Birthday Sir!.

A red version narrow gauge of The open-topped carrige appears in the of the Railway King of the railway tralier.

Basis
The Open-Topped Carriage is based on a Liverpool & Manchester Railway four-wheeled open-topped carriage from the 1830s. A replica of this carriage is based at the National Railway Museum and is used for demonstration runs behind Stephenson's Rocket.

Livery
The Open-Topped Carriage is painted in a similar shade of teal as its basis at the National Railway Museum.