Emily's New Route

"Emily the late engine! Emily the late engine!"

- The trucks

Emily's New Route is the tenth episode of the eighth season.

Plot
Emily is given the job of transporting flour during the summer, but James is unhappy that he has been given the job of carrying passengers along the Black Loch branch, because of the frequent landslides and monster rumoured to be living in the loch. After Emily's trucks muck around and make her late Emily is transferred to the Black Loch route, but perseveres and discovers that the "monster" is really a family of seals.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * James
 * Emily
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Henry (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
 * Trevor (cameo)
 * George (cameo)
 * Bridget Hatt (cameo)
 * Gordon (deleted scene)
 * Percy (deleted scene)
 * Salty (deleted scene)

Locations

 * Black Loch
 * The Scottish Castle
 * Knapford
 * Sodor Flour Mill
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Maithwaite
 * Brendam (deleted scene)

Trivia

 * This is the third time we see an engine shudder; The first time was in Daisy, and the second time being Thomas and the Magic Railroad.

Goofs

 * Emily is supposed to get water when James tells her about Black Loch, but she never does.
 * When Emily leaves after being scolded and when she leaves to collect the second load of flour, her first truck is missing its face.
 * When Emily is pulling six trucks, the last truck has a face at both ends.
 * When Emily brakes, her wheels still move.
 * A brakevan should have been added to the flour train.
 * When Emily crashes into the pond, the flour trucks "explode".