It's Good to be Gordon

It's Good to be Gordon is a tenth season episode.

Plot
The Fat Controller tells Gordon that if he is on time with the Express and back he will have set a new record. Gordon is happy, but when he takes on Henry's special coal by mistake he leaves with it thinking it would help him with his record. Henry has to use regular coal, and his firebox doesn't cope. Gordon soon finds out from Thomas and after seeing Henry looking sick he feels so guilty he stops meters outside Knapford and goes back to tell Henry about what he did. Henry forgives him and, and the two big engines swap tenders under Gordon's suggestion. Gordon is late, but cheers up when Thomas reminds him that he's still the current record-holder.

Featured characters

 * Thomas
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Edward (cameo)
 * James (cameo)
 * Percy (cameo)
 * Emily (cameo)

Locations

 * Knapford
 * The Coaling Plant
 * Maithwaite
 * Tidmouth Sheds

Goofs

 * It is said that Henry needs special coal but that problem was overcome in The Flying Kipper.
 * Gordon and Henry would have required some assistance to swap their tenders. Swapping tenders require disconnecting the water pipes and vacuum brake pipes between the cab and the tender. Then, another engine would swap the tenders over. Somehow, Gordon and Henry swap their tenders without assistance from another engine.
 * The narrator says that Gordon has a separate tender for his coal. Tenders carry coal and water.
 * Gordon pushes the Express backwards from Knapford, which is very dangerous. Gordon should've had another engine to pull backwards from the rear of the Express.
 * Why was the special coal and regular coal in the same shoot?
 * How did the coal hopper run out of special coal so fast?