Snow

"It's a snowball!" "It's a snow house!" "It's an engine!"

- Workmen speculating over Skarloey's igloo

Snow is the twenty-sixth episode of the fifth season. It aired during the first airing of Storytime with Thomas in the US.

Plot
Thomas has become snowed down by a tunnel where Rusty is working close by. So to pass the time, Rusty tells Thomas a story.

One snowy day, Skarloey was travelling up to the slate mine when he passed through a ravine. His driver was concerned that noise could cause an avalanche, and he sets an emergency cap. When Skarloey runs over it, the bang echoes around the gorge but nothing happens, so his crew decide to make a cup of cocoa and be on their way. Unfortunately, up in the slate mines a long line of full trucks are to be winched down the slope but the winch becomes jammed when some empty trucks derail. The full trucks run down the slope into the ravine, causing an avalanche which buries Skarloey. When Rusty comes to the rescue, they discover that Skarloey's heat has created an igloo, and inside they find Skarloey's crew nonchalantly sipping cocoa.

Thomas uses this as an example about how trucks can be so troublesome while Rusty states the same for snow. The workmen finally clear the snow from behind Thomas, but Gordon then arrives with his snow machine, covering Thomas again only to be buried when the noise causes an avalanche, covering Gordon in snow. Thomas jokes that if Skarloey could emerge from an avalanche laughing, Gordon could at least do the same. Gordon scoffs in within and falls silent as the snow.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Gordon
 * Percy
 * Skarloey
 * Rusty
 * Peter Sam (cameo)
 * Duncan (cameo)

Locations

 * The Windmill
 * Stepney's Branch Line
 * Standard and Narrow Gauge Tunnel Runby
 * Skarloey Railway Slate Quarry
 * Echo Pass Ravine

Trivia

 * Going by production order, this is the twenty-fifth episode of the fifth season.
 * Stock footage from Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure is used.
 * During most of the flashback, Skarloey's large scale model was used; but during the scene where the narrator says "When the snow came..." his small scale model is used. The same goes for Rusty: When interacting with Thomas, Rusty's small scale model is used; but when he appears during the flashback, his large scale model was used.
 * This was the last episode of a few things:
 * Britt Allcroft's last episode as producer and writer.
 * Angus Wright's last episode as executive producer.
 * David Maidment's last episode as railway consultant.
 * The first episode since Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure to be a season finale that takes place during winter.
 * The last episode produced by The Britt Allcroft Company.
 * The last episode narrated by Manfred Steffen in Germany, Gro Solemdal in Norway, Gérard Boucaron in France and Diego Brizzi in Latin America, and the last episode narrated by Tatá Guarnieri in Brazil until Hero of the Rails.

Goofs

 * In various scenes, part of Skarloey's cab roof is snapped.
 * When the trucks race down the incline, the middle truck derails.
 * When the trucks crash through the snow bank and buffers they are coupled, but they fall off separately, one by one. Additionally, a truck is missing when they fall into the ravine.
 * Due to different scale models being used:
 * When the trucks are on the incline, the front truck has a narrow-gauge truck face, but when it crashes through the buffers it has a standard-gauge truck face.
 * Rusty's face becomes bigger in his story than it is when he is seen talking to Thomas.
 * When Thomas talks to Percy, his eyes are wonky.

Home Media Releases
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UK

 * Spooks and Surprises (Direct-to-Home Video)
 * Seasonal Scrapes
 * Christmas Collection
 * My Little Thomas and the Royal Visitor
 * The Complete Fifth Series

DVD Boxsets

 * Classic Collection

US

 * Thomas' Christmas Wonderland and other Thomas Adventures
 * Thomas' Snowy Surprise and Other Adventures
 * Ultimate Christmas
 * Season 5 (Digital Download)

DVD Boxsets

 * Celebrate with Thomas
 * Holiday Favorites
 * Sodor Friends Holiday Collection

AUS

 * Spooks and Surprises
 * The Complete Fifth Series

DVD Packs

 * Complete Series 1-10

ITA

 * Back All!

JPN

 * The Complete Works of Thomas the Tank Engine 2 Vol.4
 * Sing-Along and Stories 3
 * Sodor Tour: Surprise Happening

BRA

 * Christmas in the Beautiful Land of Thomas

DK

 * Forward and Backward and Other Stories

MYS

 * Busy Going Backwards and Other Adventures
 * Salty's Secret and Other Thomas Adventures

GER

 * Lots of Little Helpers

DVD Boxsets

 * Thomas and His Friends Box Set 2

GRC

 * Time for Work

PHL

 * Happy Ever After (Philippine DVD)

SWE

 * Hidden in Snow

WAL

 * Fleas and 15 other Stories

THA
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 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 19 (Thai DVD)
 * Thomas and Friends Volume 13 (Thai DVD)