Salty's Secret

"Yo, ho, ho, and a bucket of prawns! The tiller spins..." "And the captain yawns!"

- Salty and the trucks

Salty's Secret is the first episode of the sixth season.

Plot
Salty is a Diesel who enjoys working near the sea, so he is naturally disappointed when he is sent to work at the quarry. Salty manages to win the trucks over with his tales and songs of the sea, but he still pines for the sea. Luckily for him, there is no further need for him at the quarry and he is transferred to Brendam Docks.

Characters

 * Bill and Ben
 * Mavis
 * Salty
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Thomas (cameo)
 * Edward (cameo)
 * Henry (cameo)
 * Gordon (cameo)
 * James (cameo)
 * Percy (cameo)

Locations

 * The Docks
 * Centre Island Quarry

Trivia

 * This is the first episode not to have Britt Allcroft involved in production.
 * The Italian title of this episode is "The Secret of Salty". In Japan, this episode is called "Secret of Salty".

Goofs

 * When Mavis first meets Salty, her happy face is missing its eyebrows.
 * Salty's voice is incorrectly used for the lines "Here we go, here we go, here we go" and "No we don't, no we don't..." in the British version.
 * Salty is rolling off the end of the set as he sings "The tiller spins..."
 * When Salty feels sad, Mavis comes out of the shed to talk to him without a driver.
 * Salty should know that sea breezes only occur during the day.
 * Brakevans should have been added to Mavis and Thomas' trains.

Quotes

 * Bill: Driver says he'll bore the bolts off us with his stories.