Home at Last

"Tunnels are not dance floors and you are not a pop star! If it happens again, I shall find way of cutting you down to size. In other words, your career is on the line. Need I say more?"

- The Fat Controller

Home at Last is the ninth episode of the fourth season.

Plot
When Skarloey finally returns home, he is met by a new, little Diesel named Rusty. Rusty explains to Skarloey that he helps to mend the line and do odd jobs. Rusty then brings Skarloey back to the shed to meet a glum Peter Sam, who is sad about his accident with the slate trucks and his cracked funnel. Peter Sam tells Skarloey of a rough, rocking and rolling engine called Duncan who came in his absence, who, as discovered minutes later, has just stuck in a tunnel. Skarloey goes to help, and after leaving some workmen behind to fix the tunnel, he helps Duncan home, where the Fat Controller reprimands Duncan.

Characters

 * Skarloey
 * Peter Sam
 * Rusty
 * Duncan
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Thomas (cameo)
 * Duke (cameo)
 * Farmer Trotter (cameo)

Locations

 * Skarloey Railway Engine Sheds
 * Rheneas
 * Skarloey
 * Crovan's Gate

Trivia

 * This episode is based on the story of the same name from The Railway Series book, The Little Old Engine.
 * Pre-filmed footage from Rock 'n' Roll is used.
 * In the Netherlands, this episode is called "Finally Home".

Goofs

 * When Rusty leaves Skarloey at Crovan's Gate, he leaves a few seconds later without having to uncouple.
 * When Skarloey says "I understand", his face moves.
 * When Skarloey puffs out of Crovan's Gate, his wheels are moving faster than he is and he has Duncan's whistle sound.
 * When Skarloey puffs past with the works train, after passing a train of coaches, he is missing his eyebrows.
 * When Skarloey pushes behind Duncan's train, Skarloey has Sir Handel's whistle sound.

Episode
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