Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends

Answer: Butch the breakdown truck must have pulled Gordon's tender all the way up the rails so the breakdown train can reach it and also Butch helped to get Gordon close to the winch.

Answer: Ropes and a winch.

Answer: He was in the water.

Answer: Breakdown trains help the engines back on track.

Show generally

Question: Where does Rusty go to be repaired, as he is the only narrow gauge diesel? Does the diesel works have narrow gauge tracks?

Answer: The diesel works don't have narrow gauge tracks.

Answer: He probably gets repaired at Crovan's Gate Works.

Special Funnel - S4-E11

Question: It is explained Peter Sam's funnel was damaged when he crashed. How did the crash damage his funnel?

Answer: A truck hit it.

Answer: It's possible he banged his funnel on something during the accident.

Answer: Because some flying slate smashed into the funnel, damaging it.

Answer: Well for one, his wheels were damaged, and two, if he did try to chuff out of the wall he would still need to perfectly a line his wheels on the track, which is impossible.

Answer: His wheels were destroyed.

Answer: Because he was afraid he was going to fall.

Answer: Thomas the Tank Engine is a 0-6-0 tank locomotive, based on the LB&SCR E2 Class.

Quantom X

Answer: Female characters in literature, movies, television, etc. are commonly and historically less prevalent than male ones. It's an inherit gender bias that continues to exist within male-dominated industries. This same bias exists against characters of color and other orientations.

raywest

It's also a really old show that would've been fairly male run.

deadexcel

Answer: Because in that episode, they had to use his small scale model to interact with Thomas and Percy.

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