A Smooth Ride

"A Smooth Ride" is a tenth season episode.

Plot
Sir Handel has returned from the quarries, but while he is pulling a train of apples up a hill he discovers he has become very bumpy. Sir Handel gets Peter Sam to help him, but when he arrives on time he is told to take some sheep. This time Duncan helps him up the hills, but at the Transfer Yards Sir Handel is told he is to take the Thin Controller and his wife on a picnic on Culdee Fell. Sir Handel starts bumping on the way up and the Thin Controller finds out everything. Luckily for Sir Handel, the Thin Controller gets some fitters to fix Sir Handel's bumps and the problem desists.

Featured Characters

 * Thomas
 * Sir Handel
 * Peter Sam
 * Mr. Percival
 * Mrs. Percival
 * Duncan (does not speak)
 * Mighty Mac (do not speak)

Goofs

 * Sir Handel is said to be one of Sodor's oldest engines, but in fact several other characters are older than him, like Skarloey, Rheneas, Duke and Edward.
 * When Peter Sam buffers up behind Sir Handel's train, his buffers aren't level with those of the truck.
 * Mighty Mac mysteriously swaps position while taking Sir Handel to the Transfer Yards.
 * When Sir Handel's wheels are spinning one is derailed.
 * When the narrator says the title, Sir Handel takes the same route and trucks when he delivers the apples before Peter Sam's help up the hill.
 * The narrator said that the children in his passenger cars cheered, but Sir Handel had one coach only.
 * The narrator says "shutter" instead of "shudder".

US DVD Releases
This episode was released on the "Carnival Capers" DVD.