Open-Topped Carriages (standard gauge)

The Open-Topped Carriage is the oldest railway carriage on the Fat Controlller's Railway. When the Fat Controller was a young man, Edward always took him aboard this faithful 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 to Knapford as a lovely birthday surprise for the Fat Controller.

Basis
The Open-Topped Carriage is based on a four-wheeled open-topped carriage used in the very beginnings of railway travel in the 1830s. A replica of this carriage is based at the National Railway Museum used for demonstration runs behind Stephenson's Rocket.

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