Alice and Mirabel

"The nasty old thief. He's stolen our people!"

- Alice and Mirabel, Oliver the Western Engine

 Railway Series=   Alice and Mirabel    Alice and Mirabel are two Great Western autocoaches pulled by Duck on his branch line. They were rescued from scrap by the Fat Controller, along with Dulcie, and given to Oliver to use on the Little Western.
 * Class: GWR Autocoach
 * Built: between 1928 and 1954
 * Builder: GWR Swindon Works
 * Arrived on Sodor: 1967

Bio
Around the time of Oliver, Isabel, and Toad's arrival on Sodor, the Fat Controller was in the process of re-opening the Little Western line between Tidmouth and Arlesburgh. He assigned Oliver and Duck to the line, but the only coach was Isabel. The Fat Controller was able to rescue three more autocoaches like Isabel. Two of the coaches, Alice and Mirabel, became Duck's coaches while Dulcie joined Isabel and Oliver.

Basis
Alice and Mirabel are based off Great Western Railway Autocoaches, which were used in push-pull service on branchlines. The autocoaches were efficient because it eliminated the need for the engine to run around to the other end of the train when it needed to turn around.

Livery
Alice and Mirabel are painted in the Great Western's chocolate and cream livery for coaches.

Appearances
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The Railway Series

 * Enterprising Engines - Little Western (do not speak)
 * Oliver the Western Engine - Donald's Duck (do not speak), Toad Stands By (do not speak) and Bulgy

Companion volumes
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 * 1976 - Famous Engines
 * 1979 - Annual
 * 1980 - Annual
 * 1987 - The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways (mentioned)
 * 1996 - Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection
 * 2005 - Sodor: Reading Between the Lines (mentioned)
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Books

 * 2003 - Bulgy
 * 2005 - Duck (cameo)
 * 2011 - The Big Book of Engines (mentioned)

Magazine Stories

 * Alice and Mirabel were also mentioned in a 2014 magazine file fact dedicated to Duck.

Annual Stories

 * 1986 - Funnel Trouble (one makes a cameo)
 * 1989 - Harold and the Landslide (one makes a cameo)


 * In the third season episode, Bulgy, their roles as Duck's coaches were replaced with three red Express Coaches. Since the eighteenth season episode, Duck and the Slip Coaches, the Slip Coaches have become Duck's standard coaches.

Trivia

 * In the television series, their roles as Duck's coaches were replaced with the Slip Coaches.