Time for Trouble

Time for Trouble is the third episode of the third season. It first aired on Shining Time Station in the episode Jingle, Jingle, Jingle in 1991.

Plot
Gordon is exhausted and James is given his work while he has a rest. James becomes more boastful than ever and brags about his importance to Toby, who is in need of repairs. Toby puffs away to the Works, but when he takes on water at Maron he's told to clear the path for James. Toby struggles to Cronk to stock up, but runs out of water. Toby's driver hitches a ride in Henrietta back to Maron, and tells a furious James of the problem. James huffily pushes Toby to the Works, where several children joke that Toby was needed to help James with the Express, prompting the red engine to disappear in a cloud of steam.

Featured characters

 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Henrietta (does not speak)
 * Thomas (cameo)
 * Edward (cameo)
 * Bertie (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)

Locations

 * Tidmouth Hault
 * Wellsworth
 * The Viaduct
 * Lower Tidmouth
 * Knapford
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * The Windmill

Trivia

 * In a book a rare picture shows that Toby puffs under the bridge instead of over.
 * Percy in the episode was seen coming from the other side of Toby but in a rare picture he is seen puffing beside Toby.

Goofs

 * Toby starts to move before James does, even though he has no steam.
 * James takes Toby to Knapford, not the Works.
 * No explanation is given as to how Percy had the time to reach Vicarstown and approach Toby from the other direction in the time it took Toby to get to the point between Maron and Cronk.
 * Percy's whistle is now one tone lower. Throughout the rest of the season his whistle sound changes several times.
 * When James and Toby arrived at Knapford they turned around a bend but in A Scarf for Percy the tracks are straight at the other end.
 * In a rare picture, Toby has his face loose when he and James are at Knapford.