The Red Express Coaches are bogie corridor express coaches used by the North Western Railway.
Biography[]
These coaches are commonly pulled by Gordon. They were first used as part of the Royal Train during Queen Elizabeth II's visit to Sodor. They were later used for the Wild Nor' Wester up until being replaced by Pip and Emma.
One of these coaches is pulled by Thomas. After arriving at Tidmouth at 3:30pm with the express, engines have to shunt a coach from the train into the bay platform for passengers wanting to travel to destinations on Thomas' Branch Line.
Technical Details[]
Basis[]
The coaches are based on British Railways Mark 1 coaches.
Livery[]
These coaches are painted red with cream window surrounds.
Appearances[]
Gallery[]
The Railway Series[]
Main Series[]
Miscellaneous[]
The coaches re-illustrated by Loraine Marshall
Others[]
Locomotives | Steam | Henry | Gordon | James | Donald and Douglas |
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Diesel | BoCo | Bear | The Works Diesel | Pip and Emma | |
Former | Edward | |
Rolling Stock | Passenger | Orange-Brown Corridor Coaches | Orange-Brown Non-Corridor Coaches | Red Express Coaches |
Former | The Spiteful Brake Van | |
Trains | Passenger | The Wild Nor' Wester | The Sudrian | The Limited | The Barrow-Tidmouth Semi-Fast | The Main Line Push-Pull |
Goods | The Flying Kipper | The Morning Milk | The Midnight Goods | |
Infrastructure | Stations | Tidmouth | Knapford | Crosby | Wellsworth | Maron | Cronk | Killdane | Kellsthorpe Road | Crovan's Gate | Vicarstown | Barrow-in-Furness |
Sheds | Tidmouth Sheds | Vicarstown Sheds | |
Tunnels and Bridges | Tidmouth Tunnel | Knapford Harbour Bridges | Crosby Tunnel | The Viaduct | Balladrine Bridge | Ballahoo Bridge | Henry's Tunnel | Vicarstown Bridge |
Locomotives | Steam | 87546 and 98462 | Workshop Engines | Big City Engine | Jinty and Pug | City of Truro | Stepney | Bluebell and Primrose | Adams | Cromford | Captain Baxter | Flying Scotsman | Toby's Brothers | 8783 | 1020 | Stephenson's Rocket | Green Arrow | Boxhill | Iron Duke | Mallard | Duchess of Hamilton | Wilbert | Sixteen | Albert | King James I | Bahamas |
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Diesel | Diesel | Diesel 4711 | Diesel 199 | Diesel 40125 | Diesel 31120 | 10751 | |
Rolling Stock | Helena | |
People | Elizabeth II | The Thin Clergyman | The Fat Clergyman | |
Stations | Barrow-in-Furness | Brighton | Carnforth | Crewe | Euston | Horsted Keynes | King's Cross | Lakeside | Norchard | Paddington | St. Pancras | York | |
Railways | Bluebell Railway | British Railways | Corris Railway | Dean Forest Railway | Ffestiniog Railway | Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway | Snowdon Mountain Railway | Talyllyn Railway | Toby's Old Tramway |