Busy Going Backwards

"We're making your wish come true, Toad!"

- The trucks

"Busy Going Backwards" is the twenty-third episode of the fifth season. It first aired on October the 29th, 1998.

Plot
Toad is bored with looking at everything from behind and the trucks get upset at him for not appreaciating the fact that he gets to look after them, so when Oliver takes a goods train up Gordon's Hill the trucks break away and go careering down the line. After narrowing avoiding collisions with James, Gordon and Henry, Toad is finally diverted into a pond. Toad now appreciates seeing everything from behind.

Featured characters

 * Gordon
 * James
 * Oliver
 * Toad
 * Troublesome Trucks
 * Henry (does not speak)
 * Thomas (cameo)
 * Edward (cameo)
 * Percy (cameo)
 * Bertie (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)

Trivia

 * A rendition of the "William Tell Overture" is heard through out the runaway scenes.

Goofs

 * In the distant shot of Toad being switched to the track with the buffers, seconds before the camera cuts, Toad and the front two trucks derail.
 * A string can be seen when Toad goes out of the siding.
 * When Toad swerves away from the buffers and back onto the main line, the mechanism pushing him from behind is seen.
 * When Oliver rushes under the Wellsworth footbridge part of the fencing is bent.
 * There is no way Oliver could turn around that quickly when the trucks break away.
 * Michael Angelis says "they diverted them into old sidings" when he should have said "they diverted them into an old siding".
 * Edward is seen pulling the breakdown train, but the cranes are later seen down by the bridge.