Gordon and the Famous Visitor

Gordon and the Famous Visitor is the fourth episode of the third season. It first ared on the Shining Time Station episode Win, Lose or Draw in 1991.

Plot
City of Truro has come to visit the North Western Railway, and although most of the engines get along well with him Gordon is jealous of his record (he was the first engine to go 100 mp/h), claims he is a liar because he has no dome and tries to go as fast as him. Unfortunately for him, his dome is blown off at the viaduct, and is made into a laughing stock at Knapford by some trucks. Gordon, heading back home, hopes that the shed will be empty, but all the engines are there waiting to make fun of him.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Gordon
 * Percy
 * Duck
 * City of Truro (not named, does not speak)
 * Henry (cameo)
 * James (cameo)
 * Toby (cameo)
 * Donald and Douglas (cameo)
 * Bill and Ben (cameo)
 * Diesel (cameo)
 * Bertie (cameo)
 * Trevor (cameo)
 * The Fat Controller (cameo)

Locations

 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Henry's Forest
 * Knapford
 * Wellsworth
 * The Viaduct

Trivia

 * Stock footage from Time for Trouble is used.
 * In a rare picture Thomas, Percy, and Duck were at the other side of the shed.
 * This is the first time a real engine appears in the series.

Goofs

 * When City of Truro was talking to the engines at night, the edge of the set is visible in the top left corner.
 * When Gordon says "It feels as if something is loose" he hits a tree branch on the right.
 * After Gordon loses his dome, his coaches disappear.
 * When Gordon goes through Knapford he is tilted to the right.
 * A photographer's camera is just a small wooden cube with paint on it.