Tenders and Turntables

"No fear. I'm not so fat as you!"

- James laughing at Gordon

Tenders and Turntables is a first season episode.

Plot
The big engines do not like having to shunt their own coaches, and when Gordon and James have trouble on the turntable one windy day the three lose patience and go on strike.

Featured characters

 * Thomas
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Henry (does not speak)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)

Locations

 * Vicarstown Sheds
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Elsbridge

Goofs

 * James' brake coach is backwards when he rushes through Elsbridge.
 * In the close-up of James spinning on the turntable a crewmember's face is reflected in his paintwork.
 * When the turntable stops spinning it connects the last berth on the right, but when James reverses the turntable leads to the middle line.
 * On the front cover of the Tenders and Turntable and other Stories VHS the "s" in "turntables" is missing.
 * When George Carlin narrates this episode, James whistles after he stops turning but in the UK version, he doesn't.