There are many 4-wheel branch line coaches that belong to the North Western Railway and other international railways.
Toby's Museum Coach
Toby's Museum Coach is a branch line brake coach.
Biography
Toby once used this coach to take some important visitors to the opening ceremony of the Sodor Museum. Percy later used this coach to take Allicia Botti to a party.
Livery
Toby's museum coach is painted dark brown with cream lining, a white roof and white wheel rims.
Appearances
Thomas & Friends
Learning Segments
- Series 9 - What Goes Where
Trivia
- Toby's museum coach was remodeled from a red brake coach.
- Although only a brake coach appeared in the series, the Bachmann models depict both a standard composite coach and a brake coach.
Merchandise
- Bachmann (coming soon)
Thomas' Green Coaches
Whenever Thomas travels around the world, he often takes a pair of green coaches with him, which he uses for collecting passengers instead of Annie and Clarabel.
Thomas had them decorated with ribbons for a wedding in Greece.
Appearances
Really Useful Around the World
- Thomas Visits Pompeii, Thomas Crosses Australia, Thomas and the Cheeky Chimpanzees in Kenya, Thomas' Kangaroo Adventure in Australia, Thomas Travels to Japan, Thomas Makes Scary Faces in New Zealand, Thomas is the Star of the Rio de Janeiro Carnival (one only), Thomas Attends a Greek Wedding, Thomas Sees the Northern Lights in Alaska (one only), Thomas Meets an Artist in Paris, Thomas Celebrates the Chinese New Year and Thomas Picks Up a Special Passenger in London
Trivia
- Another green coach strongly resembling them appeared in the annual story, Pantomime Pranks. However, it had a white roof.
Merchandise
- TrackMaster (see inside, discontinued)
Other Coaches
Several other coaches have also appeared.
In Hero of the Rails and the thirteenth series episode, The Lion of Sodor, a brown brake coach with a grey rooftop was in the sidings at Knapford.
In the magazine story, Rain or Shine, two yellow coaches with grey rooftops appeared and were pulled by Thomas and Percy. A pair of other yellow coaches with white rooftops later appeared in India in the twenty-second series. However, their sides were painted green with yellow patches. Their buffers and buffer beams were also painted yellow. They are alternatively seen with the green as pale blue and the yellow as tan, a flipped colour palette from the Blue Narrow Gauge Coaches. Silver Italian coaches have been seen, with teal green sides and cyan lines.
In Big World! Big Adventures!, some coaches were seen in China being pulled by Thomas. These coaches were red with orange lines on their sides. These were also pulled by one of the mean engines in the twenty-fourth series episode, Yong Bao and the Tiger.
Trivia
- Coaches painted blue, green, black and white were featured in the game "Lift, Load and Haul" on the Official Website.
Merchandise
- Wooden Railway (blue; Day Out with Thomas Exclusive 2009, 2013 and 2016)
- Tomica
Basis
In The Railway Series, the coaches are based on LMS Suburban Coaches. In the telvision series, the coaches are based on LBSC Stroudley Coaches, like Annie and Clarabel. Several of these coaches are preserved on the Bluebell Railway.
