Ghost Train

"Let me in! Let me in!" "No, no! Not by the smoke of my chimney, chim chim!" "I'll Chuff, and I'll puff, and I'll break your door in!"

- Percy and Toby

Ghost Train, retitled Percy's Ghostly Trick in American releases, is the twenty-fourth episode of the second season. In the US, this story aired on the Shining Time Station episodes "Things that Go "Ga-Hooga" in the Night" and "Scare Dares".

Plot
Percy tells the others of a ghost train said to be warning others of danger on Thomas' Branch Line, but Thomas is dismissive. When Percy later crashes into a load of lime stuck on a crossing, he becomes as white as a sheet and has the idea to pretend to be a ghost to pay back Thomas. With some help from Toby, Percy scares Thomas into leaving the shed. Thomas tries to cover up his mistake the next day, but still runs when he hears Percy's whistle.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Annie and Clarabel (do not speak)
 * Terence (deleted scene)

Locations

 * The Viaduct
 * Tidmouth
 * Ffarquhar Sheds
 * The Watermill
 * Anopha Quarry
 * The Windmill
 * Brendam (mentioned)

Trivia

 * This episode is based on the story of the same name from The Railway Series book, Tramway Engines.
 * The ghost engine is just Percy covered in white streamers and with Edward's whistle.
 * In all narrations, when Toby says "Anyone would think that our Thomas had just seen a ghost", the word ghost is said with a spooky echo.
 * Percy and Toby's exchange at the shed spoofs "The Three Little Pigs".
 * The crate of treacle, later used in "Woolly Bear", is seen when Percy scares Thomas at the end.
 * In the UK version, Percy's driver said the ghost was a pretend one on TV. In both US versions, he said it was only a pretend ghost story.
 * In Germany, this episode is called "The Ghost".
 * There was a deleted scene featuring Terence pulling the lime-cart.

Goofs

 * In the opening shot of the viaduct a light on the scaffolding goes on a bit too late.
 * When Thomas interrupts Percy during his ghost story at the beginning, it's daytime in the original version of the episode, but in the remastered version of the episode, it's close to dusk.
 * The fog blowing around Thomas, Percy and Toby is obviously being vented out of the ground.
 * The lime is blown up just before Percy collides with it.
 * When Percy turns up at the signalbox he is covered in lyme but his driver and his fireman are spotless when they should be covered in lime too.
 * When Percy says "That'll teach him to say I'm a silly little engine!" his face moves.
 * In the shot of Toby telling Thomas about Percy's accident you can tell the film was cut, as his eyes jerk from up to down.
 * When Thomas puffs out of the sheds a piece of studio equipment can be seen through the shed window, the shed door moves and a plank can be seen through the door.
 * For some reason, in the restored version, Toby leaves Percy to go to the sheds a little later than he did in the original version and the scene of him leaving is sped up.