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! Pah! It was the stupid truck's fault anyway, not mine!"

- Percy teasing James about the fire

"Thomas, Percy and Old Slowcoach" is a fifth season episode. It first aired on October the 13th, 1998.

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. Later, Thomas and Percy see fire coming from near the sheds. They race over to find that the workmen's hut has caught fire too 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.

Featured characters

 * Thomas
 * James
 * Percy
 * Old Slow Coach
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Toad (Scrap cameo)
 * City of Truro (Scrap cameo)

Goofs

 * The new station at Tidmouth Halt 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 is missing his eyebrows.

Episode
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