Orange Coaches

Orange Coaches, in the television series are used on local passenger trains.

The Railway Series
They are usually pulled by Edward, Henry and James. These coaches were depicted as bogie coaches. James once bumped the coaches so hard, that Jeremiah Jobling's bootlace had to be obtained to mend the broken brake pipe.

Livery
The coaches are painted dull orange with white rooftops.

Voice Actors

 * Kōzō Shioya (Japan; James and the Coaches)
 * Shinobu Satouchi (Japan; James and the Coaches)
 * Toshio Kobayashi (Japan; Tenders and Turntables)

Trivia

 * They only appeared in the first and second seasons.
 * As of the third season, Annie and Clarabel seem to be the only type of these coaches left.
 * The models of the coaches were made using Tenmille Gauge One LB&SCR Stroudley coach kits.
 * Annie and Clarabel, The Play Coach, Annie and Clarabel's Old Friend and An An and Yin-Long are the only known branch line coaches of this design to have faces. In addition, various learning segments, magazines and annuals have depicted standard orange coaches with faces similar to Annie and Clarabel.
 * The orange branch line guard compartments did not have the duckets that feature on the red or LB&SC Railway examples. Instead a piece of card or plastic covers over this area.
 * In the first and second seasons, the coaches had the ability to talk, despite not having visible faces. However in the first season, Annie and Clarabel were often used to represent the orange coaches during a speaking role.

Merchandise

 * Wooden Railway (Day Out with Thomas Exclusive 2009, 2013 and 2016)
 * Waku Waku
 * Bandai (Day Out with Thomas)
 * Hobidas (Day Out with Thomas)
 * Adventures