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After teasing Duck about his whistle, Mike boasts about his own.

Skiff is helping prepare for a storm, but he himself is blown away down the track.

It's Christmas Eve and a lot of passengers are coming home to Sodor for the holidays. Connor can't carry all the passengers who are trying to get on his train.

It is high summer, when many tourists visit Sodor and The Fat Controller is concerned about getting them all to their destinations on time. Duck tells the other engines about the slip coaches they used on the Great Western Railway that can be uncoupled at stations without stopping. James then tells the Fat Controller and claims it as his idea. But James has never used slip coaches before and soon runs into trouble!

When Bertie breaks down while they are racing, Thomas takes on his passengers. One elderly man says that Bertie always drops him off between stops. Soon Thomas is getting requests for lots of other unscheduled stops, which makes him run late and upsets his own passengers and the Fat Controller.

Skiff and the Fat Controller go on a wild adventure around Arlesburgh Harbour in search of a mermaid.

Everyone on Sodor struggles in the hot weather, Belle and Flynn were putting out fires while the Fat Controller was forced to wear a safari hat to keep himself cool. Also known as "Buckled Tracks & Bumpy Cars".

Connor gets damaged when travelling at high speed and decides that he must go more slowly from now on.

Donald and Douglas are twins and brothers. They sometimes argue, but in the end they end up the best of friends.

Percy, with some help from Harold , deliver letters to the North Pole.

It is a slow day for Gator when he finds himself sitting around with nothing to do. However when Oliver breaks down, Gator is more than happy to help.

Diesel makes mischief between Daisy and Harvey by telling them both that the other is boasting of being unique. However, the two become friends while assisting each other on a job, and Diesel does not understand why.

Thomas tells the engines the rest of his story about Duke and how a group of people set out to save him.

Bertie the Bus challenges Thomas to a race, to see who can get to the end of the line first. Thomas faces obstacles such as stations, signals and a slow start, Bertie has bus stops and traffic lights - who will win?

When a Railway Show for little engines comes to Sodor, an overly excited Percy finally sees his chance to shine.

Emily gets stuck in the middle while helping Donald and Douglas, until she gets derailed at the bottom of Gordon's Hill.

Henry is accidentally given paint that glows in the dark.

Bill and Ben say that Timothy is no help at all.

Thomas discovers Bertie's been rerouted to behind the other side of the mountain, making Thomas curious as to what's there.

Thomas and James compete with each other to see who can get their passengers and football teams to Dryaw first.

Percy misses his friend Gator and ends up rushing around as he tries to keep his mind occupied. He is so busy that he loses control of some trucks, which roll into an old mine.

Duncan, the grumpiest engine on the narrow gauge railway, gets a taste of his own medicine when he receives a very grumpy passenger.

Toad is bored of listening to Oliver's stories and wants an adventure of his own. He gets his wish when some trucks break away on Gordon's Hill. Can Toad stop the trucks before they collide with Thomas?

Salty is hurt when Thomas and Percy tease him about how he talks, but when a lighthouse's light goes out, it's up to Salty and new arrival Fergus to save a ship heading for the rocks.

Percy is feeling rather annoyed because he has a new coat of paint and is longing for everyone and anyone to see it. So Thomas tells him the following story... Before the problems come to their railway, Falcon is doing rather well, and the manager explains to him that he is now ready to take on "The Mountain Road", a difficult part of the line, so Duke is coming along to help. Falcon is not happy about this. Falcon and Duke set off, but Falcon becomes careless and finds himself hanging on the edge of the hillside...

Henry and Hiro take on some of the bad coal and start puffing black smoke.

Henry, Gordon and James are teasing poor Edward about being too old and "how he should be preserved before it's too late." Duck and Boco tell them to "Shut up!" as "Edward's better than any of you!"; and during a serious breakdown on an important journey, Edward proves his worth once and for all.

Stepney is very happy with his visit to the Fat Controller's railway. But one day, whilst waiting at a signal, a cricket team's "one and only ball" accidentally falls into one of his trucks. And when he steams away, Caroline the cranky old car, driven by her Master, gives chase to try and retrieve the ball!

Emily is a new steam engine who has recently arrived on the Island of Sodor. She accidentally takes Annie and Clarabel, and Thomas gets annoyed by this. Later, Oliver & Toad get stuck and Thomas is fast approaching! Emily, who is closeby, sees this and rushes to the rescue, but will she prevent a possible serious accident from occuring in time?

Duncan is still complaining about passengers being a nuisance. But Skarloey tells him just how important passengers are, when he tells the story of how Rheneas saved the railway, even though he was badly damaged.

Duck and Percy are exhausted with the extra work in the harbour so the Fat Controller sends for another engine to help them. What a shock they receive when it turns out to be Diesel!

Millie is given extra work around the estate and gets agitated when Stephen and Glynn forget to clear up the garden waste. When Stephen also manages to hurt her feelings, and can't find her the next day to apologise, he thinks that she must have run away.

While the Fat Controller is sick, his mother runs the railway and creates chaos by getting everyone to do the wrong jobs! Oblivious to all the mayhem, Dowager Hatt supervises the hanging baskets at Knapford Station - until Emily gets involved.

James has to take the Mayor to Callan Castle, but is mortified when he finds a tiny scratch on his paintwork.

Percy doesn't notice sheep jumping out of his cattle truck.

Up at the Blue Mountain Quarry, Luke finds a scared young deer, so he tries to get the other engines to work quietly. But that is not an easy thing to do.

Percy loves seeing the cheerful postman Tom Tipper driving about in his old van and helping him with his mail train. But Tom feels very sad when the Postmaster scraps his van and replaces it with a bicycle. Percy's wish to help his friend comes true - well - by accident, at least!

Douglas attempts to rescue a frightened engine called Oliver, and his brakevan, Toad, from the place all steam engines fear to go - THE OTHER RAILWAY!

Thomas is in the yard shunting when new engine James rushes past with a goods train yelling for help. James has wooden brakes and the trucks are pushing him down the line. The alarm goes - James has crashed into a field of cows. Thomas has to get the Breakdown Train and help James. Afterwards, the Fat Controller gives Thomas a very special reward.

During the summer, Percy likes to help the harvesters by delivering their bales of hay to Toby, who takes them to the farms, to feed the animals. Unfortunately, Percy makes Thomas very late and cross indeed. Percy doesn't care until a crate of treacle and a hay storm cause some embarrassment...

Duck and Thomas take Harold to the Sodor Search and Rescue but argue which route to take him.

Peter Sam is delighted when Skarloey returns home. He tells him about Duncan, who came as a spare engine after his accident. Skarloey would like to meet Duncan but gets to sooner than he expected!

