Visible crew/equipment: When Diesel is on the turntable, camera equipment is reflected in the windows for several moments. (00:02:00 - 00:10:00)
Plot hole: When Duck and Diesel leave the shed, Diesel follows Duck instantly, but the tracks they are on both lead to the turntable. As they are on different tracks to each other, it would be impossible for Diesel to follow Duck that quickly as the turntable could only be set to one track at a time.
Revealing mistake: When Duck goes off to fetch Gordon's coaches following his chat with Diesel, the device beneath the tracks used to produce steam continues to smoke long after Duck has left.
Revealing mistake: Most of the engines' eyes are wonky when Diesel says their names and their eyes are wonky in a few shots of them.
Answer: He was in the water.