Spencers Coaches

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Up until now I don't know why I hadn't been interested in Spencers coaches. I had a couple that passed through and out my door in bulk purchases and never kept them. Recently I have been inventorying our coaches and getting rid of some and adding some we don't have. And with the arrival of my new Granddaughter these off red with pink stripe is just perfect and, if I am not mistaken, these are one of a kind style/design of Plarail Coaches. I think they would look good on any feminine train, Disney Train as well as being pulled by any black Steamer.

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Great idea Super. I recently just acquired one in a large lot. Up until then I have never managed to get one.

Didn't the special Thomas Christmas set has a similar coach?

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Which set was that? I am picturing maybe a green coach like the one pictured below?

I always thought that green coach was modeled off the Gordon (Green) Express coaches? Either way, it's a neat X-Mas themed coach.

I like the idea for the Spencer coaches a lot. They're a rich red color, and the pink stripe is not only a decent accent, but it's versatile, so for a girl's special themed train, or just for passenger trains in general, it's a good coach, though it seems strange that Spencer's coach, to me, with the way the windows are arranged, does look somewhat like a brake coach...? Someone tell me if I'm wrong here.

Ah, yes. This is my favourite style of coaches in my collection, even though I only have one of them (the one my Tomy Spencer came with). I've recently been thinking of replicating it to produce several copies in order to make makeshift Express coaches and/or Hogwarts Express ones (speaking of which, these coaches would've worked perfectly for that if the stripes on the sides were repainted gold with the Hogwarts Railways symbol [in the Harry Potter films, the coaches are maroon as opposed to the engine]).

Rough sketch (with engine):

Which set was that? I am picturing maybe a green coach like the one pictured below?

This Coach Came from this Set.

I always thought that green coach was modeled off the Gordon (Green) Express coaches? Either way, it's a neat X-Mas themed coach.

I like the idea for the Spencer coaches a lot. They're a rich red color, and the pink stripe is not only a decent accent, but it's versatile, so for a girl's special themed train, or just for passenger trains in general, it's a good coach, though it seems strange that Spencer's coach, to me, with the way the windows are arranged, does look somewhat like a brake coach...? Someone tell me if I'm wrong here.

I wasn't sure if it would be worth saying, but I always thought that Spencer's coach looked good even with normal trains! Sometimes I'll hook it onto the back of Oliver's red coaches (although not always pulled by Oliver), and although they aren't the same size, I just think of it as a brake coach due to the difference in look. The red paint is almost the same, if not exactly the same color, and I've repainted the roof of my Spencer's coach so it more closely matches the normal red ones, unintentionally.
Also, I wouldn't be surprised if Spencer's coach is actually a brake coach. He does only have the one, after all. That gets me wondering if there's any hints towards the coach he has in the CGi series being a brake coach, too.

EDIT on July 7, 2016 at 8:12 pm: Turns out I'm completely wrong about there only being one coach. Spencer's coaches, before being redesigned in the CGi series, previously belonged to the NWR, and were seen in the TVS a few seasons before Spencer was introduced, and the Duke and Duchess of Boxford purchased the three of these coaches, and they are now pulled by Spencer. One is a dining coach, a normal passenger coach, and a brake coach.

Which set was that? I am picturing maybe a green coach like the one pictured below?

I have that same coach

Which set was that? I am picturing maybe a green coach like the one pictured below?

yes that's the one I am talking about.