Continuity mistake: When Thomas teases James about bootlaces, the background disappears in a close up of Thomas.
Continuity mistake: When Gordon says "Yes, I will" the background disappears between shots.
Revealing mistake: At the end, when Thomas backs some coaches into the station, he starts moving after 3 seconds the camera starting rolling.
Revealing mistake: When Thomas passes the leveling crossing for a second time, the cars at the crossing have no drivers.
Revealing mistake: When Thomas goes back to the station to try again from the signal, when he starts, the steam is coming from the track and not from Thomas.
Revealing mistake: When Thomas passes a yard with a black car and a red car, you can see tyre marks on the ground from previous takes.
Revealing mistake: Just before Thomas goes over The Switch, his left eye is uneven and then when he crosses The Switch, it readjusts itself.
Other mistake: When the Fat Controller is talking to the crew, the buffers on the first coach in front of Thomas is crooked.
Visible crew/equipment: When the porter bangs the door, a light-stand is briefly reflected on the window of the door.
Revealing mistake: When Thomas leaves the sheds, his driver doesn't have a face.
Visible crew/equipment: When Henry is ill, one of the lights behind Henry is not one of the ones from outside, it's a studio light.
Other mistake: When Thomas is grumping, his lamp is dirty, even though he didn't do anything dirty yet.
Revealing mistake: At the beginning of the episode, the end of the set is visibly reflected of Gordon's smoke box in a close-up of Gordon.
Continuity mistake: When the engines are laughing at Thomas, Henry's eyes are wonky.
Factual error: At the beginning, the first shot of the episode, you can see cranes in the back of the station. They only have cranes at the harbor, not at stations.
Edward, Gordon and Henry - S1-E4
Visible crew/equipment: When The Fat Controller is looking at the goat, a hand is visible in the steam.
Edward, Gordon and Henry - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Henry comes out of the tunnel, he's dirty, in the next shot, he's clean.
Edward, Gordon and Henry - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When the Fat Controller is asking Henry to pull the train, Gordon vanishes.
Edward, Gordon and Henry - S1-E4
Continuity mistake: When Edward is sad, the background behind him disappears between shots.
Edward, Gordon and Henry - S1-E4
Visible crew/equipment: When Edward is pushing the train, you can see a wire inside his four front wheels.
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.