Revealing mistake: When Gordon puffs into the ditch his face looks wonky and wires are visibly attached to his cab.
Continuity mistake: The sign says: "Danger - engines must not pass this board." When Thomas passes it, "board" is replaced with "point."
Continuity mistake: Gordon's connecting rods change position after he pulls Thomas out of the mine.
Other mistake: When Thomas shunts Annie and Clarabel his eyes look wonky and Annie and Clarabel are missing their names.
Thomas' Christmas Party - S1-E26
Audio problem: (Only in the George Carlin narrated American version) At the end of the episode, when the engines are singing "We wish you a merry Christmas", you can briefly hear Ringo Starr's original narration.
Thomas' Christmas Party - S1-E26
Revealing mistake: In the very last shot of the episode, loads of wires are visible in front of the engines and behind the turntable.
Thomas' Christmas Party - S1-E26
Visible crew/equipment: When Toby puffs by at the beginning, a camera shadow is visible on the bottom right corner.
Thomas, Percy and the Coal - S2-E1
Visible crew/equipment: In the restored version, studio equipment can be seen when Toby pulls Annie and Clarabel and at the water tower near Tidmouth Station (at the top of the screen in both scenes).
Thomas, Percy and the Coal - S2-E1
Revealing mistake: In some shots of Thomas and Percy, both engines have wonky eyes.
Thomas, Percy and the Coal - S2-E1
Revealing mistake: When Toby pulls Annie and Clarabel, the latter coach has a loose roof.
Thomas, Percy and the Coal - S2-E1
Continuity mistake: When Thomas is being covered in coal, he is dirty in some shots, but in other shots he is clean.
Character mistake: The narrator says, "some trucks were left behind", but only 1 truck was left behind.
Continuity mistake: At the beginning, Edward is pulling 5 cattle trucks. When he approaches the cows, he is pulling 4 cattle trucks.
Continuity mistake: Gordon's express train has 1 composite coach and 2 brake coaches when he passes through Wellsworth station. When he crosses the viaduct, he has 2 composite coaches and 1 brake coach.
Revealing mistake: After Gordon stops on the bridge for the cow, his wheels keep moving for 3 seconds.
Revealing mistake: When Percy stops on the bridge, white glue is on his middle lamp iron.
Continuity mistake: Gordon can be seen next to Edward when Edward says "two big engines afraid of a cow?", but Gordon should have been on the turntable.
Revealing mistake: Edward has wonky eyes in some scenes.
Other mistake: Loads of scratches are visible on Gordon in the last shot of him.
Revealing mistake: When Edward is at the last station, his whistle is crooked.
Answer: Breakdown trains help the engines back on track.