Trust Thomas

"He's sick." "Yes he is - I mean, I am!"

- Gordon and James

Trust Thomas is the thirteenth episode of the third season.

Plot
Thomas finds that Bertie has lost his trust in the railway's service after it failed to deliver tar to mend the roads and resolves to get to the source of the problem. Meanwhile, James is complaining about having to shunt when Gordon advises him to pretend to be sick. When Thomas arrives James tells him he is ill, and Thomas offers to take his trucks. The trucks, who were cross at James for bumping them, decide to get revenge on Thomas. On the way back from the quarry they push Thomas over some points and onto a jetty, which floats across the pond. Duck rescues the trucks and Edward helps Thomas home. When Thomas tells Edward about the tar, he recalls several wagons were left at Wellsworth, and collects them. James and Gordon apologise for their trick, and Bertie arrives to tell Thomas that his road is about to be mended.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Edward
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Bertie
 * Duck (does not speak)
 * Percy (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)

Trivia

 * This is the only episode in the entire series written by only Britt Allcroft.
 * In the restored version, James goes past the camera completely while bumping the trucks.

Goofs

 * The causeway Thomas puffs across is the one on Toby's old tramway.
 * Although James says that he has to do Percy's work while Percy's at the harbour, Percy can be seen in the background in one of the shots of the yard.
 * While Thomas is puffing to the quarry, his trucks have faces. When he's crossing the bridge, they do not.
 * While Thomas passes the camera with the trucks on the way to the quarry, the last truck's face is falling off.
 * Thomas passes the points before the narrator has time to say so.
 * Look at the toad on Thomas's front at the end. Adhesive is underneath its feet.
 * In one of the shots of Thomas passing the camera with the empty trucks, one of the truck's faces is off-center.