Continuity mistake: Thomas was pushing 4 trucks and a brake van, but when the trucks are laughing at Thomas, there are 2 trucks and a brake van. A truck also gains a face.
Continuity mistake: The fisherman appears out of nowhere when he tells Thomas to enjoy the smell of the fish.
Continuity mistake: When Arthur is waiting for the fat controller to pick him to run the new line, in a wide shot of the sheds, Henry is very close to him, but in a close up of Aurthur, Henry has vanished and Gordon appears one line beside him.
Visible crew/equipment: When Arthur arrives at a station, a shadow of studio equipment is visible on the left.
Continuity mistake: When Murdoch returns to the shed in the last scene, Emily is there too, but in the last two shots, she disappears.
Audio problem: Douglas has Donald's whistle sound when he passes Murdoch.
Fergus Breaks the Rules - S7-E18
Revealing mistake: A wire is under Fergus when he arrives at the smelter's.
Fergus Breaks the Rules - S7-E18
Continuity mistake: When Fergus runs away, his taillamp is on his right side. When he hides in the siding, his lamp is on the left side.
Continuity mistake: When Bulgy is driving on the road next to the rails, Thomas can be seen pulling a train instead of being repaired at the foundry.
Continuity mistake: The mail van moves without a driver.
Audio problem: When Oliver arrives at the station, he has Percy's whistle sound.
Visible crew/equipment: A crew member is visible on the left side of the screen when Skarloey notices the hot air balloon is about to crash.
Revealing mistake: When Murdoch asks Gordon "What decorations will you have, Gordon?" his left eyebrow (viewer's right perspective) is scratched.
Visible crew/equipment: When James enters the station, a camera shadow is visible.
Continuity mistake: When Gordon hits the apples, he just bangs into them, no damage, but in the next shot, the apples are visible and smashed and the cart is crushed and on its side.
Plot hole: Bulgy is seen in his season 3 paint job, but in Bulgy Rides Again he's a veggie bus.
Visible crew/equipment: When Murdoch puffs by a field, a stage light is reflected off the coach's windows.
Deliberate mistake: When Thomas goes by the level crossing, a close up of Thomas is shown but it's the same footage from season 1, only flipped. Because of this, Thomas' number is mirrored.
Visible crew/equipment: When the banner hits Gordon, in the next shot, a scaffold is very visible in the trees on the right. (Visible in Wide screen version only).
Character mistake: The narrator says that Rusty chuffed bravely across the bridge, but Rusty is a Diesel and thus cannot chuff.
Answer: Butch the breakdown truck must have pulled Gordon's tender all the way up the rails so the breakdown train can reach it and also Butch helped to get Gordon close to the winch.