Revealing mistake: When the elephant is loaded into the truck, the tracks abruptly end behind Charlie.
Santa's Little Engine - S17-E18
Revealing mistake: At one point, the shading effect on Thomas' whistle is not rendered properly, so it appears silver instead of gold.
Revealing mistake: Each time when Thomas takes a shortcut, the points do not change.
Factual error: When Bertie finds Thomas derailed, Bertie is on the wrong side of the road. The UK drives on the left. Also, Thomas runs under North American directional rules at the beginning and end of the episode.
Character mistake: UK Only: When Thomas comes back to Annie and Clarabel, he calls the latter "Carabel."
The Afternoon Tea Express - S17-E26
Continuity mistake: In the shot of Stephen at the dairy, one of the trucks is in the front and the other one is at the back. But in the shot when Stephen is out and about, the first one is at the far back and the other truck is at the front, but later, the trucks go back to their original positions.
Kevin's Cranky Friend - S17-E1
Audio problem: James and Henry swap whistle sounds throughout this episode.
Kevin's Cranky Friend - S17-E1
Continuity mistake: Throughout most of the episode, Cranky's ladder is on the wrong side.
Kevin's Cranky Friend - S17-E1
Continuity mistake: After Sir Topham Hatt leaves the docks, Henry disappears.
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.
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.
Answer: Breakdown trains help the engines back on track.