Marion discovers what she thinks is a talking Christmas tree, but it turns out to be Glynn the Coffeepot Engine who is restored and sent to work at Ulfstead Castle in time for the Earl's Christmas Party.

Thomas, Percy and Toby are frightened by a sound from under the bridge.

Annie and Clarabel learn that two wrongs don't make a right.

Diesel is jealous of Percy's job to collect the Mayor of Sodor, so he directs Percy to an old disused quarry while he takes him himself.

Gordon is always teasing Edward for being old and unreliable and never thanks him for helping him up the hill. One day, Thomas decides to play a trick on Gordon to give Edward the respect he deserves.

Thomas and Bertie have a race but Bertie takes a shortcut.

The Duke and Duchess of Boxford pay a visit to the engines, and bring with them Spencer, their own private engine. He is sleek, shiny, fast and full of pride. Gordon is jealous and feels that he is not the fastest engine anymore. However, disaster strikes when Spencer runs out of water! It is up to Gordon to save him and redeem himself of his stolen title.

Gordon is in disgrace after falling in the ditch. Thomas teases him about it, saying he has, "A funny, musty, sort of smell!"Later, Thomas has to deliver trucks to an old Lead Mine. The ground beneath the rails running overhead is weak and whilst it can support the weight of trucks, it can't support the weight of an engine. But Thomas ingnores the "Danger" signs.

The Fat Controller sends Thomas to fetch the Christmas Tree for the Christmas party, but on the way back he gets stuck under a big snowdrift. No-one knows what has happened to Thomas, so Donald & Douglas go out to look for him. Will Thomas get home in time?

Gordon has to pull his train backwards due not trying hard enough to move into the correct position on the turntable, so as to be turned around. And when James gets on the turntable, the strong sea winds spin it round much too fast. The two, plus Henry, are very cross about the the unfortunate events that happened to them and so all formulate on a plan...

Henry is sad that he is stuck in the tunnel, and Gordon is having fun teasing him whenever he passes. One day Gordon's safety valve bursts just outside the tunnel. Edward is the only other engine available, but the train is too heavy for him. How could the situation possibly be resolved?

We meet Toby the Tram Engine and his coach Henrietta, who both work hard on their little line. One day, a stout gentleman (the Fat Controller), his wife and grandchildren, Stephen and Bridget, come to visit and become very fond of Toby. Some months later, the line is sadly closed, but little does Toby know he has been saved by a letter from a certain personage...

It's Christmas time, and Elizabeth gets sent to collect a shipment of Christmas puddings from the docks. But Thomas is jealous and feels sure he would be better than Elizabeth at traveling through the snow. On her journey, the shipment is so heavy Elizabeth gets stuck in the snow...

Henry is given the job of pulling the express. Meanwhile, Gordon is reassigned to Henry's goods trains and he doesn't like it one bit.

Mavis has an accident at Anopha Quarry and is sent to the Dieselworks. Den is sent to take her place, while Dart has to stay at the Dieselworks. However, the two always work together and they fear to be without the other.

Hiro is a strong and gentle engine but Diesel tries to teach him other ways.

Stepney the 'Bluebell' engine feels sad that his line is so short, and longs for a good run to stretch his wheels; how delighted he is when he is invited to work on the Fat Controller's railway. Meanwhile, Percy and the others are excited themselves. But Thomas gets rather jealous...

Rusty and the men are working hard to mend the line; but there is still one bad bit, before the first station, which they haven't had time for. The little diesel tells Duncan to be careful. But Duncan doesn't like being told what to do, and so he rocks 'n' rolls along the line...with predictable results!

The Vicar is having a garden party so that he can raise money for a seaside trip for the children. Trevor is the star attraction, but Edward wishes he had something to do to help out too. In the end he helps the vicar with the posters advertising the party. Meanwhile, Bertie is teasing Trevor about being old, but Trevor has the last laugh when Bertie gets into a sticky situation.

Diesel is back after Henry has an accident, and annoys the other engines by boasting about how he is the world's strongest engine. To prove it, Diesel tries to pull 20 trucks at once, but they all have their brakes on and cause a coupling to break resulting in Diesel being launched down the yard...

Sir Handel brags about his "steamroller wheels" and boasts that he can go faster than the other engines. Tired of this, Skarloey tricks him into having a race with George, the grumpy steamroller.

Duck wishes he could sail to far away lands but Percy tells Duck he'd rather stay on his dry rails. So, when Duck helps Harold out in an emergency situation, he decides that Percy is right and that he would be much happier on his own rails.

Bill & Ben are twins who work at the China Clay Pits. One day, they are aghast when they discover that their trucks have gone missing! Down the line, they cause great problems and difficulty with a diesel called Boco, who they believe stole the trucks. Confusion regains until Edward explains everything.

Diesel is always bumping into people and laughing, but when he does it to Daisy, her springs need fixing. In the Dieselworks, thinking that she is asleep, Diesel explains why he did it - it's his way of trying to make friends!

Ned the Steam Shovel accidentally knocks loose the important keystones from an old rail bridge, and Thomas is just down the line. Jack, however, with a bright idea, jumps in...

Duck is boasting about being Great Western and how useful he is, much to the annoyance of the others. Later, the Fat Controller introduces Diesel, a shunter who is "on trial". He asks Duck to show Diesel around, but Diesel says he doesn't need Duck. Duck leaves him to it and Diesel has an accident with some trucks. He thinks it's Duck's fault...

Everyone is excited at the arrival of the celebrity engine, 'City Of Truro' - all except Gordon, who sniffs at the fact that C.O.T. is a "domeless engine". However, when trying to break C.O.T.'s world record, he receives total humiliation thanks to a teasing wind.

Thomas and Rusty are both trapped at a tunnel and can't go any further until the the heavy snow is cleared away that has fallen. So to pass the time, Rusty tells Thomas the story of how Skarloey was traveling through a ravine when an avalanche came down on him.

For many years, Thomas the Tank Engine has run his well-known branch line, and knows just where to stop. "You could almost manage it without me!" jokes his Driver. What a surprise Thomas gets when he tries to do so and pays the Stationmaster an unexpected visit!

James is feeling sad as he is still staying in his shed for being naughty. Eventually the Fat Controller lets him out to pull a goods train, but the trucks don't want to be pulled by James and misbehave. Whilst pulling them up Gordon's Hill, a coupling breaks and the last few trucks roll back down the hill. James goes to get them (they were stopped by the Guard) and starts on up the hill once more...

Bulgy thinks that all passengers should travel by bus and not rail until he learns that having so many passengers is not easy for the buses on their own.

Thomas is terrified when he is given the honor from Yong Bao of bringing a dragon to the Chinese New Year celebrations, thinking it would be a real fire breathing dragon.

Thomas is in Australia for Christmas, and is disappointed that it is different from Sodor due to no snow. But in the meantime, he must help a little girl named Madeleine retrieve her toy kangaroo from a real one.

