Tender Engines

"Pah! What's this? Educating Gordon Day?"

- Gordon

"Tender Engines" is a third season episode.

Plot
Gordon is impressed when he sees a visitor with two tenders, but becomes depressed when Diesel gloats the diesels' victory over steam on the mainland. He perks up when he is told that he will never be scrapped on Sodor and that the visitor had two tenders due to the lack of coal and water on the mainland, but Henry is cross and grumbles he deserves two tenders for his work. Duck, planning a trick, coerces Henry into pulling some spare tenders. Henry is delighted, but is less than thrilled when he finds they are all filled with boiler sludge.

Featured characters

 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Duck
 * Donald
 * Diesel
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Thomas (cameo)
 * Edward (cameo)
 * Percy (cameo)
 * Douglas (cameo)
 * Flying Scotsman (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)

Trivia

 * One of Henry's tenders has LMS on the side, a possibly reference to his model, the LMS Black 5 Class. Some of the other tenders have "NE" on the sides, indicating that they are North Eastern Railway tenders.

Goofs

 * When James leaves the coal loader his eyes are wonky.
 * When Henry bangs the trucks one bounces upward. Another appears to be a first season-style truck.
 * Before Henry comes out with the tenders, look at James; his first wheel is crooked.
 * Henry passes Thomas twice while pulling the tenders.
 * A camera tripod is seen when Gordon says "Don't be vulgar!"