Snow Engine

"Just an observation, Mr. Oliver: snow is magical." "Pah!"

- Toad and Oliver

Snow Engine, retitled Oliver the Snow Engine in American releases, is the fourteenth episode of the seventh season.

Plot
Oliver hates the snow and is upset when he has to take a special to a mountain village. On the way there, he sees some children building a huge snowman. Unfortunately, Oliver slips on the icy rails and ends up crashing into the stomach of the children's snowman. It is too late to rescue Oliver so, when the children see Oliver fast asleep the next morning, they think the snowman has grown eyes in its stomach.

Now Oliver appreciates the snow. Toad, on the other hand, has changed his mind.

Characters

 * Oliver
 * Toad
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Stephen Hatt
 * Duck (does not speak)
 * Bridget Hatt (cameo)
 * Jeremiah Jobling (cameo)
 * Nancy (cameo)

Locations

 * Lower Tidmouth
 * Mountain Village
 * Castle Loch

Trivia

 * Stock footage from Thomas and Percy's Christmas Adventure is used.
 * Michael Brandon says the line, "There is!", long before Michael Angelis does.
 * At the end of the episode, Oliver says "Definitely!" in the UK narration. In the US narration, he says "Absolutely!"
 * In Japan this episode is called "Oliver's Snowman".

Goofs

 * Toad was facing in the opposite direction from Oliver, but when Oliver derails he slides up alongside him.
 * The snowman should have melted, as Oliver's boiler would have still been hot.
 * Throughout the episode, Oliver is missing his right (viewer's left) lamp iron.
 * It would have been impossible for the children to build the snowman that high, especially not in one day.
 * Some of the children are wearing shorts in the snow.
 * Toad is smiling when he derails.
 * The narrator said that the village inn had a toasty warm room for Oliver's driver, but the fireman and guard aren't mentioned.

Quotes

 * Toad: Is there a problem, Mr. Oliver?
 * Oliver: Yeahhhhhhhhhh! There is! (crashes into snowman)
 * Toad (sliding alongside Oliver) That could have gone a little smoother...