Thomas Puts the Brakes On

"Thomas Puts the Brakes On" is a twelfth season episode narrated by Michael Angelis in the UK and by Michael Brandon in the US. It first aired on September the 23rd, 2008.

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.

Featured characters

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

Trivia

 * Stock footage from "Dream On" and "Don't be Silly, Billy" is used.
 * When the bricks fall off the flatbed it appears that they are being projected off.
 * Going by production order, this is the ninth episode of the twelfth season.

Goofs

 * 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 shouldn't have been closed.
 * The bricks should have been transported in an open-topped truck, not a flatbed, and should have been tied down.
 * It would have taken more than just the rest of the day to fix Thomas' brakes. To do so, Thomas' wheels would have needed to be removed from the frames so the brake blocks could be replaced.
 * Thomas has no eyes when Stanley shunts him into the yard.
 * The bricks that fell into the water were not rescued.