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The Best Episodes of Thomas & Friends Season 6

Every episode of Thomas & Friends Season 6 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Thomas & Friends Season 6!

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Thomas & Friends is a British children's television series, which had its first broadcast on the ITV network on 4 September 1984. It is based on The Railway Series of books by the Reverend Wilbert

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 8 - A Friend In Need (2)
    8.6/10(101 votes)

    S6:E8

    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...

    Director:Steve Asquith
    Writers:Jonathan Trueman, Philip D. Fehrle, Abi Grant

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  2. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 7 - Jack Jumps In (1)
    8.4/10(103 votes)

    S6:E7

    Thomas delivers Jack the Front Loader to a construction site where a team of vehicles from the Sodor Construction Company - "The Pack" is working under the supervision of Miss Jenny. But Jack gets too excited about working and runs into a right spot of bother and Miss. Jenny wonders if he is not ready to join.

    Director:Steve Asquith
    Writers:Jonathan Trueman, Philip D. Fehrle, Abi Grant

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  3. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 20 - Toby Had A Little Lamb
    8.4/10(102 votes)

    S6:E20

    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.

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Jenny McDade

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  4. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 1 - Salty's Secret
    8.3/10(106 votes)

    S6:E1

    Salty, an old diesel, arrives on Sodor. He loves working by the sea but is most disappointed to find that the Fat Controller has sent for him to help out with the work at Centre Island Quarry, resulting in him of course not being able to work by the sea as he had hoped for. However, Salty is soon given a pleasant surprise...

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Robin Kingsland

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  5. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 3 - No Sleep For Cranky
    8.3/10(105 votes)

    S6:E3

    Cranky is always feeling, well... cranky! This is because every night he has to stay up late to load and unload important goods being imported and exported at the harbour. Then one day, Salty (unintentionally) gets on the crane's nerves so much that in a fit of rage, Cranky drops some pipes that knock over a shed resulting in blocking the Main Line! Harvey won't be able to clear the shed till morning so how will the time be able to be passed?

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Paul Larson

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  6. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 11 - The World's Strongest Engine
    8.3/10(104 votes)

    S6:E11

    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...

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Paul Larson

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  7. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 17 - Gordon Takes A Tumble
    8.3/10(113 votes)

    S6:E17

    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!

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Robin Kingsland

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  8. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 6 - The Fogman
    8.2/10(115 votes)

    S6:E6

    Cyril is a fogman and the engines like him a lot. He puts out detonators to warn them when there is fog ahead. However the Fat Controller decides to replace him with a very loud fog horn. The foghorn however causes a rockslide which crushes the foghorn, and Thomas is just down the line...

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Jonathan Trueman

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  9. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 12 - Scaredy Engines
    8.2/10(118 votes)

    S6:E12

    On Halloween, Edward tells the engines spooky ghost stories. The stories make Percy scared and so Thomas teases him about this. On the same night, Thomas, Percy and Duck are sent to the Smelter Yard. But when Thomas says he can manage alone to finish off the job, off Percy and Duck go, but how brave is Thomas when he's on his own?

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Robin Kingsland

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  10. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 22 - Thomas The Jet Engine
    8.2/10(131 votes)

    S6:E22

    Thomas is sent to the harbour to pick up a jet engine, but when Cranky accidentally turns the switch on with his arm, Thomas finds himself whizzing down the line!

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Ross Hastings

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  11. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 9 - It's Only Snow
    8.1/10(98 votes)

    S6:E9

    It's Christmas and Thomas and Toby have to deliver a Christmas tree to one of the villages on Thomas' branch line. However the snow is getting deeper and deeper, and when Thomas' snowplough breaks, will the special train make it to the village?

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:James Mason

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  12. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 18 - Percy's Chocolate Crunch
    8.0/10(129 votes)

    S6:E18

    There is a water shortage on the Island of Sodor and Percy is upset because he can't be washed down as often as he would like. He gets very dirty very quickly and so decides to deliver some sugar to the Chocolate Factory - after all, he can't get dirty doing that, can he? But an oil spillage on the track leading straight to the Chocolate Factory spells disaster - and dirtiness!