When a storm destroys a classroom at Harwick School, Duck tries to find a coach to take the children in, but fails when everyone seems unable to spare a coach, with Toby using Hannah while Henrietta is away, Edward using the Slip Coaches, Emily using hers, and Gordon just saying no. When he finds a coach named Dexter, Duck only gets bad news that reveals that Dexter has some bad wheels. He then chooses to take Reg's advice on recycling to take Jerome and Judy to help out Dexter and make him useful again.

After Cranky is teased about his age, he works twice as hard and through the night to impress the Fat Controller. But the harder he works, the more mistakes he makes. When a big, new, shiny crane arrives, he thinks that his days at Brendam Docks are over!

Stephen becomes jealous of all the attention received by Glynn at the castle.

Daisy boasts about transporting an entertainers group.

Percy overhears some workmen talking and thinks the Fat Controller is leaving Sodor. Also known as "Goodbye Sir Topham Hatt".

Everyone is happy at Christmas time except for Duncan, the Scottish narrow gauge engine, who seems to be grumbling even more than usual.

Gator returns to the Island of Sodor after being away for a long time. He is looking forward to seeing his old friend Percy.

Henry, lately, has been feeling sorry for himself as he's feeling dreadfully ill, but Thomas and Percy take no notice and don't believe him and decide to play a rather mean trick on him...

One evening, an extra load of fish has been ordered and there are instructions that extra vans must be added to Henry's train "The Flying Kipper". But the vans added are old; and they cause disaster for Duck, when he tries to help Henry up Gordon's Hill.

Daisy snorts about Toby the Tram Engine's cowcatchers and side plates, which prevent animals getting hurt if they stray on the line; she reckons that Toby is afraid himself and boasts that animals ALWAYS run "if you toot and look them in the eye". But she would have proved her point if it hadn't been for Champion the Bull!

Henry's favourite place on Sodor is the forest; he loves the trees, the animals and the peaceful nature sounds. He is heartbroken when storms damage the trees and the broken timber gets cut up and turned into furniture. Luckily, help is at hand...

Percy tells Thomas and Toby a story about a ghost train. Thomas doesn't believe it and says Percy is a "silly little engine". Percy's Driver later tells him it wasn't true, it was on television. Later that night, Percy is on his way back from the Harbour when he crashes into a lime cart trapped on a crossing. Now white as a sheet, and with help from Toby, Percy heads off to find and scare Thomas...

Thomas has a desire to fish, and the others tell him "Engines don't fish!" When the water tower is out of order, Thomas has to take water from the river via a bucket. When suddenly he feels like he's going to burst, the Driver and Fireman look inside his tank and discover something rather unusual...

Peter Sam is pulling some trucks, but when he has to stop to take on water, they use the opportunity to break away. The trucks are thrilled to be on their own - until they come to the ravine bridge and fall in. Peter Sam is told off and Duncan has great delight in teasing him. Rusty tries to stop this by telling the story of an engine who tried to cross the Old Iron Bridge but never made it to the other side due to loss of control. Duncan thinks this is a load of nonsense and puffs away, so the Driver and Fireman plan a trick to play on him for when they cross the bridge that night...

Percy has been working very hard recently and feels put upon by this. The trucks find out and try to make him work even harder. Percy then takes them to the mine, but they break away and cause the mine to collapse. Will Percy escape the vicinity in time?

Thomas, Percy and the others are invited to "the big city faraway" by a little girl as well as her friends who would like to meet them. However, Thomas becomes overexcited and has an accident. Will he be mended in time for the visit?

Ever since his accident with the trucks, Peter Sam's funnel is constantly wobbling and clanking as the winter wind ties to blow it away. When the snow and frost comes, an icicle in a tunnel brings disaster for the poor engine; until the Fat Controller presents him with a new special funnel...

At the docks, the Troublesome Trucks play tricks on and confuse Bill & Ben which makes them late to deliver the coaches for Gordon's Express, making him very late indeed. The next day, a rockslide threatens the quarry and only Bill & Ben are the ones who can save the workmen in danger...

There is a Quarry at the end of Thomas's Branch Line, and he has to take the trucks to and from it. One day a new Policeman starts work and tells Thomas off because he has no cowcatchers and sideplates. It turns out this is the Law, so the Fat Controller will have to build them for Thomas. Thomas says he will look like a tram. But rather than give Thomas a tram overhaul, a much better idea has come into the Fat Controller's mind...

Poor Oliver! Ever since his plight in the turntable well, the trucks, and their leader S.C.Ruffey, have been teasing him dreadfully. However, Toad the brakevan has a plan to stop their nonsense once and for all...

During the springtime, a new line has been opened; it runs through fields of bluebells. Rusty thinks that what they need is a 'Bluebell Engine'. So, with some advice from Douglas, the little diesel ventures off on a journey to rescue one from 'The Other Railway'!

Skarloey feels lonely when Rheneas goes away to be mended; he wishes he could be young and pull coaches again. He finally gets his chance when some stubborn coaches damage Sir Handel and he offers to take over. But he soon realizes that he is not as young as he used to be...

Philip tries to befriend Toby the Tram Engine, thinking he is a diesel boxcab like himself. Unfortunately, young Philip and old Toby don't seem to like the same things.

One day Thomas is late with his train due to Henry being late at the Junction, and when the Guard blows his whistle Thomas zooms off - without giving the Guard enough time to get on the train! Annie & Clarabel try to stop him, but Thomas continues to steam on!

It's Lady Hatt's birthday, and her husband, Sir Topham Hatt, is throwing a party for her. While driving on his way to Kirkronan where the party is being held, he accidentally runs into a large pothole in the road and this leads to all sorts of unexpected difficulties for the poor chap!

The engines are worried that Donald & Douglas might be sent away after their accidents. Edward suggests that they hold a Deputation - and poor Percy gets the task to tell the Fat Controller about it!

One winter's evening, Henry is excited to be given the chance to pull the fish train that the men call, "The Flying Kipper". Unfortunately, snow and ice result in an accident. The Fat Controller decides to send Henry off to the Works at Crewe, where Henry will unknowingly be given more than just a repair job...

Rough and tough Diesel shows that he's really a big softie when it comes to fluffy little ducklings.

Harvey is teased about his hook by Bill and Ben.

Duck has been sent to work with Edward for a while, and tells Edward that the Fat Controller and the other engines all hate him. Edward says they don't, and asks Duck if he would like to help him work. Duck helps Edward pull a heavy goods train up Gordon's Hill, but the trucks break away and speed down the line. Duck manages to control them but a barber's shop is up ahead...

Edward is feeling sad, as all the other engines are bigger and younger than him. But when Gordon gets stuck whilst pulling trucks up a hill, it's Edward to the rescue.

