Continuity mistake: Alicia Botti was annoyed by Toby's appearance. But in "Thomas, Percy, and the Squeak", she thought Percy being dirty was the proper appearance of a steam engine.
Continuity mistake: Gordon's Hill is much taller and steeper than it usually is. Also, when Belle reaches the other side of the hill, the tracks on the viewer's left disappear.
Continuity mistake: UK Only: When Luke is coupled up to Skarloey's train, he has 5 trucks and a white brake van. When the deer jumps in his cab, the brake van disappears. And when Luke is heading towards the Castle, he has a brown brake van.
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the episode, Henry is pulling trucks and Hiro is pulling nothing. In the next shot, Henry is pulling nothing and Hiro is pulling flatbeds.
Continuity mistake: When Thomas goes through Henry's tunnel, the first van in his train has one bogey. When he comes out, the van has two bogeys.
Continuity mistake: When Thomas leaves Knapford, there is a van in front of the brake van. When Thomas approaches Henry's tunnel, that van disappears.
Continuity mistake: In a close up of Thomas when Gordon is pulling him, Thomas is not coupled up to Gordon's train.
Thomas Puts the Brakes On - S12-E17
Continuity mistake: Thomas has a brake van when he arrives at the bridge. When Stanley, Thomas, Murdoch, and Rocky start looking for the bricks, the brake van disappears.
Continuity mistake: The narrator says that Dart had never seen the logging locos before, but he saw them 3 episodes ago.
Santa's Little Engine - S17-E18
Continuity mistake: The sleigh leaves tracks in the snow behind when it slides down the hill. When Thomas races towards the sleigh, the Snow Tracks disappear.
Continuity mistake: When Salty gets blocked by the trucks, his face increases in size.
Continuity mistake: The mail van moves without a driver.
Gordon and the Engineer - S11-E6
Continuity mistake: When Gordon is at the signal box, he drops off his coaches on his track and leaves. When he comes back with the mechanic, the coaches are gone.
Continuity mistake: Henry pushes Percy onto the coal tipper twice.
Continuity mistake: When Thomas hides behind the trucks, there are only 3. But in the next shot, there is a flatbed with a crate on it in front of the trucks.
Continuity mistake: When Thomas passes Gordon, Butch's magnet is attached to Thomas. In the next shot of Thomas, it isn't. And in the shot after that, the magnet is attached again.
Continuity mistake: When Thomas goes back to Maithwaite, Flynn's railway wheels are not touching the rails, but his tires are.
Continuity mistake: After Thomas stops near the bridge, he does not have a Wonky Whistle.
Continuity mistake: When Flynn sprays Edward, the water goes over Edward, but somehow his driver gets wet. And when Flynn sprays Gordon, the water is seen hitting the platform and Gordon's tender. Later, the water is seen hitting one of the coaches.
Continuity mistake: When Gordon approaches the station, in the two previous shots, the background changes from a close up of Gordon to a wide shot of Thomas and Gordon.
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.