Continuity mistake: In the scene showing the kids on the caboose as Charles tries talking to them from the train, the sun is on one side of the kids; then, a short time later in the same scene, it's on the opposite side of the kids (the caboose never made any turns in this scene).
Little House on the Prairie (1974)
1 continuity mistake in The Runaway Caboose
Welcome To Olesonville - S9-E3
Continuity mistake: Mrs Olsen cleans up the old Hansen house to sell, however it was made the blind school years back and burned down, killing Mary's baby and Alice Garvey.
Laura: I wanted to clean the blackboards extra good today, to make up for being late.
Mary Ingalls Kendall: And talking in class?
Laura: I was not talking.
Mary Ingalls Kendall: You were, too.
Laura: Was not! Nellie was talking and I was answering.
Trivia: Peter Billingsley of "A Christmas Story" plays Gideon in this episode. This was his television debut at age 11.