Saving Time

"Samson here, sir, at your service! Brought more stone from the quarry, sir, as requested."

- Samson

Saving Time is the sixth episode of the twentieth season.

Plot
Samson boasts to the other trains that he has been given a very special job taking stones from the quarry to the docks. But when he learns that Thomas has been assigned the same task, Samson tries to find another way to show everyone that he’s very important. He decides to take more trucks than he should, insisting that it will save time. But with so many heavy trucks, Samson can’t get over Gordon’s Hill! It takes him even longer to deliver the stones, and when he asks Thomas to help him, he ends up making Thomas late too. Sir Topham Hatt is unhappy with the delay, but Samson takes responsibility, assuring him that he has learned his lesson and won’t make the same mistake again.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Stanley
 * Samson
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Diesel
 * Paxton
 * Sir Handel
 * Peter Sam
 * Skarloey (cameo)
 * Rheneas (cameo)
 * Duncan (cameo)
 * Luke (cameo)
 * Gordon (mentioned)

Locations

 * Blue Mountain Quarry
 * Brendam Docks
 * Gordon's Hill
 * Vicarstown Bridge

Trivia

 * This episode marks Sir Handel's first speaking role since the seventeenth season episode Luke's New Friend.
 * This is the first time Duncan is seen working at the Blue Mountain Quarry.
 * Diesel's laugh is reused from The Great Race.

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