Emily's New Route

"Emily's New Route" is an eighth season episode. It first aired on August the 29th, 2004.

Plot
Emily is given the job of transporting flour during the summer, but James is unhappy that he has been given the job of carrying passengers along the Black Loch branch, because of the frequent landslides and monster rumoured to be living in the loch. After Emily's trucks muck around and make her late Emily is transferred to the Black Loch route, but perseveres and discovers that the "monster" is really a family of seals.

Featured characters

 * Thomas
 * James
 * Emily
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Henry (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
 * Trevor (cameo)
 * George (cameo)
 * Gordon (deleted scene cameo)
 * Percy (deleted scene cameo)
 * Salty (deleted scene cameo)

Goofs

 * Emily is supposed to get water when James tells her about Black Loch, but she never does.
 * When Emily leaves after being scolded and when Emily leaves to collect the second load of flour, her first truck is missing its face.
 * When Emily is pulling six trucks, the last truck has a face at both ends.
 * When Emily brakes, her wheels still move.
 * A brake van should have been on the flour train.
 * When Emily crashes into the pond the flour trucks "explode".