Episodes
| # | Total | UK title (top) US title (bottom) |
Source | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 | "Thomas, Percy and the Coal" "Double Trouble" |
More About Thomas the Tank Engine By Christopher Awdry |
2 September 1986 |
| Thomas brags to Percy and Toby about "how blue is the only proper colour for a really useful engine". He ends up getting trapped in a shower under a coal hopper, and promptly blames an amused Percy. | ||||
| 2 | 28 | "Cows" "A Cow on the Line" |
Edward the Blue Engine By Rev. W. Awdry |
5 September 1986 |
| Gordon and Henry tease Edward after some cows break part of his train away. Several days later, the bigger engines end up with a cow blocking their lines. | ||||
| 3 | 29 | "Bertie's Chase" | Edward the Blue Engine By Rev. W. Awdry |
7 September 1986 |
| Thomas' fireman isn't able to come in to work one day and Bertie agrees to take his passengers. Edward, unaware of the change of plan, leaves before Bertie arrives. | ||||
| 4 | 30 | "Saved from Scrap" | Edward the Blue Engine By Rev. W. Awdry |
9 September 1986 |
| At the scrapyard, Edward meets a traction engine called Trevor, who is due to be broken up, despite being in good condition. Edward is determined to save him, and finds a person to do so. | ||||
| 5 | 31 | "Old Iron" | Edward the Blue Engine By Rev. W. Awdry |
11 September 1986 |
| Edward proves he's not so slow when James runs away. | ||||
| 6 | 32 | "Thomas and Trevor" "A New Friend for Thomas" |
1988 Thomas Annual By Christopher Awdry |
14 September 1986 |
| Trevor is bored of working in the vicarage orchard, so Edward takes him to help Thomas at the harbour. Slowly but surely, a skeptical Thomas gains a respect for the traction engine. | ||||
| 7 | 33 | "Percy and the Signal" | Percy the Small Engine By Rev. W. Awdry |
17 September 1986 |
| Percy is playing tricks on the bigger engines; first annoying Gordon and then tricking James to stay in his shed all day. For revenge, James and Gordon trick Percy into misreading a signal. | ||||
| 8 | 34 | "Duck Takes Charge" | Percy the Small Engine By Rev. W. Awdry |
18 September 1986 |
| The Fat Controller buys an engine named Montague (nicknamed Duck) to help out an overworked Percy. The big engines start ordering him about. Duck and Percy decide to take matters into their own "hands". | ||||
| 9 | 35 | "Percy and Harold" "Percy Proves a Point" |
Percy the Small Engine By Rev. W. Awdry |
20 September 1986 |
| Percy challenges a helicopter called Harold to a race to the harbour. | ||||
| 10 | 36 | "The Runaway" | More About Thomas the Tank Engine By Christopher Awdry |
22 September 1986 |
| Thomas isn't feeling well and has to go to the works. Soon, he comes back, but with a problem in his brakes. This proves disastrous when a temporary fireman forgets to tighten them properly, and Thomas puffs away. | ||||
| 11 | 37 | "Percy Takes the Plunge" | The Eight Famous Engines By Rev. W. Awdry |
24 September 1986 |
| Percy wants to see why he is forbidden to pass the "Danger" board on the quay, but soon wishes he had not. | ||||
| 12 | 38 | "Pop Goes the Diesel" | Duck and the Diesel Engine By Rev. W. Awdry |
26 September 1986 |
| A diesel engine of the same name arrives on the island and Duck is given the task of showing him what to do. Diesel boasts that his kind know everything, so Duck leaves him to shunt some trucks alone, with disastrous results. | ||||
| 13 | 39 | "Dirty Work" "Diesel's Devious Deed" |
Duck and the Diesel Engine By Rev. W. Awdry |
28 September 1986 |
| Diesel is still cross with Duck, blaming him for the aftermath of the other day. As revenge, Diesel tells lies to the trucks about Duck, which the bigger engines end up believing. | ||||
| 14 | 40 | "A Close Shave" "A Close Shave for Duck" |
Duck and the Diesel Engine By Rev. W. Awdry |
1 October 1986 |
