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.
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1984)
1 plot hole in Pop Goes the Diesel
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Michael Brandon, Ben Small, Martin Sherman, Michael Angelis
Continuity mistake: Despite Henry's issue from "Coal" in Season 1 being resolved after the crash in "The Flying Kipper", also in Season 1, Henry needed special coal again from "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" until Season 16.
Thomas: Wake up lazy bones - do some hard work for a change.
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Question: How did they get the broken down train at the scene of the crash without any calls?
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Answer: Breakdown trains help the engines back on track.