Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry

"Oh, it's you. Have you learned to drive properly yet?"

- Elizabeth upon meeting the Fat Controller again

Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry, retitled Elizabeth the Vintage Quarry Truck in American releases, is the fifth episode of the sixth season.

Plot
Thomas is pulling a special to Brendam. It is heavy, and he is puffing so hard, that his siderods fall off. Thomas' crew see an old disused shed, which Thomas thinks is haunted. But instead of finding a ghost inside, Thomas' crew discover a vintage Sentinel lorry named Elizabeth. She had been sheeted for many years, and han't been out since. He fireman puts some of Thomas coal in her fire, and soon she is out and working again. After saying rude things to Thomas, she drives off to the works to get new siderods for Thomas. She returns, and Thomas sets off to the docks. He arrives just in time for the boat, but The Fat Controller is cross that he was almost late. Thomas explains about his siderods, and is just about to tell him about how rude Elizabeth was, when she pulls up. It turns out the Fat Controller drove Elizabeth when he was younger, and he has Jem Cole restore her to her original beauty.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Elizabeth
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Jem Cole (does not speak)
 * Edward (cameo)
 * James (cameo)
 * Duck (cameo)
 * Donald (cameo)
 * Trevor (cameo)
 * Annie (cameo)

Locations

 * Brendam
 * Bulgy's Bridge
 * The Scrapyards

Trivia

 * On PBS Kids Sprout airings, the UK title is used.
 * In Sweden, this episode is titled "Old Elizabeth". In Denmark, its name is "Old Truck". In Japan, this episode is called "Elizabeth the Vintage Truck".

Goofs

 * In some close-ups of Elizabeth, her eye mechanism is visible inside her cab.
 * The right-hand pillar (viewer perspective) of the bridge Elizabeth goes under wobbles a bit.
 * When Elizabeth says "Have you learned to drive properly yet?", the steam Thomas blows disappears and reappears due to a film cut.
 * It is said that Thomas thinks that Elizabeth is the rudest lorry he had ever met; it seems unlikely that she would be worse than the Horrid Lorries.
 * At the end of the British narration, the Fat Controller uses the American term, "railroad".
 * How was Elizabeth able to drive to Brendam? Thomas' driver drove her, but she was left nearby the old shed.
 * There appear to be two Jem Cole's at the end; one with Sir Topham Hatt and one driving Trevor.
 * Two red wires can be seen in Thomas' cab window in a closeup of his driver.