All the engines are thrilled when they hear that H.R.H, the Queen, is coming to visit their railway. But Thomas, Edward and Gordon are feeling sorry for themselves; things, however, get turned around for them when Henry accidentally gets covered with paint...

The engines are having trouble getting to sleep, so Thomas tells them the story of Duke... Duke, Stuart and Falcon worked on their own little railway years ago, until hard times came forcing the line to be shut down. Stuart and Falcon are bought by other people but Duke is left alone in the shed...

It's not a good day. Thomas's fireman doesn't come into work, which means that Thomas can't deliver his passengers, which means that he can't make his connection with Edward, which means that this makes everyone late and cross. Bertie offers to take Thomas's passengers; but he has a field day of it when Edward, tired of waiting, steams away. The chase is on!

Bill and Ben need some help at the China Clay Pits, so the Fat Controller sends a diesel, Derek, to help them out. But Derek suffers from mechanical failures, "teething troubles", and as expected, this leads to difficulties...

Whilst Sir Handel is shut up in the shed, Peter Sam is doing his work as well as his own - and does he love it! However, Henry says that if he is late, he'll leave his passengers behind; this makes Peter Sam worried and impatient and causes him to almost leave a passenger behind...

It's Christmas time on the Island of Sodor and Thomas is looking forward to delivering letters and parcels to his friends in the towns and villages. But it's been snowing again and one of the villages has been snowed up. It's up to Thomas, Percy, Harold and Terence to help save the day!

The story about Oliver's rescue soon goes around the island, and the other engines compliment Oliver about how clever he is. This gets him rather big-headed until the trucks teach him a lesson...

One day, Gordon is dozing in a siding when Henry comes by, waking him up with a loud whistle or two! Gordon tells Henry, "Mind you keep on the rails today," in regard to his previous incident with the Flying Kipper. Not long afterwards, Gordon feels most annoyed when he is asked to pull a goods train. So whilst on the turntable, he tries a bit of sabotage - which doesn't go according to plan...

While Henrietta is getting her seats refurbished, Toby is given a replacement carriage named Hannah. However, she is so headstrong and reckless that Toby gets fed up with her urging him to go faster and faster. But when he abandons her and she joins up with James, she learns to her cost that going too fast for a little carriage is not at all wise.

Thomas questions his friendship with Max and Monty after they repeatedly pull reckless and dangerous stunts.

Kevin gets stuck out in the snow, and Victor goes out looking for him, despite his hatred of snow.

Thomas is sent to take a special crate to the Town Square from the docks, but Cranky accidentally drops it.

The Fat Controller is anxious as two grumpy inspectors have come to inspect the railway, starting with Thomas. To prevent an even worse report, Thomas helps return a lost pocket watch to the railway inspector.

Thomas gets himself into trouble and blames a made up engine, by the name of Geoffrey. But when people and other engines around the island start asking to meet him, Sir Topham Hatt also wants to meet this so-called Geoffrey.

Bill & Ben trick Timothy into going on an island-wide search for a multi-colored truck. But when the oil-burning engine realizes he's been duped, Salty helps him find a clever way of making the twins trickery come back to bite them. Also known as "Timothy and the Rainbow Car".

Percy is teased by James for being scared of the dark.

When Luke is sent to Ulfstead Castle to deliver stone, he meets Millie, the Earl's private narrow gauge engine. They decide to switch jobs for the day.

One day, Thomas takes the schoolchildren to their annual sports day. He sees them having fun and wishes he could have a medal too. Later, he has a race with Bertie and when they arrive at their destination, Thomas discovers the medals to be delivered to the sporting area for the winners have been left behind...

Stepney is bored, so the Fat Controller agrees to allow him to help out Mavis and Toby at the quarry for the day. He works well, but on the way home gets lost and ends up in the scrapyard, where diesels 'Arry and Bert take him for scrap!

One evening, Henry has to take some trucks to the other end of the line, and everything is fine until he has to travel through a spooky section before a viaduct, of which Henry becomes convinced is haunted after experiencing quite some oddities...

After being shut up for days in the shed, Henry, Gordon and James have been let out to work again. So the Fat Controller sends Thomas, Edward and Percy to play on the Branch Line. But Percy, however, becomes a little too cocky for his own good and suddenly finds himself on the Main Line - and on a collision course with Gordon...

As a reward for his hard work, Duck is given his own branch line; he starts boasting endlessly about it and Donald teases his that he quacks "as if he laid an egg!" So Duck's driver and fireman decide to play a trick on Donald - with "quacking" results!

Gordon has a leak in his boiler, making him have to stop for water more frequently.

Percy and Toby do not approve of Emily’s desire to be Miss. Know-It-All. Emily goes so far in fact that her antics lead to terrible confusion (and delay). Will Emily see any sense?

Henry the Green Engine doesn't like getting his paint wet - so refuses to come out of the tunnel. The Fat Controller tries everything, including getting Thomas to push Henry out but the big green engine still does not move. In the end, the Fat Controller orders a brick wall be built to block the tunnel entrance, meaning Henry stays in the tunnel forever...

Stepney's visit is coming to an end and Thomas, Percy and the rest are very sorry that he is leaving. But they have other things to worry about when a big-headed Diesel comes to help in the yard and scoffs that steam engines are old fashioned. However, when a bowler hat causes delay, Duck and Stepney show him just what a steam engine can really do!

It's holiday time and the Vicar's Sunday School is spending the day at the seaside. Percy promises Thomas that he'll get Annie, Clarabel and the children home safe and sound; but floods spell disaster for the little engine until...

Old Edward unknowingly loses part of his train due some bothersome cows who break out of their field and cause a coupling to come loose. He feels very cross when Henry and Gordon laugh about it and boast that cows wouldn't bother them. However, they'd reckoned without Bluebell the cow!

James the new engine has to pull some coaches with the help of Edward. They do very well but James is so excited that he accidentally showers water all over the Fat Controller's new top hat! Later on he is pulling more coaches and bumps them so hard that a brake pipe is damaged. Newspaper and a leather bootlace could temporarily mend the problem, but only a passenger willing enough to hand over their laces will the train be able to continue...

James needs to rescue Duck from a flood. James collects Rocky, but doesn't wait for the crane's arm to be secured. Rocky's arm knocks over a signal which leads to all sorts of trouble.

Stephen is collecting ingredients for afternoon tea.

George the Steamroller is working around the island and as usual, is causing great problems for the engines. But this time, he just takes things too far. Will he receieve his just desserts?

Trucks - Sir Handel doesn't like them and they don't like him. So, after some 'helpful' tips from Gordon, he tricks Peter Sam into doing his work which leads to a great dilemma...

