Tram Trouble

"Now I have another best friend, and she's a steam tram too!"

- Thomas

Tram Trouble is the thirteenth episode of the twelfth season.

Plot
Thomas is delighted that Toby is to lead the parade, but when Thomas arrives at Great Waterton he meets a new steam tram called Flora, who is to lead the parade with Toby. Thomas thinks that Toby would prefer to lead the parade by himself and would be upset if he met another steam tram, so he decides to distract Flora. Thomas leads Flora away, but when he realises Toby is nearby he leads her away to another location, and so on, but eventually, at Arlesdale End, Toby comes out of his shed and sees Flora. Toby tells Thomas that he was too scared to lead the parade by himself, but now he and Flora can lead it together. Once Flora takes some of Thomas' coal, she and Toby go to Great Waterton and Thomas delivers the special cargo - Flora's new tram car.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Toby
 * Flora
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Annie and Clarabel (do not speak)
 * Henrietta (does not speak)
 * Sodor Brass Band (does not speak)
 * Edward (cameo)
 * Henry (cameo)
 * Gordon (cameo)
 * James (cameo)
 * Percy (cameo)
 * Cranky (cameo)

Trivia

 * Stock footage from Thomas in Trouble is used.
 * Great Waterton appeared in this episode, but the UK audience wouldn't know what is because this episode aired before The Great Discovery.

Goofs

 * The narrator said Flora peeped prettily, but the sound is that of a bell.
 * Thomas tells Flora that they have to go to the quarry, but in the next scene, Thomas is collecting trucks from Knapford.
 * Toby takes Henrietta to Great Waterton, but when they are there, she is nowhere to be seen.
 * When the narrator says, "It looked empty", Toby's cowcatcher and buffer are easilly seen.
 * Flora's body wobbles occasionally.
 * At some points in the story, Thomas' face is angled differently from his smokebox.
 * No crew can be seen in Flora, even though she has an open cab.
 * Toby's CGI face is off centre when he the narrator says "Toby was pleased."
 * The trombone's slide doesn't move.
 * Thomas said he will pick up more coal later, but how could he if Flora took his coal?