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- “Emily the late engine! Emily the late engine!”
- ― The Troublesome Trucks teasing Emily
Emily's New Route is the tenth episode of the eighth series.
Plot
One summer's morning, the Fat Controller comes to see Emily, stating that he is opening new routes for the summer. He tasks Emily with the job of transporting flour from the mill, which makes her very happy.
Later that day, Emily meets James at the water tower and tells him of her new job. James says Emily is lucky, as he has been given the job of carrying passengers along the Black Loch branch. He explains that there are frequent landslides and a monster rumoured to be living in the loch, known as the "Black Loch Monster". He nervously adds that nobody knows what the monster is, only that black figures move in the water and disappear. James sets off for work, leaving Emily nervous about the route, but pleased she does not have to run it.
Emily arrives at the flour mill to collect the flour trucks to take to Knapford, but the Troublesome Trucks are up to mischief. Emily attempts to pull them as hard as she can, but the trucks hold her back, making her very late delivering the flour and there being no fresh bread for the day. The Fat Controller is cross, as this means that he will not have any toast or crumpets for breakfast, and warns Emily if she is late again, she and James will transfer duties. This leaves Emily nervous about the boulders and the Black Loch Monster, and she tells herself that she must be on time with the flour the next day.
The next morning, the Troublesome Trucks try to trick her again, and they are not coupled up properly. Emily hurries to the station, but she inadvertently takes half of the flour trucks. When the stationmaster tells her this, she rushes back to the mill as fast as she can to retrieve the remainder. After she returns, the trucks tease her, calling her a "late engine". Furious, Emily finally snaps and biffs the trucks very hard that they derail and one splashes into a nearby swampy duck pond, causing flour to explode out of another one and Emily gets covered in it.
That evening, Thomas and Emily are at Knapford Station with the Fat Controller, who is very cross with Emily for causing confusion. In turn, he transfers her to Black Loch as punishment, leaving her very unhappy. Thomas kindly says that Black Loch may be a nice route, but with what Emily has heard, she does not think so.
The next morning, Emily sadly arrives at Maithwaite Station, where her passengers are waiting. Emily realises they are looking forward to their holiday, so she decides to be brave and do her job. But as she reaches the Black Loch halt, she looks down at the water and remembers the monster. At that moment, a landslide comes down in front of her, leaving her stuck. Then, Emily notices something black moving through the water towards her, and she realises it is the Black Loch Monster. Emily is now frightened and shakes with fear, declaring she never wants to see Black Loch again, but then she thinks of the children in her coaches, and she realises she must get them to their holiday whatever it takes. At that moment, the water settles down, and she can see what the "monster" really is: a friendly family of seals. She and the children are delighted, and soon the line is cleared and Emily is able to get the children to their holiday on time. And it turned out James was teasing Emily about the "monster".
That evening, Thomas and Emily are both at the Loch, watching the seals. Emily tells Thomas that he was right, in that Black Loch is a nice route after all.
Characters
- Thomas
- James
- Emily
- Troublesome Trucks
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Henry (cameo)
- Annie and Clarabel (cameos)
- Trevor (cameo)
- George (cameo)
- Bridget Hatt (cameo)
- Jem Cole (cameo)
- The Storyteller (cameo)
- Gordon (deleted scene)
- Percy (deleted scene)
- Salty (deleted scene)
Locations
- Tidmouth Sheds
- Knapford Yards
- The Flour Mill
- Knapford
- Maithwaite
- Black Loch
- Callan Castle
- Brendam Docks (deleted scene)
Trivia
- Going by production order, this is the seventeenth episode of the eighth series.
- In the CGI Series, a poster from this episode can be seen at Maithwaite Station and in The Fat Controller's office at Knapford in the twentieth series episode, Buckled Tracks and Bumpy Trucks and the twenty-second series episode, Trusty Trunky.
- In the book, it shows that Salty was meant to be in the episode, as he is trying to cheer up Emily with his stories. But this scene was cut due to time constraints.
- In the Track Stars/Tales from the Tracks and The Complete Series 8 DVDs, the music at the beginning is played a few seconds later and in the PBS Kids and Nick Jr. airings, the music is played earlier.
- This is the last episode to have Yūki Satō as part of the Japanese voice cast.
- This is the first episode where Emily derails and/or gets into an accident, and first which occurs with muddy water; the second occurring in the twelfth series episode, Excellent Emily.
- When Emily arrives at Black Loch, Jem Cole's Pack scale figure is used in the foreground.
Goofs
- George disappears when James and Emily leave the water tower.
- When Emily arrives at the mill for the first time, her steam platform is visible.
- In an extended scene of the close-up of Emily's wheels, she was only pulling three trucks instead of six as shown in the Come Ride the Rails DVD game, Seeing the Seals.
- In a close-up shot of the front truck, Emily's tender is not in the scene to make more space for the camera.
- When Emily leaves after being scolded and when she leaves to collect the second load of flour, her first truck's face is gone.
- The last truck that Emily accidentally leaves behind at the mill has turned around.
- When Emily leaves the flour mill with only half the trucks, her third truck is missing a face.
- When Emily brakes, her wheels still move.
- When the trucks splash into the duck pond, the flour bag in the first truck has already been burst open.
- When Emily leaves Maithwhite, her brake coach is facing the wrong way.
Quotes
- Emily: The Fat Controller has given me the Flour Mill special.
- James: You're lucky. I have to do the Black Loch run.
- Emily: Why don't you like going to Black Loch?
- James: There are boulders all over the track. They bash your buffers and scratch your paint. And there's the Black Loch monster.
- Emily: What's the Black Loch monster?
- James: Nobody knows. Black figures move in the water, then they disappear.
Merchandise
- Books - Emily's New Route
- Magazine stories - Emily's New Route
- My Thomas Story Library - Emily (discontinued)
- Engine Adventures - Emily
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| #01 Thomas and the Tuba | #10 Emily's New Route | #19 Fish |
| #02 Percy's New Whistle | #11 Thomas and the Firework Display | #20 Emily's Adventure |
| #03 Thomas to the Rescue | #12 Gordon Takes Charge | #21 Halloween |
| #04 Henry and the Wishing Tree | #13 Spic and Span | #22 You Can Do It, Toby! |
| #05 James Gets a New Coat | #14 Edward the Great | #23 James Goes Too Far |
| #06 Thomas Saves the Day | #15 Squeak, Rattle and Roll | #24 Chickens to School |
| #07 Percy's Big Mistake | #16 Thomas and the Circus | #25 Too Hot for Thomas |
| #08 Thomas, Emily and the Snowplough | #17 Thomas Gets It Right | #26 Percy and the Magic Carpet |
| #09 Don't Tell Thomas | #18 As Good as Gordon | |