Since the arrival of Boco, Gordon is upset when the Fat Controller allows branch line diesels to pull main line trains. Edward suggests that he should run on the branch for a change. Gordon thinks such an idea "vulgar", but little does he know that a run on the branch is quite unexpectedly in store that night...

Sir Topham Hatt sends Kevin to the docks to help Cranky, but Cranky does not want any help.

After Sir Topham Hatt forgets to put Winston's brake on, Winston begins to roll away without a driver. He enjoys it at first, but he soon realizes why he needs to have a driver.

Skarloey is crossing an old bridge when he notices the track is out of place and can't stop in time, thus leaving him dangling above the river from a long way up. Rheneas comes and rescues him with the breakdown train and the bridge is soon repaired. But Skarloey is terrifed of using the bridge again and has to shunt trucks and coaches in the yard. Rheneas has to do Skarloey's work now as well as his own. But when he runs out of water due to puffing too hard, he ends up stopping over the first quarter of the bridge and now Skarloey has to overcome his fear and must cross the bridge to save him...

Harold is seen by the engines suspiciously flying around and think he's scouting the area so he can find ways to replace them. Thomas tries to find out the truth, but what does the children's playground have to do with it?

In Autumn, Thomas stops by a signal. There he meets Terence the Tractor, and teases him about his caterpillar tracks. When winter comes, so does the snow. Thomas refuses to wear his snowplough, and when he does he breaks it. Due to this he ends up getting stuck in the snow...

The old Scottish castle is reopening, much to Donald and Douglas' delight. Rumours start about there being a monster lurking in the waters near the castle, but the twins dismiss this as rubbish. One night, they get stuck near the castle - and in the water, something is heading towards them...

Diesel is still angry at Duck, and plans his revenge. He tells the trucks jokes about Gordon, James and Henry, and says Duck told them to him. The trucks start gossiping, and soon enough the big engines find out...

Mavis is a young diesel engine who is starting work at the quarry. Unfortunately her way of shunting is a lot different from Toby's and he gets annoyed. A bit of false encouragement from Diesel gets Mavis into trouble.

Harvey the Crane Engine arrives in Sodor on trial. Some of the engines tease him for his strange looks but when Percy has an accident with some trucks, they soon change their minds...

Percy teases Thomas about the time that he got scared in "Ghost Train". But one afternoon, Percy gets stuck in a siding after a points failure and has to spend the night there, where he encounters a terrifying dragon! But will anyone believe him?

All the engines are entering a competition to see which engine looks the fanciest and most eye attractive. But Gordon thinks it undignified to enter such a silly competition... until he has a slight mishap with a stray banner!

Oliver has to take the Post Train for the first time, and he gets lost on the way home. But what is it that he has found?

A doubledecker bus called Bulgy thinks he knows a shortcut to get to the Big Station quicker but doesn't go far when he ends up becoming stuck beneath a rail bridge.

Thomas is bored, and when one night Edward offers to swap duties with him for the next day, Thomas takes up the offer. This involves taking Edward's trucks. However Thomas is not used to trucks...

Mrs Kyndley is upset that her sister, who was coming to visit, isn't able to make it. The Fat Controller decides Mrs Kyndley needs cheering up and asks Harold and James to help out.

Percy discovers from Mrs. Kyndley that her daughter is to be married "today" but has forgotten about the good luck package. Percy decides to try and help out with the problem.

Henry keeps feeling ill, unlike the other engines. It turns out that Henry's firebox is much smaller than the other engines', so the Fat Controller orders special Welsh coal that will allow Henry to work better. The Green Engine is thrilled with the results.

The engines are working really hard, and the Fat Controller thinks they need some help. He hires 3 lorries to help them, but the lorries are rude to the engines. The engines have the last laugh though when the lorries get into difficulties.

Thomas is to haul a special statue from Brendam Docks, which is in celebration of the railway’s many, fine years of service. When Thomas observes the shape of the soon to be monument beneath the tarpaulin, he is sure that it is of himself. How right or wrong could Thomas be?

It's summer on the island and the refreshment lady wants to open a new tea shop. With the help of Peter Sam she looks all over the island for a suitable location to set up but simply can't decide where. But next day, is she in for a surprise...

Snow has arrived on the Island of Sodor, but for a farmer this has caused trouble. His lambs are trapped on the hills and only Toby can help him rescue them.

Toby is excited when he is invited to be the "Special Attraction" for a seaside village's parade. But his excitement turns to disappointment when there isn't anymore room for him. Meanwhile, Percy and the trucks are having a hard time with a disagreeable barge called Bulstrode...

Thomas the Tank Engine works at the Big Station, fetching coaches for the bigger engines. He keeps teasing Gordon the Big Engine, making him very cross. When the Shunter later accidentally forgets to uncouple Thomas from Gordon's coaches, Gordon decides to be really fast to tire Thomas out.

Thomas wants to pull a train instead of just shunting coaches for the big engines, who laugh and say he wouldn't be able to do it. One night Henry is ill, and next morning he still isn't better. He is due to pull the morning train, and when no other engine is available, Thomas has to pull the train. He is so excited, he doesn't notice until too late that he has started before being coupled to the train, leaving his coaches and passengers left stranded at the platform!

Gordon says that pulling trucks "wouldn't be dignified" and Salty teases him about this and acting "too big for his buffers". Gordon becomes cross and wants to show Salty a thing or two but ends up in a rather "undignified" situation instead!

Some boys fiddle with James's controls and he trundles off down the line by himself. It is up to Edward to catch up with James and allow James's fireman to jump aboard the runaway engine to stop him.

Thomas, by accident, discovers an old sentinel lorry named Elizabeth who has been left in a shed for years.

The Fat Controller, his wife and grandchildren go on holiday, but various incidents keep affecting their plans!

Thomas boasts of how his blue paintwork looks splendid. But he doesn't look so splendid when he gets covered in coal dust whilst working at the Coal Hopper! Percy laughs at his friend's accident, but it's not long before he has a mishap with coal too!

The Fat Controller and his grandchildren, Bridget and Stephen, discover an old castle as well as the mine where "the little engines once worked" whilst out on a trip with Toby and Henrietta. The Fat Controller decides to turn sites into tourist attractions, but Toby hears that the mine is haunted...

One morning, a special coach is being prepared to be coupled to Gordon to carry a V.I.P but unfortunately the turntable it is on becomes jammed. After Godon finally receives the coach after the turntable's repair, he puffs off to Kirkronan station to pick up the mystery person. But as he is now late, will he make it on time or will "gremlins" strike again?

Percy brags that "Water is nothing to an engine with determination!" But he feels very foolish when he learns that you can't trust trucks and takes an unfortunate dip!

Thomas finds a way to take part in the Brazilian carnival music.

Thomas causes confusion and delay by not seeking help when he makes mistakes on the Indian Railway.

