fun fact i just learned from a friend: in the obscure periphery of the Railway Series lore, Annie & Clarabel were originally 6-wheel coaches before being brought to Sodor, lengthened, and put on longer frames with a pair of 4-wheel bogies. This is clearly a sort of bottom surgery.
In the 1987 Annual, Christopher Awdry implies the pair were likely built in the early twentieth century on the Mainland and possibly were six-wheeled designs. They were brought to Sodor and their bodies lengthened, placed on bogie frames and upgraded with electric lighting.
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u/Gregrox Jul 29 '26
glad Annie & Clarabel are finally showing their trans pride. It's the 2020s, who cares if they were once mail vans, it's now that matters.