Coffee Pots (T&F)

The Railway Series

Thomas & Friends

Coffee Pots
Background Information
Creator(s)	Rev. W. Awdry
Character Overview
Nicknames	Coffee Pots
Country	Island of Sodor
Relative(s)	Glynn
Affiliation	North Western Railway Ffarquhar Branch Line Glynn
Technical Details
Gauge	4'8½" (1,435 mm; standard gauge)
Power type	Steam
Vehicle	Locomotives
Type	Vertical boiler tank engines
Fuel type	Coal
Configuration	0-4-0VBT
Wheels	4 each
Designer(s)	Sir Topham Hatt
Builder(s)	Sir Topham Hatt
Railway	North Western Railway (formerly)

The "Coffee Pots" were small engines which worked on the North Western Railway. Glynn is one of these engines.

Biography

The Coffee Pots were built by a young Sir Topham Hatt and used to work on the Ffarquhar Branch Line before Thomas' arrival on the Island of Sodor. According to Sir Robert Norramby, they had long and productive working lives. Little is known about the other Coffee Pots aside from Glynn - the last survivor of the engines - however it is most likely that they were scrapped.

Technical Details

Basis

While the Coffee Pots are said to be freelance engines of Topham Hatt's own design in The Railway Series, Glynn (Coffee Pot No. 1) is depicted as being based on the Head Wrightson & Co Ltd. Type 1 "Coffee Pot No. 1" vertical boiler locomotive of 1871. It is unknown whether the other Coffee Pots would have shared the same basis or used a different design.

Glynn's basis

Livery

The livery worn by the other Coffee Pots is currently unknown.

Appearances

• Television Series

Thomas & Friends

• Series 20 - Over the Hill (mentioned)

Specials

• 2015 - The Adventure Begins (mentioned)

Trivia

• The Coffee Pots were the first Railway Series-exclusive engines to either appear physically or be mentioned in the television series since Class 40 in the fourth series. They, including Glynn, were brought into official canon by Railway Consultant Sam Wilkinson.
• It is not known how many other Coffee Pots existed in the television series aside from Glynn. It is probable, however, that there are four in total (including Glynn) as per The Railway Series.

Gallery

Glynn, the Coffee Pot engine from The Adventure Begins

References

North Western Railway

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--- Dropped | * 1991-1994 maps only | ** 2014 map only

Ffarquhar Branch Line

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* 1991 map only | ** 2014 map only