Steam Team to the Rescue

Steam Team to the Rescue! is a double-length episode that makes up the eleventh and twelfth episodes of the twenty-third series.

Plot
The steam engines must work overtime to unload cargo from the docks when a series of accidents puts all of the diesel engines out of action.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Emily
 * Belle
 * Caitlin
 * Porter
 * Nia
 * Rebecca
 * Diesel
 * Salty
 * Den
 * Dart
 * Sidney
 * Paxton
 * Norman
 * Flynn
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Harold
 * Captain
 * Cranky
 * Big Mickey
 * Carly
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Toby
 * Rosie
 * Stanley
 * 'Arry and Bert
 * Philip
 * Winston
 * Luke
 * Butch
 * Owen
 * Merrick
 * Willie
 * Ferdinand

Locations

 * Brendam Docks
 * Sodor Shipping Company
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * The Railway Works
 * Vicarstown Dieselworks
 * Vicarstown Diesel Sheds
 * Diesel 10's Shed
 * Knapford
 * Knapford Station Yard
 * Knapford Yards
 * Crosby Tunnel
 * Blue Mountain Quarry
 * Wellsworth
 * Gordon's Hill
 * Farmer Trotter's Pig Farm
 * Vicarstown
 * Sir Topham Hatt's Office
 * Sodor Search and Rescue Centre
 * Black Loch
 * Maithwaite
 * The Washdown

UK

 * John Hasler as Thomas
 * Keith Wickham as Edward, Henry, Gordon, Salty, Den, Norman, Harold, Captain and Sir Topham Hatt
 * Rob Rackstraw as James, Flynn and Big Mickey
 * Nigel Pilkington as Percy
 * Teresa Gallagher as Emily, Belle, Annie and Clarabel
 * Yvonne Grundy as Nia
 * Rachael Miller as Rebecca
 * Kerry Shale as Diesel
 * Steven Kynman as Porter, Dart and Paxton
 * Bob Golding as Sidney
 * Matt Wilkinson as Cranky
 * Lucy Montgomery as Carly

US

 * Joseph May as Thomas
 * William Hope as Edward
 * Kerry Shale as Henry, Gordon, Diesel and Harold
 * Rob Rackstraw as James, Flynn and Big Mickey
 * Christopher Ragland as Percy
 * Jules de Jongh as Emily
 * Teresa Gallagher as Belle, Annie and Clarabel
 * Yvonne Grundy as Nia
 * Rachael Miller as Rebecca
 * David Menkin as Porter
 * Keith Wickham as Salty, Den, Norman, Captain and Sir Topham Hatt
 * Steven Kynman as Dart and Paxton
 * Bob Golding as Sidney
 * Glenn Wrage as Cranky
 * Lucy Montgomery as Carly

Songs

 * Don't Stop
 * Don't Stop (Reprise)

Trivia

 * A reference to The Great Race is made when Gordon tells Thomas to coming him "The Shooting Star" in his sleep.
 * This is the first special directed by Joey So.
 * This episode marks 'Arry & Bert's first appearances since The Big Freeze, and Flynn's first since Daisy's Perfect Christmas. Big Mickey also speaks for the first time since Big World! Big Adventures!
 * This episode marks Edward's only physical appearance (not counting his appearance in Thomas' thought bubble in The Other Big Engine) and speaking role in the twenty-third series.
 * A reference to The Advenure Begins is made when Gordon leaves his coaches behind.
 * The plot is similar to The Big Freeze, in which engines of one type need engines of another type to help them out.
 * With the exception on Toby and Stanley, the Steam Team has both it's current and former members.