Several types of American-designed passenger railroad cars have appeared in various Thomas & Friends media.
Clerestory Cars
These passenger cars are a type of wooden-bodied passenger coach, designed with clerestory roofs.
Rainbow Sun pulls these passenger cars on the Indian Valley Railroad. Lily once boarded the passenger train to travel to Shining Time.
During her visit to America, Connie rode on these passenger cars pulled by Thomas on the Strasburg Rail Road.
Technical Details
Basis
These cars are based on various passenger cars with round-end clerestory roofs built between 1896 and 1946 for use on American railroads.
Livery
These cars are painted in the standard maroon livery with black and yellow lining and lettering used for passenger stock on American railroads.
In Thomas and the Magic Railroad, they had "Indian Valley" in yellow lettering written above the windows.
Appearances
Trivia
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The Clerestory Cars as seen in Tugs
- These types of passenger cars have also appeared in the Thomas & Friends sister series, Tugs.
Passenger Cars
These passenger cars are seen across various railroads in the United States.
Technical Details
Basis
These cars are based on various passenger cars for use on American railroads.
Livery
These cars are painted in the standard maroon livery with yellow lining used for passenger stock on American railroads. They are also painted blue with white window surrounds.
Appearances
Merchandise
- Wooden Railway (discontinued)
- Wood (discontinued)
Amtrak Cars
These passenger cars are a type of stainless steel passenger coach.
During her visit to America, Connie rode on an Amtrak train to meet Thomas at the Strasburg Rail Road.
Technical Details
Basis
These cars are based on the same passenger cars operated by Amtrak built in 1971 for use on United States railroads.
Livery
These cars are painted in the Amtrak Phase IVb livery of silver, red, white and blue colours.
Appearances
Subway Cars
These subway cars are a type of stainless steel passenger coach. These are commonly seen in New York City.
Technical Details
Basis
The subway cars are based on the cars used on the New York City Subway. These are constructed from stainless steel with fibreglass end bonnets and have 6 sets of 50 inch wide side doors per car.
Livery
The subway cars are painted in the standard silver livery used for passenger stock on the New York City Subway.
Appearances
Thomas & Friends
Specials
- 2018 - Big World! Big Adventures! (mentioned)
Music Videos
- 2018 - Where in the World is Thomas? (mentioned)
Videos
- 2015 - Thomas Goes to New York (mentioned)
Trivia
- These cars were modelled by Nitrogen Studios animator, Rodger Grodan, for the CGI Series of Thomas & Friends. However, the model went unused presumably because the cars use an American design, while the Island of Sodor is set in the United Kingdom as opposed to the United States of America.
See also
References
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