The Mail Train

"I'm Percy. I pull the mail trucks. They're red and they're wooden, and they're full of very exciting parcels!"

- Percy, Thomas and Scruff, fourteenth season

Mail Coaches, or Mail Trucks, are used to run a special night train pulled by Thomas or Percy, but in recent seasons the train is pulled in broad daylight and Percy is almost always in charge, although Oliver, James, and Edward have taken the train on occasion.

Trivia

 * From Hero of the Rails onwards, "SODOR MAIL" on the sides is replaced by an envelope with wings.
 * Five mail coach models are currently on display; four at Drayton Manor and one in Canada at Nitrogen Studios.

Merchandise

 * ERTL (discontinued)
 * Wooden Railway (discontinued)
 * TOMY/TrackMaster (normal and see-inside)
 * Take-Along (discontinued)
 * Bachmann
 * Hornby
 * Tomix
 * Bandai Tecs (with brakevan; discontinued)