Other mistake: The episode's title in the original PBS Broadcast version is "The Old Iron Bridge" but the bridge was made of wood.
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends (1984)
1 mistake in The Old Bridge
Starring: Alec Baldwin, Michael Brandon, Ben Small, Martin Sherman, Michael Angelis
Thomas: Wake up lazy bones - do some hard work for a change.
Trivia: The events of this episode were remade in CGI for the 2015 special, The Adventure Begins.
Question: How did they get the broken down train at the scene of the crash without any calls?
Answer: Breakdown trains help the engines back on track.