Number One Engine

Number One Engine is the first episode of the twenty-second season.

Plot
While working on the Chinese Railway, Thomas is late picking up An An and Yin-Long. Later on when he is working on the line, he brags to them about being the fastest No. 1 engine, but Hong-Mei begs to differ that she is the No. 1 engine. The two of them decide to race together to see who is the fastest, but while racing Thomas is going too fast on a different track and is not looking, so he derails and realises how silly he is. Hong-Mei soon comes to help Thomas back onto the tracks and both the engines realise that it is okay for both of them to be No. 1 engines.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Yong Bao
 * Hong-Mei
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * An An and Yin-Long
 * Sir Topham Hatt (fantasy)
 * James (stock footage)
 * Barrow Football Team (stock footage)

Locations

 * China
 * Chinese Railway Sheds
 * The Mainland
 * Island of Sodor
 * Vicarstown Bridge
 * Brendam Docks (stock footage)
 * Dryaw FC (stock footage)

UK and AUS

 * John Hasler as Thomas
 * Teresa Gallagher as Annie and Clarabel
 * Keith Wickham as Sir Topham Hatt
 * Dan Li as Yong Bao
 * Chipo Chung as Hong-Mei
 * Siu-see Hung as An An
 * Windson Liong as Yin-Long and the Chinese Guard

US and CAN

 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * Teresa Gallagher as Annie and Clarabel
 * Keith Wickham as Sir Topham Hatt
 * Dan Li as Yong Bao
 * Chipo Chung as Hong-Mei
 * Siu-see Hung as An An
 * Windson Liong as Yin-Long and the Chinese Guard

Trivia

 * This is the first episode of several things:
 * The first episode since the seventeenth season to not be narrated by Mark Moraghan.
 * The first episode to feature Thomas as the narrator.
 * The first episode that uses the new intro and outro titles.
 * The first episode to feature the new fantasy sequences.
 * The first episode since the twelfth season episode, Best Friends to have a running time of seven minutes.
 * The first production since Thomas and the Magic Railroad to have a first-person narrative.
 * The first episode that does not take place on Sodor.
 * Yong Bao's first appearance in an episode.
 * Siu-see Hung and Windson Liong join the cast.
 * At the end of the episode, Thomas mentions the events of the nineteenth season episode, Reds vs. Blues, Stock footage from said episode was also used.
 * Unlike Reds vs. Blues, Thomas refers to the Football grounds as such in the US Dub.
 * On the Nickelodeon USA Airing, This episode is paired with What Rebecca Does.

UK

 * Here Comes the Steam Team
 * Milkshake! Super Selection