This 4-wheeled coach is an old friend of Annie and Clarabel.
Biography
Magazines
Annie and Clarabel were upset as he was going to be scrapped, but luckily for him, a friend of Thomas' driver needed a tool shed, and the Fat Controller allowed him to use the coach as a tool shed.
Technical Details
Basis
The old friend is based on an LB&SCR four-wheeled coach, like Annie and Clarabel.
The old friend's basis
Livery
The old friend is painted cream with a grey buffer beam and black buffers. He has a grey face. He also has a blank nameplate above his face indicating he could have had a name at one point.
Appearances
Trivia
- He is the first male coach to appear in any media relating to The Railway Series and Thomas & Friends, predating the two male slip coaches in the Thomas & Friends television series by sixteen years.
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