Thomas Puts the Brakes On

Thomas Puts the Brakes On is the seventeenth episode of the twelfth season.

Plot
Thomas is to take bricks to the Sodor River Bridge. When Stanley hears that Thomas' brakes are malfunctioning he offers to help, but Thomas turns his offer down. Thomas soon regrets his decision when his brakes cause him to lose his train and derail at the bridge. With the help of Stanley, Murdoch and Rocky, Thomas reclaims the lost bricks and goes to have his brakes repaired.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Gordon
 * Emily
 * Stanley
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Murdoch (does not speak)
 * Rocky (does not speak)

Locations

 * Sodor River Bridge
 * Gordon's Hill
 * Shunting Yards

Trivia

 * Stock footage from Dream On and Don't be Silly, Billy is used.
 * When the bricks fall off the flatbed, they are being projected off.
 * In Germany, this episode is called "Squealing Brakes".

Goofs

 * Surely, the guard could have used the brakes in the brakevan to prevent Thomas from going too fast down the hill and derailing at the bridge.
 * The chain between Thomas and the flatbed gets longer when Thomas derails at the bridge.
 * When Stanley goes to collect the bricks on the hill, the railway loses a track.
 * The brakevan at the end of Thomas' train disappears when Stanley shunts Thomas back to the yard.
 * The bridge is on the main line, so it should not have been closed.
 * The bricks should have been transported in an open-topped truck, not a flatbed, and should have been tied down.
 * Stanley was taking workmen to the bridge when Thomas pulled up beside him. But later Stanley is at the bridge, before Thomas.
 * In a picture of where they found the blocks from the hill, red and brown wires are visible.
 * In real life, Thomas should have fallen into the river when he was bumped by the flatbed.
 * How could they finish the bridge without the stones that fell into the river?
 * It would have taken more bricks than what Thomas had to finish the rest of the bridge.