Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry

"That would be vintage Sentinel Lorry."

- Elizabeth correcting Thomas

"Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry" is a sixth season episode. It aired in August 12, 2002.

Plot
Thomas is pulling a special when his siderods fall off. Luckily, Thomas' crew discover a vintage Sentinel quarry truck named Elizabeth sheeted in a nearby shed, and drive her to the works to get new side-rods for Thomas. When the Fat Controller hears about Elizabeth, whom he reveals was his quarry truck before he became Controller, he has Jem Cole restore her to her original beauty.

Featured characters

 * Thomas
 * Elizabeth
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Edward (cameo)
 * James (cameo)
 * Duck  (cameo)
 * either Donald or Douglas (cameo)
 * Trevor (cameo)

Goofs

 * The narrator says that Thomas "broke one of his coupling rods", but Thomas actually breaks his siderods.
 * In some close-ups of Elizabeth her eye mechanism is visible inside her cab.
 * The right-hand pillar (viewer perspective) of the bridge Elizabeth goes under wobbles a bit.
 * When Elizabeth says "Have you learned to drive properly yet?" the steam Thomas blows disappears and reappears due to a film cut.
 * At the end of the British narration the Fat Controller uses the American term "railroad".
 * Michael Angelis repeatingly kept saying "coupling rods" instead of siderods throughout the episode
 * How was Elizabeth able to drive to Brendam Docks? Thomas' driver drove her, but she was left nearby the old shed and that didn't make sense.

Trivia

 * It seems that Elizabeth was once driven by the Fat Controller and drove poorly.

Quotes
Elizabeth: Oh, it's you. Have you learned to drive yet?

Episode
thumb|450px|left