Bulgy Rides Again

"Silly hens, silly passengers. You can have them both."

- Bulgy

Bulgy Rides Again is the nineteenth episode of the seventh season.

Plot
Thomas and Emily are being repaired and there is no one to run the branchline during the summer holidays, so, as a last resort, the Fat Controller gives Bulgy a second chance and has him restored. However, his previous residents, the chickens, miss their henhouse. They roost in his luggage racks overnight and when Bulgy has to swerve suddenly the next day the chickens panic, frightening the passengers. Bulgy is disappointed, but when Emily tells him a farmer needs something to sell his vegetables in, Bulgy has an idea...

Characters

 * Thomas
 * James
 * Emily
 * Bulgy
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Trevor (does not speak)
 * Henry (cameo)
 * Gordon (cameo)
 * Percy (cameo)
 * Oliver (cameo)
 * Arthur (cameo)
 * Peter Sam (cameo)
 * Annie and Clarabel (cameo)
 * Jem Cole (cameo)
 * Cyril the fogman (cameo)
 * Mrs. Kyndley (cameo)
 * The Storyteller (cameo)

Locations

 * Bulgy's Bridge
 * Knapford Sheds
 * Henry's Tunnel
 * Maron
 * Lakeside

Trivia

 * Stock footage from Bulgy, Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady, and Percy's Chocolate Crunch is used.
 * The US version has the original music instead of the new music.

Goofs

 * Oliver has Percy's whistle sound.
 * Because stock footage is used, Peter Sam has his old funnel again.
 * Bulgy still has his "Free the roads" signboards after being restored.
 * After Bulgy's restoration, his driver takes him back to his field. Logically, his driver should have taken him to the bus depot.
 * Thomas is seen taking some trucks down the line at one point, but he was supposed to be at the foundry being repaired.
 * Bulgy overtakes Trevor then swerves to avoid the mail van. In the next shot Trevor and the mail van are nowhere to be seen, and Bulgy appears to have backed up quite a bit.
 * When Bulgy says "A vegetable bus? That's not such a bad idea", a crew member's movements are reflected in his front driverside window.
 * It's odd that no one saw the hens when they boarded Bulgy.
 * When Trevor overtakes Bulgy after the hens wake up, Trevor's noise suddenly disappears when the passengers get a close-up; then, in the very next shot when Bulgy claims "It's not my fault...", Trevor is audible again.
 * When Bulgy's driver says, "We'll start in the morning", he has a moustache, but when he says, "You'll stay here tonight", he doesn't.
 * The storyteller's hat is severely damaged.
 * The mail van doesn't appear to have a driver.