These passenger coaches were originally owned by the Metropolitan Railway. A number of these coaches were preserved by the Bluebell Railway.
Biography[]
The Railway Series[]
In 1962, Stepney came on loan to Sodor bringing his controller and a rake of coaches from the Bluebell Railway[1].
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
These coaches are the real Metropolitan Railway wooden bogie stock built by the Ashbury Railway Carriage & Iron Co. and Cravens in 1898, owned by the Bluebell Railway.
The Bluebell Railway has three 1898–1900 Ashbury carriages and one built by Cravens, and a fifth, built at Neasden, is at the London Transport Museum.[2]
The Bluebell Railway's rake of Metropolitan Railway coaches
The coaches in their brown and cream livery
Livery[]
These coaches are currently painted in the Metropolitan Railway teak livery, but were painted brown and cream from 1962-1967.
Orange-brown coaches with white rooftops and yellow numbering
Brown coaches with cream windows
Appearances[]
The Railway Series[]
Companion Volumes[]
- 1972 - The Railway Series: Surprise Packet
- 1979 - Annual
- 1980 - Annual
Trivia[]
- The 2013 Writer's Bible[3] and 2015 Trading Card[4] incorrectly suggest that Annie and Clarabel are based on the Ashbury Carriage, Wagon and Iron Co. Ltd. carriages of the Metropolitan Railway.
Gallery[]
The Railway Series[]
Main Series[]
Miscellaneous[]
Stepney pulling the coaches
Adams pulling the coaches
Others[]
Illustration basis
References[]
- ↑ The Railway Series: Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine "Bluebells of England"
- ↑ "The history of the carriages". Bluebell Railway (29 July 2007). Retrieved on 15 January 2012.
- ↑ 2013.07.02 - THO Character Bios
- ↑ Trading Cards (2015) - Annie and Clarabel
| Locomotives | Stepney* | Bluebell and Primrose | Cromford | Adams | Captain Baxter | Fenchurch | Birch Grove |
|---|---|
| Rolling Stock | Metropolitan Railway Coaches |
| People | Bluebell Railway Controller |