Thomas and the Rubbish Train

"Phewey! You're the stinkiest steamie I've ever smelled!" "I may be stinky, but I'm being really useful! Bye, Diesel!" "Huh! Useful!"

- Diesel trying to tease Thomas

Thomas and the Rubbish Train is the seventh episode of the sixteenth season.

Plot
It is Thomas' turn to work with his good friend Whiff. He has to be Whiff's back engine and push a very heavy rubbish train, but Thomas is happy to help. But when he also agrees to take the Duchess of Boxford to tea later that day, Diesel teases him that he will be far too smelly after working with Whiff to take the Duchess. Thomas is worried as puffs along with Whiff, but then he has an idea.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Gordon
 * Emily
 * Whiff
 * Diesel
 * Rocky
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * The Duchess of Boxford
 * Stanley (does not speak)
 * Scruff (does not speak)
 * Lady Hatt (does not speak)
 * Henry (cameo)
 * James (cameo)
 * Hiro (cameo)
 * Cranky (cameo)
 * The Two Bakers (cameo)
 * Spencer (mentioned)
 * The Duke of Boxford (mentioned)

Locations

 * Sodor Dairy
 * Whiff's Waste Dump
 * Brendam Docks
 * Shunting Yards
 * Maron
 * The Lighthouse
 * Sodor Bakery
 * Wellsworth
 * Bluff's Cove

Goofs

 * Brakevans should have been added to Henry and Whiff and Thomas' trains.
 * Why did the Duchess need Spencer to take her to see Lady Hatt?
 * Not only would the points have had to change much too quickly, but they were not even set so that Thomas could leave or rejoin Whiff.
 * Branch lines are not meant to rejoin the main line later on.
 * How did the Duchess even know that Thomas was at Knapford if she was facing the other way?
 * The Duchess should not have travelled in Whiff's cab.