Time for Trouble

"Time for Trouble" is a third season episode. It first aired on September the 20th, 1991.

Plot
Gordon is exhausted and James is given his work while he has a rest. James becomes more boastful than ever and brags about his importance to Toby, who is in need of repairs. Toby puffs away to the Works, but when he takes on water at Maron he's told to clear the path for James. Toby struggles to Cronk to stock up, but runs out of water. Toby's driver hitches a ride in Henrietta back to Maron, and tells a furious James of the problem. James huffily pushes Toby to the Works, where several children joke that Toby was needed to help James with the Express, prompting the red engine to disappear in a cloud of steam.

Featured characters

 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Henrietta (does not speak)
 * Thomas (cameo)
 * Edward (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)

Goofs

 * No explaination is given as to how Percy had the time to reach Vicarstown and approach Toby from the other direction in the time it took Toby to get to the point between Maron and Cronk.
 * Toby starts to move before James does, even though he has no steam.
 * James takes Toby to Knapford, not the Works.
 * Percy's whistle is now one tone lower. Throughout the season his whistle sound changes several times.

Episode
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