Thomas and the Emergency Cable

Thomas and the Emergency Cable is the tenth episode of the eighteenth season.

Plot
Thomas is on his branch line when a passenger pulls the emergency cable and he has to stop quickly. But it turns out not to be an emergency at all, but a bird watcher who has spotted a rare bird. To make matters worse, Clarabel has a wheel flat after being dragged along with her brakes on. So the next time Thomas sees the bird watcher he refuses to stop to collect him, but he soon learns that that is not the right thing to do.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Victor
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * The Welsh Bird Watcher
 * Rocky (does not speak)
 * Edward (cameo)
 * James (cameo)
 * Bertie (cameo)
 * The Teacher (cameo)
 * The Bird Watcher (cameo)
 * Dowager Hatt's Friends (cameo)
 * Harold (mentioned)

Locations

 * Dryaw
 * Knapford
 * Sodor Steamworks
 * Maithwaite

Goofs

 * During the aerial shot of Dryaw, when the bird watcher is looking at the trees round the back, the track Thomas is on appears to be floating.
 * The guard's voice is identical to the Fat Controller's.
 * Several of the passengers are duplicated throughout this episode.
 * It is unclear how Clarabel was put in front of Annie when there were no points anywhere to be seen.