Factual error: When Bertie finds Thomas derailed, Bertie is on the wrong side of the road. The UK drives on the left. Also, Thomas runs under North American directional rules at the beginning and end of the episode.
AAL117
27th Jun 2017
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1984)
3rd May 2017
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1984)
Factual error: In the "Steamie or Diesel" game on the "All Aboard with the Steam Team" DVD, Spencer is incorrectly called a diesel even though he is a steamie. Whenever you get the wrong button, Spencer says he actually has a horn instead of a whistle and even says he is a diesel engine.
19th Apr 2017
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1984)
Factual error: When Spencer brakes after he hears Percy whistle, his bogey wheels spark, but they do not have brakes.
30th Mar 2017
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1984)
Factual error: Black smoke comes out of Henry's cylinders, when it should only be coming out of his funnel.
16th Feb 2017
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1984)
Factual error: At the beginning of the episode, the narrator says that Connor and Caitlin are faster than Spencer, but Spencer, an LNER A4, holds the world speed record for steam locomotives.
23rd Jan 2017
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1984)
Factual error: A "wonky" whistle doesn't sound like a slide whistle, it should sound like a weakened version of the correct whistle mixed with the hissing sound of steam. A "wonky" whistle would also leak steam constantly instead of being blown like a normal whistle.
8th Sep 2016
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1984)
Flour Power - S9-E26
Factual error: The narrator says "Suddenly, Thomas felt something touch his tender," but Thomas is a tank engine. "Bunker" is the correct term.
7th Aug 2016
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1984)
Factual error: In the U.K. narration, when Flynn sees Gordon, the narrator says "Flynn steamed in to a stop." but Flynn isn't steam powered. This mistake is fixed in the U.S. narration.
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