The Best Episodes of Thomas & Friends

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#1 - Over the Hill
S20:E2812/20/2017
Stephen becomes jealous of all the attention received by Glynn at the castle.
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9.0/10(270 votes)
#2 - The Flying Kipper
S1:E1912/11/1984
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...
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8.9/10(185 votes)
#3 - Snow
S5:E2610/19/1998
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.
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8.9/10(176 votes)
#4 - Toby & The Flood
S5:E109/25/1998
Toby has been sent to check the dam on the river. It has been raining heavily recently and there are worries the dam won't hold. After inspection, the dam starts to break up! Will Toby escape its wrath in time?
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8.8/10(221 votes)
#5 - Ghost Train
S2:E2412/10/1986
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...
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8.8/10(179 votes)
#6 - Escape
S3:E216/9/1992
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!
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8.8/10(178 votes)
#7 - Haunted Henry
S5:E119/28/1998
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...
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8.8/10(166 votes)
#8 - Busy Going Backwards
S5:E2310/14/1998
Toad the brake van is feeling glum as he is always seeing things sliding away from him and would like to go forward for a change. Oliver wants to help but doesn't know how. That afternoon, Oliver is pulling some trucks up Gordon's Hill, with Toad as his brake van. The trucks break away after a coupling snaps and now Toad is at the front of the train going forwards. Unfortunately he is on the Main Line with various possible disasters up ahead!
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8.7/10(224 votes)
#9 - Edward's Exploit
S2:E2312/10/1986
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.
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8.7/10(188 votes)
#10 - Old Iron
S2:E510/8/1986
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.
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8.9/10(101 votes)
#11 - Skiff and the Mermaid
S20:E267/31/2017
Skiff and the Fat Controller go on a wild adventure around Arlesburgh Harbour in search of a mermaid.
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8.7/10(160 votes)
#12 - Stepney Gets Lost
S5:E139/30/1998
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!
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8.9/10(89 votes)
#13 - Duncan The Humbug
S18:E1912/25/2014
Everyone is happy at Christmas time except for Duncan, the Scottish narrow gauge engine, who seems to be grumbling even more than usual.
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8.6/10(198 votes)
#14 - A Close Shave
S2:E1411/5/1986
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...
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8.6/10(188 votes)
#15 - Thomas Comes to Breakfast
S2:E1811/19/1986
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!
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8.8/10(103 votes)
#16 - Duncan & The Grumpy Passenger
S18:E119/8/2014
Duncan, the grumpiest engine on the narrow gauge railway, gets a taste of his own medicine when he receives a very grumpy passenger.
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8.9/10(83 votes)
#17 - Springtime for Diesel
S21:E19/18/2017
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!
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8.8/10(100 votes)
#18 - Last Train For Christmas
S18:E1812/24/2014
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.
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8.6/10(169 votes)
#19 - Cranky Bugs
S5:E19/14/1998
At the docks, Thomas and Percy are working hard, but the new crane, Cranky, thinks little engines are useless - "bugs" he calls them. But that night some rough weather makes a tramper crash into the shed where Gordon, Henry, James and Duck are, trapping them inside. Cranky is then toppled over by the high winds. Who will save them all now?
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8.8/10(94 votes)
#20 - The Way She Does It
S20:E1011/25/2016
Daisy boasts about transporting an entertainers group.
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8.8/10(93 votes)
#21 - Pouty James
S20:E811/23/2016
James has to learn to change his showy attitude.
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8.7/10(110 votes)
#22 - The Christmas Coffeepot
S20:E2712/14/2017
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.
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8.7/10(108 votes)
#23 - Henry Gets the Express
S20:E39/7/2016
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.
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8.7/10(105 votes)
#24 - Snow Engine
S7:E1411/9/2003
Oliver does not like snow - at all. When he has to make a delivery to a mountain village, the weather conditions mean he can't get back until morning. And when morning does come, Oliver receives quite an unexpected surprise...
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8.5/10(190 votes)
#25 - Pop Goes the Diesel
S2:E1210/29/1986
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...
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