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This article is about the coaches. You may be looking for the magazine story.
"Those are my coaches. Give them back!"
— Thomas, Emily's New Coaches, seventh season
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Annie and Clarabel
  • Class: LBSCR coaches No. 100

Annie and Clarabel are Thomas' coaches, whom he loves very much.

Contents

Bio

The details of Annie and Clarabel's lives before 1946 are unknown. In 1946, they were given to Thomas when he started working his own branch line. They have had several adventures, such as losing their guard and becoming runaways.

When Thomas is away, Percy, Toby, Duck, or Stanley takes his place to pull them. Emily and Neville have both taken them not knowing they were Thomas' coaches.

Persona

Annie and Clarabel are respectful to all of the engines, but most of all Gordon and Thomas. They are Thomas' best friends and are quick to rebuke him when he gets troublesome.

Basis

The coach that was to be the basis for Annie was first built by a teenage Wilbert Awdry as part of a model railway layout. Many years later, after a long hiatus from modelling, a brake coach was built to match so that the Reverend's Thomas model would have a complete train.

In the Railway Series, they are a pair of bogie coaches (i.e. each coach is supported on a pair of four-wheeled bogies or "trucks"). As currently illustrated, they appear similar to non-corridor suburban coaches operated by the LMS.

In the television series, they are LNER "Sunshine" four-wheel coaches.

Livery

In the Railway Series, Annie and Clarabel were originally painted orange-brown and were later painted brown with a yellow stripe.

In the television series, they are painted in an orange-brown livery with their names written in white on their sides. They were refurbished in the fifth season.

Appearances

Railway Series

Television series

Specials:

Magazine stories

Voice Actors

Trivia

  • Annie and Clarabel's models are currently on display in Canada at Nitrogen Studios.
  • Annie is the older of the two.
  • The Hero of the Rails intro shows Annie and Clarabel with bogie wheels.
  • For some reason, almost every line of merchandise gives Annie her shocked face.
  • A real television series version of Clarabel (a former LNER "Sunshine" coach) has recently been put into service at the Llangollen Railway in North Wales.
  • There were originally plans to give Annie and Clarabel 3D faces in the twelfth season as it would be easier to animate. These plans were dropped.

Quotes

"Oh come along were rather late! Oh come along were rather late!"
"Were coming along! Were coming along!"

- Thomas, Annie, and Clarabel singing, "Thomas and the Guard"

"He's dreadfully rude, we feel quite ashamed! We feel quite ashamed! He's dreadfully rude, we feel quite ashamed. You mustn't be rude you make us ashamed!

- Annie and Clarabel telling Thomas off for teasing Gordon, "Down the Mine"

"My! What splendid coaches! So much better than those beach huts on wheels!"

- Lady Hatt, "Sir Topham Hatt's Holiday"

Merchandise

Gallery

Merchandise Gallery

North Western Railway rolling stock
Annie and Clarabel • Henrietta • Elsie • Toad • Isabel and Dulcie • Alice and Mirabel • S. C. Ruffey • Fred Pelhay • Rickety • U. L. P. • Victoria • Thomas' Special Coach • Troublesome Trucks • "The Flying Kipper" • The Spiteful Brakevan • The Ballast Spreader • The Circus Trucks • Cattle Trucks • China Clay trucks • Ffarquhar Quarry Co. trucks • Flatbeds and Wellwagons • Utility Wagons • The Breakdown Train • Brakevans
Old Slow Coach • Rocky • Hector • The Chinese Dragon • Mail Coaches • Gordon's Snow Machine • The Jet Engine • The Rock Crusher • Emily's Coaches • James' New Trucks • Thomas' Old Trucks • Thomas' New Trucks • Toby's Museum Coach • Gordon's Special Coaches • Henry's Lucky Trucks • Flora's Tram Coach • The Photographer's Draisine • The Calliope • The Open-Topped Carriage • Express Coaches • The Royal Train • Old Coaches • The Pump Trolley • Milk Wagons • Tar Wagons • Branch Line Coaches • Plant Vans • Fuel Tankers • Special Coaches • Oil Tankers • The Fireworks Vans • Cream Tankers • Jam Wagons • Raspberry Tankers • The Toffee Tanker • Funfair Trucks
The Elderly Brakevan • Bennett and Co. • The Special Stationmaster's Home • The Animal Sanctuary Coach • The Naughty Pink Truck • The Posh Coaches • Annie and Clarabel's Old Friend • Carols on Wheels • The Old Guard's Van • The Play Coach • Circus Coaches • The Station Coach

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