Factual error: At the beginning, the first shot of the episode, you can see cranes in the back of the station. They only have cranes at the harbor, not at stations.
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1984)
1 factual error in season 1 - chronological order
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Michael Brandon, Ben Small, Martin Sherman, Michael Angelis
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: 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.