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Brian Trueman

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  13. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 5 - Elizabeth The Vintage Lorry
    7.9/10(100 votes)

    S6:E5

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

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Paul Larson

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  14. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 10 - Twin Trouble
    7.9/10(100 votes)

    S6:E10

    Donald and Douglas have an argument and refuse to speak to or work with each other. However when Donald comes off the tracks, only one engine can come and help him...

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Brian Trueman

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  15. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 16 - Jack Frost
    7.9/10(102 votes)

    S6:E16

    The weather is getting colder so the Fat Controller asks James and Percy to make extra coal deliveries. Thomas seemingly warns Percy that he should be careful or else scary Jack Frost will get him. James thinks this is a load of nonsense, but Percy believes him. But when night comes and Percy has to make a delivery of coal to Lower Suddery both he and then later James think differently, but not as you would probably expect!

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Paul Larson

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  16. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 4 - A Bad Day For Harold The Helicopter
    7.8/10(101 votes)

    S6:E4

    Percy likes taking the Post Train but when he is held up at a broken signal one day, Harold decides to deliver the loads instead, but all at once, which turns out to be a very big mistake!

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Simon Nicholson

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  17. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 24 - Dunkin' Duncan
    7.8/10(99 votes)

    S6:E24

    Duncan is so hasty that he is not uncoupled and goes up the incline with the trucks, but the coupling on the truck his coupling is tangled up with can't hold his weight. It snaps, and down Duncan goes, and there's a muddy pond waiting beyond...

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Jenny McDade

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  18. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 21 - Thomas, Percy and the Squeak
    7.7/10(109 votes)

    S6:E21

    An opera singer, Alicia Botti, has been invited to the Island of Sodor and Thomas is to take her to her concert. He is cleaned up ready for the journey, but when boarding Annie, Alicia discovers a mouse onboard!

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Jenny McDade

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  19. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 15 - James & The Red Balloon
    7.6/10(114 votes)

    S6:E15

    A red hot air balloon has arrived on the Island of Sodor and Thomas is sent to fetch it. The balloon becomes a popular tourist attraction, but James worries it will take his passengers away.

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Jenny McDade

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  20. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 26 - Faulty Whistles
    7.5/10(105 votes)

    S6:E26

    Duncan shows off his whistle, and blows it so hard that it shoots into the sky and lands in a field. Duncan's driver says they don't have time to find it, but they need a whistle for safety reasons though. Luckily a school headmaster has an organ they can use as a whistle, much to Duncan's horror.

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Ross Hastings

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  21. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 2 - Harvey To The Rescue
    7.3/10(127 votes)

    S6:E2

    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...

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Jonathan Trueman

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  22. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 13 - Percy & The Haunted Mine
    7.2/10(108 votes)

    S6:E13

    Percy goes to collect some goods at the Abandoned Mine, and sees an old chimney there sink to the ground. Percy is spooked, and hears from Donald and Douglas the next morning that the "naughty gnomes" are responsible...

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Robyn Charteris

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  23. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 23 - Edward The Very Useful Engine
    7.1/10(127 votes)

    S6:E23

    Gordon comments that "Edward is a useless old steam-pot" and that he should retire. The other big engines agree with him but Percy gets upset at this and tells the Fat Controller. In the end, Edward proves to be a Very Useful engine indeed when Duck and Gordon have a spot of bother...

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:David Mitton

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  24. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 19 - Buffer Bother
    6.0/10(126 votes)

    S6:E19

    When Ben gets new buffers fitted, Bill gets jealous. Mavis advises him to forget about it, but Bill becomes so obsessed with it that he loses focus on his own work and has an accident.

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Ross Hastings

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  25. Thomas & Friends Season 6 Episode 25 - Rusty Saves The Day
    5.7/10(127 votes)

    S6:E25

    Faced with the threat of forever working in the quarry if their line is not repaired, Skarloey and Rheneas get worried. Rusty though, is onhand, along with the help of Elizabeth, after persuading her that is! Will the line be able to be repaired in the 2 week time limit the Fat Controller has allowed?

    Director:David Mitton
    Writer:Paul Larson

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Season 6 Ratings Summary

"A Friend In Need (2)" is the best rated episode of "Thomas & Friends" season 6. It scored 8.6/10 based on 101 votes. Directed by Steve Asquith and written by Jonathan Trueman, Philip D. Fehrle, Abi Grant, it aired on 9/25/2002. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Jack Jumps In (1)".