Thomas and Gordon/Trivia

* The George Carlin narration was previously very hard to find on home video as the only release available was on the 1995 Thomas Gets Tricked re-release from Anchor Bay Entertainment featuring George Carlin's narration with four extra episodes, until it was released on Thomas' Halloween Adventures in 2006.
* The events of this episode were retold for the 2015 special, The Adventure Begins.
* Music cues from this episode were used in some audiobooks of *Thomas & Friends*, which were only released in Germany.
* A clip from this episode was used in the 1995 CiTV special *Simply the Best*.
* A workman resembling Ringo Starr is visible.
* In the Japanese dub, the narrator says that Sodor is a part of the United Kingdom even though in The Great Race it is revealed that Sodor is its own country. It could have became an independent country between times. There's more character dialogue between Thomas and Gordon.
* On the Shining Time Station episode, *A Place Unlike Any Other* and the *Thomas' Halloween Adventures* DVD, the last few seconds of the episode are cut.
* The model that would later be used for Elizabeth II in the fourth series can be seen in this episode.

## Errors

* In the first shot of Thomas:
	+ Studio equipment is reflected off of his smokebox.
	+ When he starts rolling his eyes, his face moves just a little bit.
	+ His boiler is chipped.
	+ His eyes are wonky.
	+ One of his eyes is scratched.
	+ When the shot shows Thomas's wheels, the paint is chipped.
	+ In the shot of his boiler, the yellow stripe around his cab is peeling off.
* In the first shot of Thomas puffing into Knapford Station, studio equipment is briefly visible behind the nearby buildings before the camera pans closer to Knapford Station.
* When Gordon is first seen pulling the express, the reflection of some studio equipment can be seen in the lake, and the ground slightly sinks.
* When the narrator says "It was nearly time for the Express," there are no coaches on the track next to Gordon. When Thomas puffs in, they suddenly appear.
* Gordon was waiting outside platform 2 for his coaches, but when Thomas puffs in, Gordon and his coaches are outside platforms 3 and 4.
* When Gordon backs up to get coupled up with the coaches, there's a strange figure looming around in the background. This figure is most likely a crew member.
* In one scene, there is a set of points leading from the track outside platform 5 to the track outside platform 4. In the next scene, it disappears.
* Just before Thomas reaches the water tower, the background shows trees and bushes instead of Wellsworth.
* When Gordon and Thomas exit Henry's tunnel, the tracks bounce in the air.
* When Gordon is sleeping in the siding, his buffers are crooked.
* When Thomas stops inside Knapford at the beginning, Henry is in his new shape.
* When Thomas wakes Gordon up the second time, the buffers in the siding in front of Gordon are not connected to the track, Thomas and a brake van move a little and his smoke vanishes due to a film cut.
* In a rare picture, there is no one in Gordon's cab as he and Thomas cross the viaduct.
* When Thomas backs onto the turntable at Wellsworth, he looks more annoyed than tired.
* When Henry leaves the station, Gordon's eyes are a bit wonky.
* When Thomas says "Hurry (up) yourself!" the coaches cannot be seen in front of him.
* When Henry and James puff out of Knapford, two of Henry's wheel arches are missing.
* When Thomas puffs into Knapford in the opening scene, Henry has no coaches. In the next scene, he leaves the station with coaches, a van, and a brake van.
* In the restored version:
	+ An unidentified object obstructs the camera-lense in the top-left corner of the shot when James and Henry pass by at Knapford. The object is most likely studio equipment.
	+ When Thomas leaves the sheds, the edge the set can be seen.
	+ Studio equipment can be seen as Gordon pulls Thomas around the bend.
	+ In the closeup of Thomas being tired out, the train in front of him is missing.
	+ When the train crosses the viaduct, the edge of the set is visible.
	+ Just before Thomas starts puffing to the water tower, the track ends behind him.
	+ In the closeup of Gordon smiling, there is studio equipment in the background, Thomas and the express disappear, his tender bounces a little, and the tracks behind him end.
	+ When Thomas backs onto the turntable, a camera stand is visible.
	+ In an aerial shot of the turntable turning, a shadow of studio equipment is visible.
* In a promotional picture when Thomas and Gordon are about to go through Henry's Tunnel, the hills cut off to the background.
* On the digital release of the first series, the narration changes from George Carlin to Ringo Starr, and back to George Carlin again, when they arrive at Wellsworth.