Escape

"Trevor and I are old friends, and you and he have a lot in common too." "Aye, and what'd that be?" "Scrap."

- Edward and Douglas

Escape is the twenty-first episode of the third season. In the US, it aired on the Shining Time Station episode, "Mr. Conductor's Fourth of July".

Plot
Douglas tells Edward off for wasting time by talking to Trevor, but Edward shuts him up by telling him they have something in common - they have both escaped from scrap. Douglas is later taking a goods train to the Other Railway when a stranded red steam engine named Oliver begs him to take him to the North Western Railway. Douglas is glad to help, and they manage to get to the works despite being stopped by an Other Railway foreman. The Fat Controller soon finds out, and arranges for Oliver and his brakevan, Toad, to be repainted and work on Duck's Branch Line.

Characters

 * Edward
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Duck
 * Douglas
 * Oliver
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Trevor (does not speak)
 * Toad (does not speak)
 * Thomas (cameo)
 * Henry (cameo)
 * Percy (cameo)
 * Diesel (cameo)
 * BoCo (cameo)
 * Mavis (cameo)
 * Jem Cole (cameo)
 * The Vicar of Wellsworth (mentioned)

Locations

 * Tidmouth
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Ffarquhar Sheds
 * Barrow-in-Furness
 * The Works
 * The Coaling Plant
 * Shunting Yards
 * The Scrapyards (mentioned)

Trivia

 * This episode is based on the stories Escape and Little Western from The Railway Series book, Enterprising Engines.
 * In the restored version, an extended scene of Duck passing Oliver and Toad while pulling his coaches is shown.
 * The works set is really the Ffarquhar Sheds set redressed.
 * The line "Thank goodness!" is absent in the US version.
 * In Norway this episode's name is "The Big Escape". The Italian title is "Oliver".

Goofs

 * In the first close-up of Edward, his whistle is severely damaged.
 * When Edward confronts Douglas, a small hair can be seen above Edward's eye.
 * Oliver says that he and Toad have run out of coal and have no more steam, but Toad is a brakevan.
 * When Oliver and Toad escape, a tiny bit of the rail is tilted.
 * At the yard, Douglas' driver speaks without a Scottish accent in the US version.
 * In the US version, the term "guard" is accidentally used when the foremen dismisses Douglas after believing that they are taking Oliver away.
 * Thomas and Edward have the same whistle sound.
 * When Douglas returns to Tidmouth Sheds, he should have been sleepy after being up all night.
 * When Douglas reverses into the sheds at the end, Henry's eyes are wonky.
 * Toad is not Oliver's brakevan in the ending scene.
 * Brakevans should have been added to Edward and Percy's trains.
 * When Douglas arrives on the Other Railway, Mavis is derailed.
 * On the Other Railway, the Diesels keep changing place.
 * When Sir Topham Hatt arrives, two thin wires can be seen behind the sheds.