In Brazil, Thomas meets two wood-burning engines who have never traveled beyond their eucalyptus railway. Thomas agrees to swap jobs with them for the day, but this causes more trouble than he expects.

Thomas pushes Shankar into entering the Fancy Costume Contest, even though Shankar does not want the spotlight on him.

When Thomas has a run of bad luck, he tries everything to get back on track, even if it means following Lorenzo's strange, superstitious advice.

Nia uses what she learns about lighthouses to suggest covering a big wheel in Christmas lights so that Harold can see where he is going in a storm.

Sonny is trying to prove himself to be a useful engine so that he can stay working on Sodor, but Diesel seems to be the only engine who can trust him.

Yong Bao tells Thomas the story of how he came to have a magnificent tiger emblem on his tender.

When Kenji hears that he must travel home to Japan alone, he gets scared and tries to hide, so Thomas sets out to find him.

Thomas is selected to take the Fat Controller to London for a Royal Appointment, but with no knowledge of how to get there, their journey is filled with confusion and delay.

When a pair of crooks steal the plans for a great new invention, there is a high-speed chase to try and get them back.

Thomas is taking some engineers to the Power Station, but at the same time really wants to see a special shooting star, which will be showing itself up in the sky anytime now. Not wanting to miss it, Thomas makes sure to only travel down lines which will not block his vision of the sky. But this means not taking the quickest route possible to the Power Station, which is in no way a good thing.

Edward doesn’t think too highly of a new rail crane who has arrived on the Island of Sodor, named Rocky. The crane does not have the ability to drive, due having no engine or the like. When Harvey is later unable to clear some pipes off the line in time that Edward spilled, Gordon ends up running right over them, thus, resulting in a terrible crash. Harvey may be a strong crane engine, but not quite strong enough to lift a big engine such as Gordon. It will now be up to Edward to inform Rocky he is needed.

Upon challenging Spencer the Streamliner to a bit of a race, Thomas ends up whizzing through Kellsthorpe station so fast he causes a strong gust that blows the Fat Controller’s hat clean away. Thomas takes it in his stride to try and get the top hat back, but on each occasion he nears it, the hat decides to blow away! Thomas will have to try another method of attack.

James is all decked up in flags and bunting in the colours of the Sodor School football team, as he will be pulling the team train. Jealous Thomas wanted to be given such a job, and so tricks James into puffing down an old, disused line, causing James’ splendid decorations to be torn to pieces! Thomas will have to put in a big effort to put things right once more.

Villagers, high up in the hills, need plenty of coal as Sodor is in the deep of winter. Duncan is taking coal there from the Wharf, which James delivers. For a lark, Duncan says he will race James. If Duncan delivers the coal first, he wins. If James arrives with more coal first, he wins. So, just who will win? Well, it certainly wouldn’t seem to be James when Duncan resorts to a spot of cheating…

A Maritime Museum is to be opened on Sodor, by an Admiral. When Thomas picks him up from Brendam Docks, Salty tells Thomas the story about long lost treasure belonging to pirates, and also gives the clues as to where it has been buried somewhere on the Island. Unfortunately for the Admiral, this means he will be late for the opening, as Thomas becomes simply enraptured by the idea and can’t stop thinking about it for the whole journey! Most annoyed by distracted little Thomas terribly delaying the Admiral, the Fat Controller arranges for him to be transported by Harold the Helicopter instead. Despite this, Thomas decides he will find that treasure.

Percy has three important jobs to do, but decides to leave delivering Dowager Hatt's luggage for last. However, he runs late and must hurry to save his own bunker!

Thomas has a special delivery for the season - the Star of Knapford, a festive light that makes wishes come true! But, instead of taking the star straight to Knapford, he tries to grant all of his friend's wishes!

It is a very foggy day and the engines are asked to stay put until the weather clears. However, Spencer and Percy do not heed the warning.

The Steam Team must work overtime to unload cargo from the docks when a series of accidents put all of the diesel engines out of action and Percy is stuck working on his own.

When a pretend emergency turns into a real emergency, Emily comes to the rescue.

When Rebecca tells James he could be a comic-book super-engine, he takes her seriously, and Rail Rocket is born.

When Thomas finds out that the Earl's Technology Fair will bring new inventions to Sodor, he sets out to prove that steam engines are the best inventions ever.

Percy decides to imitate wise old Gordon in order to win the respect of the other engines, but Percy's plan backfires when he forgets to deliver the mail!

Dash, Bash and Ferdinand decide to throw a Christmas party, but before long the logging locos have caused chaos on Misty Island.

Henry causes chaos on Sodor when he takes a piece of advice from Victor to heart. After a chat about the meaning of health and safety, Henry sets about interfering with everybody's jobs - and the Fat Controller finds little Percy suspended above the tracks for his own safety!

The steam engines compete against the diesels to find the best Christmas tree in Sodor. Can the trains transport the trees back to town in one piece?

Thomas is given the job of taking Dowager Hatt, on a tour of Misty Island but soon Dowager gets bored.

Thomas has to take a fireman to Maithwaite for a medal ceremony and decides to try and help the engines on the way - although all his attempts end in failure, when Rocky drops a water tower, Harvey goes down the wrong line and Gordon can't find Toby. Thomas asks Percy to collect the fireman and sorts out the mistakes that he has made. He finds Bertie, broken down on a muddy road and agrees to take children to the medal ceremony. Thomas feels that he is now a real hero.

Thomas must help his friends get repaired in time for the Christmas party.

Thomas and Edward are ordered to collect some precious Jobi wood from Misty Island. Chaos ensues when Old Wheezy starts throwing the logs everywhere, but Bash, Dash, and Ferdinand save the day.

Thomas is anxious to help the children find some hats for their snowmen, so he decides to borrow some from the people of Sodor without asking permission first.

On the way to delivering some birthday mail to Alice, who lives at High Farm, Thomas meets Rosie, a young tank engine, who absolutely idolizes him. Thomas becomes very angry when Rosie tries to follow him down the line to High Farm, and so attempts to lose her. But when Thomas ends up in a tremendous landslide, Rosie of course soon catches up with him. Will Thomas accept the young lass’ help?

Skarloey is in dire need of repairs, but the workshop is all the way over on the other side of Sodor. Thomas kindly comes forward, in that he will transport Skarloey there. Once Skarloey is on a flatbed truck, the Thin Controller warns Thomas about its coupling, as it could easily come loose. Skarloey is feeling very miserable, so Thomas tries as hard as he can to make the little chap feel better, by showing him sights around the island. When none of his efforts seem to work, Thomas comes up with the idea of showing Skarloey the view from the peak of Gordon’s Hill, but he has forgotten about that flatbed’s coupling…

While waiting for a delivery, Thomas and Percy play Hide and Peep. But when Thomas cheats in the first game, Percy ignores Thomas, even when their delivery arrives!

