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Red Coaches
Background Information
First appearance	A Surprise for Jacob
Overview
Country	Island of Sodor England
Technical Details
Basis	LB&SCR Stroudley coaches
Wheels	4
Designer(s)	William Stroudley
Builder(s)	Brighton Works
Year built	1896

Red Coaches in the television series are used on branch line passenger trains.

Biography

They are usually pulled by Duck and Oliver on their branch line, by Edward on the his branch line, by Percy on Ffarquhar Branch Line and occasionally by Ryan on the Harwick Branch Line, but are also used by Henry and James on the Main Line. They were also pulled by Stepney on his branch line. Thomas also pulls these when Annie and Clarabel are being repaired, and when Percy had to take them during stormy weather. Toby pulled them in Thomas and the Magic Railroad and Journey Beyond Sodor. They are also seen in China with yellow stripes on the sides and stands for bikes.

Personality

These coaches are non-sentient, and Sir Topham Hatt describes them as "ordinary coaches".

Although, Dexter is the only known sentient brake coach of this design in the television series.

Dexter the Brake Coach:

Dexter

Dexter in his original livery

Basis

The red coaches are based on LB&SCR 4-wheeled coaches built to a design by Stroudley between the early 1870s and late 80s. Several coaches of this type are preserved on the Bluebell Railway and the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.

The Orange Coaches share the same basis, however they have different roof top designs and styled-brake coaches.

Composite coaches' basis

Brake coaches' coaches' basis

In the television series, duckets on the brake coaches are beaded. This makes them similar to the Stroudley coaches that received modification work from 1911 onwards, as they were originally flush and fashioned from three sections of iron sheet.

The coaches also differ from their basis, the Stroudley coaches, with their oil lamp pots, as they have a round base instead of the square base ones that were used on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (L&SCR).

Types of classes in the Model Era:

A variety of different types of classes have appear in the television series. Each of these can be identified by the amount of windows and interiors.

1st/2nd class composite coach

3rd class composite coach

1st/2nd class brake coach

3rd class brake coach

Types of classes in the CGI Era:

1st/2nd class composite coach

1st/2nd class brake coach

Livery

The coaches are commonly painted dark red. They originally had white rooftops, but these were repainted dark grey following Season 8. The latter have also been seen in India.

Red Coaches with white roofs

Red Coaches with dark grey roofs

White, yellow, orange, dark green, dark blue and black composite coaches with dark grey rooftops appeared in a CGI series-based "Lift and Load" game featured on The Official Website. Thomas has also been seen with dark green coaches in the Really Useful Around the World animated shorts.

A white coach

A yellow coach

An orange coach

A dark green coach

A dark blue coach

A black coach

A purple coach

A dark brown brake coach with cream lining and a white roof appeared in the episode Toby Feels Left Out and learning segment What Goes Where. A plain dark brown brake coach also appeared in Hero of the Rails and Season 13.

A dark brown brake coach with cream lining

A brown brake coach

In China, the red coaches have yellow lines on their sides with light grey rooftops. Another type of red coaches appear in Yong Bao and the Tiger. In India, these coaches are yellow with white rooftops.They have green window surroundings with yellow patches and green lining on each side. Blue coaches with yellow have also been seen in India.

Chiness red coaches with yellow lines

Yellow and green Indian coaches

Blue and cream Indian coaches

Trivia

• The models of the coaches were made using Tenmille Gauge One LB&SCR Stroudley coach kits.
• Dexter is the only known red brake coach to have had a face.

North Western Railway

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Ffarquhar Branch Line

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The Main Line

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Locomotives	Bear | Bertha | Donald | Douglas | Gordon | Helen | Henry | Hiro | James | Marie | Molly | Murdoch | Philip | Pip and Emma | Rebecca | Rosie
Rolling Stock	Express Coaches | Red Coaches | Orange Coaches | Emily's Coaches
Locations	Tidmouth (Harbour, Engine Sheds, Shunting Yard) | Knapford (Station, Engine Sheds, Shunting Yard, Bridge, Bus Yard, Theater, Dog Shelter, Jacob's House) | Crosby | Wellsworth | Suddery Junction | Gordon's Hill | Maron | Cronk (Viaduct) | Killdane | Kellsthorpe Road | Crovan's Gate (Workshops) | Ballahoo | Vicarstown (Bridge) | Barrow-in-Furness | Balladrine | Kellaby | Kirk Ronan Junction | Sodor Steamworks | Sodor-America Tunnel | Great Waterton (Railway Museum) | Henry's Forest

Brendam Branch Line

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The Little Western

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Locomotives	Duck | Donald | Douglas | Oliver | Jackie
Rolling Stock	Alice and Mirabel | Isabel and Dulcie | Branch Line Coaches | Express Coaches | Slip Coaches | Toad | S.C. Ruffey | Fred Pelhay | Rickety | Quarry Trucks | Jerome and Judy | Hannah
Non-Rail Vehicles	Bulgy | Algy | Skiff | Big Mac | Bluenose | Hercules | O.J. | Sunshine | Ten Cents | Top Hat | Warrior | Grampus
People	Captain Joe
Locations	Tidmouth (Beach, Beach Village, Harbour, Hault, Hault Sheds, Tunnel, Shunting Yard, Town Square, Town Square Library, University) | Dilly's Pond | Workmen's Hut | Three Tier Bridge | Haultraugh (Bulgy's Bridge, Bulgy's Field) | Bluff's Cove | Arlesburgh (Engine Sheds, Harbour, Star Tugs Dock | Maritime Museum, Trading Co., West)

Stepney's Branch Line

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Harwick Branch Line

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Locomotives	Ryan | Daisy
Rolling Stock	Jerome and Judy | Branch Line Coaches
People	Captain Joe
Locations	Arlesburgh (Yard, Engine Sheds) | Harwick

United Kingdom

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