Thomas, Percy and Old Slow Coach

"You said that the countryside runs got you all fired up, James, but I didn't think you meant it in this way!"

- Percy

Thomas, Percy and Old Slowcoach is the sixteenth episode of the fifth season.

Plot
One day at the scrapyards, Thomas and Percy meet an old coach named Old Slow Coach. The two resolve to find a use for her and leave. Thomas and Percy later see a fire coming from near the sheds. They race over to find that the workmen's hut has caught on fire and that the fire trucks are out of water. Thomas and Percy allow the firemen to use the water from their tanks, but the workmen's hut is gutted. The two suggest that the workmen live in Old Slow Coach while the hut is being mended.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * James
 * Percy
 * Old Slow Coach
 * Sir Topham Hatt

Locations

 * Tidmouth Hault
 * The Scrapyards
 * Sodor Flour Mill
 * The Lighthouse
 * Brendam (mentioned)

Trivia

 * Scrap models of Thomas, Gordon, Donald, Douglas, City of Truro, and Toad can be seen in the background in shots of the scrapyard.
 * The Swedish title of this episode is "Old Snail".

Goofs

 * The new station at Tidmouth Hault now appears to be a shed.
 * It would have been dangerous to uncouple James from several burning oil tankers.
 * If the fire was lit by fuel, then dousing it with water would simply spread it.
 * In one scene, Thomas' scared face mask is missing the eyebrows.
 * In one shot of Old Slow Coach at the scrapyard, Percy and his trucks are missing.
 * It would have taken longer than a day to restore Old Slow Coach.