A new enthusiastic fire truck called Flynn tries to impress the Diesels with his bravado, but his actions have potentially disastrous consequences.

Thomas tries to help keep the crows off Farmer McColl's seeds.

Emily worries that she does not have a best friend, but when the other engines help her out of a tricky situation, she realizes she has been surrounded by best friends all along.

Thomas helps his friend Ace overcome his fear of animals so that he can compete in the Super Stunt Rally.

The Fat Controller enlists Thomas to teach the silly Logging Locos how to be useful, but he has already promised to play a game of hide and seek with Percy.

Henry is very excited when he is asked to deliver a special box to the middle of a field. What could it contain?

Mr. Percival asks Sir Handel to ensure that a train full of logs is ready for Thomas to collect by getting the very first engines he sees to help him but will Sir Handel listen?

Henry is given the special task of taking a very important visitor around on a tour, but finds himself teased about the special coal he has to use.

Thomas's whistle is broken, so he goes to the Steamworks to have it repaired. However, he rushes off on a delivery before it is properly fixed.

Toby takes Rheneas to Misty Island to find the perfect Christmas tree.

Edward tries to show his friend Charlie that he is a really fun engine - to the detriment of his job. Edward spends the day larking around, but things go somewhat awry when he accidentally delivers the Fat Controller's car to the steam works instead of the mechanic at Mathwaite...

Thomas is indignant when the diesels call him a "stinky steamie," but his determination to prove them wrong gets him into trouble when he is asked to make a delivery of cheese to the docks.

Duncan becomes fed up with his straw deliveries so he decides to find a more important job. When he does neither of his new jobs properly, Rusty and Skarloey get the blame.

Toby must visit the summerhouse, which means traveling through the scary Whistling Woods. The brave little engine is determined to get through the woods without being frightened, until all kinds of noises send him steaming off in the opposite direction. Can Thomas and James help Toby conquer his fear?

Thomas tries to cheer Hiro up when he sees that he does not look very happy. Hiro tells Thomas he is sad because he misses his home, so Thomas takes him on a trip to forget his woes.

Thomas feels sorry for Bertie, so he takes him on a tour. Bertie then realizes that he needs to go and collect a group of people and cannot be late.

The Thin Controller leaves Peter Sam in charge of the Narrow Gauge Railway, telling him not to bother Victor during his visit.

Thomas meets another big blue engine that reminds him of Gordon on his first day in Brazil.

Thomas wants to impress his friends by finding an amazing discovery. It is not long before his wish is granted, although not in the way he had expected.

While Victor is visiting the narrow gauge engines at the Transfer Yards, Thomas is put in charge of the Sodor Steamworks. Thomas feels very excited; so excited in fact that he doesn't listen to Victor's instructions to ask the engines about their problems or to ask for advice from Kevin. As a result, he ignores the engines and confuses Kevin so much, he ends up making a mess of the Steamworks.

When new engine Scruff flees in terror because he is scared of getting cleaned, Thomas has to find a way to get him out from behind the bushes.

Bradford is a very strict brakevan who abides by all the railway rules and regulations. As a result, the engines of Sodor find him very difficult to work with.

Thomas is given a new whistle and he decides to play jokes on the Narrow Gauge engines with it. Soon, all of the little engines start joining in and playing jokes on each other while not doing their work. Will Mr. Percival find this funny?

A new engine known as Silly Billy arrives and Thomas has to show him around. But Billy finds him to be bossy and decides to find his own way around, with disastorous consequences.

Madge learns that slow and careful is the best way to be, when having fun in the snow turns into a hazardous activity.

Edward is given a special job to do, so he decides that he needs to become a hero like Henry. He soon discovers that heroes come in all shapes and sizes.

Thomas is given the task of delivering beehives to Farmer Trotter. He decides to take the route past a field of flowers, only for the bees to escape.

Rusty is very hasty, and tells the workmen he is taking around to get their direction sign painting done as quickly as possible at the various locations. Rusty then takes the Fat Controller and his family down the line for a walk around the mountains. They are supposed to meet him back at the tea rooms, but when they do not return, Rusty grows concerned and goes out of his way to look for them. When Rusty finds several people at all the wrong places as he goes along, he realizes that it must be the direction signs that are causing all the bother!

Gordon has finally beaten the Express record, and will be given a special set of coaches at a big ceremony to be held for him. Diesel, though, isn’t exactly overjoyed about Gordon’s achievement, upon hearing from Emily, who is most rude to him indeed. So Diesel decides to go and hide Gordon’s special set of coaches…

In an act of kindness to his brother, Rheneas decides to pull Skarloey’s trucks for him as he is most busy. But Rheneas also has his own load to take, and finds that it’s simply all too much on him, upon attempting to climb a difficult hill. So Rheneas parks Skarloey’s trucks in a siding, and simply delivers his own load first. When he returns for Skarloey’s lot, it has disappeared!

Thomas is asked to collect the Mayor's new sailboat and bring it to the Harbor. But Thomas doubts the strong winds which give him a wild and disastorous ride around the island!

Edward is asked to step in and take the mail while Percy was away. However, he has no idea what to do and decides not to ask for help, resulting in disaster.

The winter weather causes a huge storm and Skarloey is asked by a farmer to help rescue the sheep. But the lightning frightens Skarloey and he lets his friends do the work, which only leads to disaster.

Mr. Percival, the Narrow Gauge Controller, has a new bicycle - but it's missing a bell. Freddie becomes determined to find one, trying out a cow bell and some clowns bells until he eventually finds the perfect bell to use.

Percy is at the Sodor Steamworks for repairs, so the Fat Controller puts Thomas in charge of the mail run. Thomas is excited about doing it and ignores Gordon's advice to ask Percy how he does it. Attempting on his own, Thomas makes the crucial mistake of whistling loudly, disturbing the sleep of others.

Victor bites off more than he can chew when he agrees to fix almost every engine on Sodor in one day, but with Thomas's help, he learns that it is fine to say no sometimes.

The Island Inspector pays a visit to Sodor, but Thomas's ambitious plans to impress him lead to chaos and flying coal trucks!

Gordon and Thomas collect logs for an animal shelter and sing a song about snow in the hope that they can make snow clouds appear.

Thomas is charged with the important task of transporting the Fat Controller to the town square to switch on the Christmas lights.

Emily takes the Sodor Rangers camping but gets derailed, but also spends the night with Nia during her accident.

Lorenzo gets lost when he leaves Beppe behind to take Dame Bella Canto to a concert alone.

Cleo is shocked to learn snow does not last forever and tries to stop it from melting.

Thomas is amused by the popping sounds coming from his fizzy load of lemonade, but when he delivers the cargo to a children's party, he discovers that the bottles are empty because of his antics. Can Thomas save the day?