| During his stay with Edward, Duck finds himself on the receiving end of runaway trucks, but manages to control them, despite crashing into a barber's shop. | ||||
| 15 | 41 | "Better Late Than Never" | More About Thomas the Tank Engine By Christopher Awdry |
4 October 1986 |
| Thomas is held up by repairs on the viaduct and Bertie gives him a hard time, until he breaks down. | ||||
| 16 | 42 | "Break Van" "Donald and Douglas" |
The Twin Engines By Rev. W. Awdry |
7 October 1986 |
| Donald and Douglas are twins whom the Fat Controller had bought from Scotland to help out, although "only one engine had been expected". He intends to send one of them back, and a spiteful brake van doesn't help the twins at all. | ||||
| 17 | 43 | "The Deputation" | The Twin Engines By Rev. W. Awdry |
9 October 1986 |
| Heavy snow has fallen on Sodor, but Donald and Douglas are used to it, using their snowploughs to clear the line. After they help Henry from a snowdrift, the other engines are determined to help them out. | ||||
| 18 | 44 | "Thomas Comes to Breakfast" | Branch Line Engines By Rev. W. Awdry |
11 October 1986 |
| Thomas' driver jokingly tells him that he could almost manage running the branch line without him. Thomas doesn't realize this, and pays the price dearly after trying to move by himself and crashing straight into a stationmaster's house. | ||||
| 19 | 45 | "Daisy" | Branch Line Engines By Rev. W. Awdry |
14 October 1986 |
| Daisy, a diesel railcar, has been bought to help Percy and Toby while Thomas is at the works. However, she proves to be very stubborn and starts making excuses to avoid work. | ||||
| 20 | 46 | "Percy's Predicament" | Branch Line Engines By Rev. W. Awdry |
19 October 1986 |
| Toby offers to swap jobs with Percy so he can have a rest from taking the milk Daisy keeps leaving behind. Unfortunately, Percy has never worked at the quarry before, and the trucks are quick to take advantage of this. | ||||
| 21 | 47 | "The Diseasel" | Main Line Engines By Rev. W. Awdry |
24 October 1986 |
| 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. They mistakenly believe that their trucks were "magiced away" by a "Diseasel" and go on a search. | ||||
| 22 | 48 | "Wrong Road" | Main Line Engines By Rev. W. Awdry |
1 November 1986 |
| Gordon remarks that branch lines are vulgar, and that the Fat Controller would never approve of him running on it. However, he ends up there due to a case of mistaken identity involving a lady's hat, where Bill and Ben are waiting. | ||||
| 23 | 49 | "Edward's Exploit" | Main Line Engines By Rev. W. Awdry |
8 November 1986 |
| Some tourists are visiting the Island of Sodor, and Edward is due to take them to meet Bill and Ben. On the journey back, one of his crank pins, which hold his side rods on, breaks off. Despite this, Edward presses on, and gets the tourists back safely. | ||||
| 24 | 50 | "Ghost Train" "Percy's Ghostly Trick" |
Tramway Engines By Rev. W. Awdry |
10 November 1986 |
| Thomas doesn't believe Percy when the little engine tells him about a ghost his driver saw the previous night (which turns out to be pretend.) He ends up crashing into a cart of lime, and decides to trick Thomas. | ||||
| 25 | 51 | "Woolly Bear" | Tramway Engines By Rev. W. Awdry |
16 November 1986 |
| Percy is still teasing Thomas about the ghost incident. Thomas retorts back by calling him a "Green caterpillar with red stripes". Things go wrong for Percy soon afterwards after getting hit by a crate of treacle, then getting stuck on a hill, windswept with hay. | ||||
| 26 | 52 | "Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree" | Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree By Christopher Awdry |
23 December 1986 |
| It's Christmas and all the engines are at work getting ready for the Christmas Party. Thomas is sent to collect the Christmas tree, but gets buried in a huge snowdrift on the way back. |
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