The Carriage Café (coach)

This article is about the coach. You may be looking for the magazine story.

The Carriage Café is a former express coach that has been converted into a café.

The coach was extremely old and had a broken door. It was then put into a station siding and was likely to be sold for scrap. Meanwhile, there was a fire at a seaside café which gave Thomas an idea. The coach was sent to the works for a refit, turned into a café and then positioned on a siding near to the seaside. It is currently unknown if the coach is still in use or whether this was just a temporary arrangement whilst the regular café was being rebuilt.

Technical Details

Basis

The Carriage Café is based on the LBSC Stroudley Coaches built between the early 1870s and late 1880s. Several coaches of this type are preserved on the Bluebell Railway and the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.

Livery

The Carriage Café is painted in an identical livery to the Green Express Coaches.

Appearances

Other Media

Magazine Stories

1993 - The Carriage Café

Gallery

North Western Railway

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

Locomotives	Steam	Thomas \| Edward \| Henry \| Gordon \| James \| Percy \| Toby \| Duck \| Donald and Douglas \| Oliver \| Emily \| Bill and Ben \| Stepney \| Harvey \| Fergus \| Arthur \| Murdoch \| Molly \| Neville \| Rosie \| Whiff \| Billy \| Stanley \| Hank \| Flora \| Victor \| Charlie \| Bash and Dash \| Ferdinand \| Scruff \| Belle \| Porter \| Timothy \| Marion \| Ryan \| Dustin \| Nia \| Rebecca \| Sonny
	Diesel	Diesel \| Daisy \| BoCo \| Mavis \| Derek \| 'Arry and Bert \| Diesel 10 \| Salty \| Dennis \| Den \| Dart \| Paxton \| Norman \| Sidney \| Philip
	Other	Flynn \| Winston \| Stafford
	Former	Hiro \| Glynn \| Coffee Pots
Rolling Stock	Passenger	Annie and Clarabel \| Henrietta \| Old Slow Coach \| Slip Coaches \| Hannah \| Dexter \| Green Express Coaches \| Emily's Coaches \| Toby's Museum Coach \| Flora's Tram Coach \| Open-Topped Carriages
	Goods	Troublesome Trucks \| Troublesome Vans \| The Spiteful Brake Van \| Toad \| Troublesome Tankers \| James' Trucks \| Thomas' Trucks \| Hector \| The Calliope
	Other	The Breakdown Train (Judy and Jerome) \| Rocky \| Gordon's Snow Machine \| The Pump Trolley \| The Photographer's Draisine
Non-Rail Vehicles		Big Mickey \| Cranky \| Kevin \| Carly
People		Sir Topham Hatt \| Old Bailey \| Mr. Conductor \| Grandfather Hatt \| Mr. Arkwright \| Mr. Perkins
Lines		The Main Line \| Ffarquhar Branch Line \| Brendam Branch Line \| The Little Western \| Toby's Branch Line \| Stepney's Branch Line \| The Loop Line \| The Headland Line* \| The Secondary Loop Line* \| Peel Godred Branch Line \| Kirk Ronan Branch Line \| Norramby Branch Line \| Coaling Plant Branch Line \| Ulfstead Branch Line \| The Main Line Loop \| Misty Valley Branch Line \| Killdane Branch Line \| Harwick Branch Line**