Toby is the first to lead Great Waterton and Thomas is pleased for his friend. But when he arrives at Great Waterton he is surprised to see a new steam tram, Flora. He feels Toby will be upset so tries to keep her away from Toby. She soon runs out of coal and then Toby reveals he was nervous about leading the parade alone, so Thomas then has to put things right.

While working at the Quarry, Diesel challenges Thomas to race backwards around the Quarry, but causes Mavis, Arry and Bert to bump off the rails. Henry arrives to collect his trucks, which Thomas and Diesel were supposed to have loaded with Quarry stone. They eventually finish the job, then have one more race, forwards, as they arrive together at the finishing point.

Thomas and Percy are chosen to deliver a giant balloon. The wind on the coast track whips the balloon into the sky. Thomas and Percy wait for the balloon, but Gordon tells them it will not fly back, so the engines have to find another way of replacing it.

Thomas meets Butch, who has a magnet attached to his crane arm. However, he and Butch do not listen to Victor about how to use the magnet.

It is the day of the Sodor Kite Festival and Thomas must collect the winner's cup. However, he ends up taking a detour when Stephen and Bridget Hatt lose their kite, which he offers to catch, ignoring his friend's offers to help whilst doing so.

Thomas stubbornly insists on pulling the entire Circus Train by himself, but soon finds it too heavy to pull on his own.

Emily offers to help Thomas with his loads, but Thomas refuses any help whatsoever his friend has to offer, or at least at first.

Toby's wise nature is dropped when he is chosen to take Alicia Botti and worries about causing trouble. How right he is!

When Kevin is left in charge of the Steamworks, he decides to use the space to practise his shunting skills with disastrous results!

Sir Topham Hatt tells Emily that she can pull the Winter Special if she finds his top hat.

Spencer shows Stafford, the new electric shunting engine, around Sodor, but ignores a warning that Stafford's batteries could run out.

Emily is given the job of looking after Dash on a trip to the steam fair. Dash shows Emily how to make special tweeting noises with his whistle, but he does it so often, he runs out of fuel and gets stuck. Emily thoughtlessly goes on to the fair without him. Will she remember her job and come back?

Diesel swaps his dull load of slate for a haul of shiny red apples in order to please Sodor's school children. But the youngsters are upset to find out that, because of Diesel's swap, their school's roof will leak.

After several years, Fearless Freddie the Warhorse Engine, has come back to the Narrow Gauge Railway on Sodor. Freddie challenges brothers, Skarloey and Rheneas, to a race, boasting he is the fastest in the hills. But Freddie cheats and uses a shortcut route. When Skarloey and Rheneas challenge Freddie to race yet again, he takes another shortcut! But not only that, this time, in Rheneas’ desperation to get ahead of Freddie, he ends up running right off the rails. It will be up to Freddie to help Rheneas get his wheels back on the rails again.

At Arlesdale End, Toby’s shed roof is leaking. Thomas thinks it would make Toby most happy if the roof was fixed, and so gets down to sorting out a new roof being built for the Tram Engine. But to Thomas’ surprise, upon Toby’s seeing the new roof, he is most distraught. What could possibly be tugging at Toby?

Sodor is in the grip of winter. Farmer McColl needs an engine to haul some heavy goods for him, and when Gordon ends up being assigned to the task, of which he is most boastful about, Henry is sad he wasn’t given a chance. The engines, not pleased with Gordon’s pompousness, tell him that Henry could do just as good a job, giving him the title: ‘Big Strong Henry’. But Henry is concerned. Will he be able to live up to such a title?

A Railway Poster is to be produced, and the Fat Controller needs an engine to be the centre of it – and that engine is decided to be Edward. James is most jealous of Edward when he learns of the news. He wanted to be the engine on that poster. So James decides to try and prove to the Fat Controller that it should be him, and not Edward, who gets the gig.

James refuses to be fitted with an old-fashioned-looking lamp to help him see in the dark. However, the stubborn engine begins to regret his short-sighted decision when he is called upon to pick up opera singer Alicia Botti, the Mayor of Sodor, and the Brass Band for an evening concert, but accidentally collects Farmer Trotter, Farmer McColl, and their animals instead!

Charlie hides behind a snowman and as Henry passes Charlie pretends to be the former to help Henry appreciate snow.

Thomas helps Whiff pull a train to the waste dump, but ends up causing an accident when he tries to get the job done faster.

Thomas is in China taking passenger trains with An An and Lin Yong, where he gets into trouble while racing with Hong-Mei, another blue tank engine, and the number 1 engine in China.

When an action movie is filmed on the Indian railway, Thomas is desperate to be involved.

Yong Bao informs Thomas about Pandas as the national animal in China, so he looks hard for one in the bamboo forests while taking the film crew, An An and Lin Yong to the Nature Reserve.

Thomas is pulling a truckload of coconuts to the Indian Railway Station for Charubala and her friends when he encounters some cheeky monkeys at the Monkey palace, despite Rajiv's warnings.

Shane shows Thomas the Outbacks of Australia, leading Thomas to take his coaches, Aubrey and Aiden, and some passengers on the Outback tour, only to take a wrong turn and get stuck on a high bridge.

Thomas thinks he has been given very silly cargo until Hong-Mei explains that it is a very important water wheel, made from bamboo, but Thomas loses it while taking a shortcut and tries to get it back.

Thomas tries to save one of the Troublesome Trucks of China, named Lei, but fails to do so. Yong Bao teaches Thomas all about tai chi, and Thomas soon uses it to rescue Lei, who is racing down the tracks again.

Thomas wants to be just like Isla, a Flying Doctor's plane, who transports Dr. Claire to remote places where it is hard for patients to get to hospitals or doctors for treatment, but fails to do so. When a cyclone come in, Thomas is determined to save the day.

During Valentine's Day, Thomas and Rosie try to avoid each other after Diesel, Bill and Ben tease them for being "special friends", but they must come through their fears when Sir Topham Hatt asks them both to prepare his Valentine's Day surprise for Lady Hatt at Vicarstown.

Sidney is shunting a flatbed of engine parts, but he cannot remember what he is supposed to be doing with them since Diesel jolted his memory. Paxton thinks this sounds like a kind of mystery that can only be solved by a Special Agent.

Thomas offers a lift to a ranger named Ranger Jill while working in the Australian Rain Forest. Thomas is excited to learn from her about all the animals that live there, but he is too loud and impatient to be very useful.

Nia is a really clever engine and knows about all sorts of things, but when the Fat Controller asks her to take Annie and Clarabel and pick up passengers from Knapford Station to Thomas' Branch line, Nia has great trouble reading numbers so Annie and Clarabel teach her.

Brenda learns that it is important to work as a team and not just care about her own jobs.