Number One Engine is the first episode of the twenty-second season.
Plot
While Thomas is working on the Chinese Railway during his visit, pulling passenger trains with An An and Yin-Long. He and Hong-Mei are racing in a bid to become the No. 1 Engine. But like any race Thomas has, this leads him into trouble!
Characters
Locations
Cast
UK and AUS
- John Hasler as Thomas
- Teresa Gallagher as Annie and Clarabel
- Keith Wickham as Sir Topham Hatt
- Dan Li as Yong Bao
- Chipo Chung as Hong-Mei
- Siu-see Hung as An An
- Windson Liong as Yin-Long
US and CAN
- Joseph May as Thomas
- Teresa Gallagher as Annie and Clarabel
- Keith Wickham as Sir Topham Hatt
- Dan Li as Yong Bao
- Chipo Chung as Hong-Mei
- Siu-see Hung as An An
- Windson Liong as Yin-Long
Trivia
- This is the first episode of several things:
- The first episode since the seventeenth season to not be narrated by Mark Moraghan.
- The first episode to feature Thomas as the narrator.
- The first episode that uses the new intro and outro titles.
- The first episode that does not take place on Sodor.
- Yong Bao's first appearance in an episode.
- The first episode since the seventh season episode Three Cheers for Thomas to not use the Engine Roll Call song at the end.
- At the end of the episode, Thomas mentions the events of Reds vs. Blues. Stock footage from said episode is also used.
- The song The Journey Never Ends is featured at the end of the episode.