Saloon Coaches are narrow gauge bogie coaches originally owned by the Mid Sodor Railway and used on its Boat Trains. As the Mid Sodor Railway declined, they were sold off to numerous buyers for use as summer houses, holiday chalets, henhouses, and garden sheds. Since 1959, when Mr. Peter Sam found one in a garden at Harwick, no less than eight have been rescued and restored at Crovan's Gate Works. The Talyllyn Railway also owns one.
Basis
The Saloon Coaches appear to be based on some of the Corris Railway's bogie carriages, one of which was built in 1898 and is now owned by the Talyllyn Railway, while a few replicas were built for the Corris Railway when it was reopened in 2007.
Livery
The Saloon Coaches are painted brown with gold lining.
Appearances
Railway Series
- Very Old Engines - Duck and Dukes (cameo)
Companion volumes
- 1987 - The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways (mentioned)
- 1996 - Thomas the Tank Engine: The Complete Collection (cameo)
Gallery
Locomotives | Duke | Stanley* | Smudger** | Falcon | Stuart | Albert* | Jim* | Tim* | The Mine Engine* | |
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Rolling Stock | Coaches | Saloon Coaches* | Coaches** | Cora* | Trucks (Slate Trucks) | Breakdown Train** | Gunpowder Wagons** | Flatbeds | Conflats | V-Tipper Wagons* | Brake Vans |
People | The Mid Sodor Railway Manager |
Locations | Arlesburgh (West, Bridge Street) | Ffarquhar Road | Marthwaite | Arlesdale Green | Arlesdale (Engine Sheds, Mines) | Cas-ny-Hawin | The Mountain Road | Ulfstead Road | Ballamoddey | King Orry's Bridge | Bertram's Old Mine** | Elm Farm** | Duke's Old Village** |
Locomotives | Talyllyn | Dolgoch | Sir Haydn | Edward Thomas | Midlander | Douglas | Tom Rolt | Alf | Toby |
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Rolling Stock | Coaches | Slate Trucks | Trucks | Vans | Brake Vans | Other Narrow Gauge Rolling Stock |