It's Great to be an Engine! (US)

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**It's Great to Be an Engine!** is a US/CAN VHS/DVD featuring seven eighth series episodes and one song.

## Description

### US/CAN

Magic carpets, rip-roaring races, snow, sleet, wind and trainloads of ice cream! Every season on the Island of Sodor brings new opportunities for adventure and discovery. And that means there is never a dull moment for Thomas and all the engines on Sir Topham Hatt's Railway. Will Emily get the timber to Farmer McColl in time to save the baby calves? Will Toby muster enough confidence to push Gordon up a hill? Maybe with a little encouragement from his friends. And will James learn that it's better to be useful than to be important? Watch and find out. Share in these timeless stories featuring seven of the island's classic characters, and you'll see why it's true that It's Great to be an Engine!

## Episodes

### US

1. Too Hot for Thomas
2. Emily's Adventure
3. You Can Do it, Toby!
4. Gordon Takes Charge
5. Edward the Great
6. James Goes Too Far
7. Percy and the Magic Carpet

(\*Followed by a Learning Segment)
(\*\*Followed by a song)

## Learning Segments

### US

1. Dot to Dot - Edward
2. Henry Huffs Out of the Station

## Bonus Features

### US

* Read to Race
* If Your Were An Engine...
* Cargo Challenge
* Character Gallery
* Read Along 'The Special Delivery'
* Sneak Peaks
* Web Fun Template:Note

## Trivia

* This is the first VHS/DVD release for several things:
	+ The first DVD under the same title for US regions to have the same episodes and no extra episodes for one region.
	+ The first US release captioned by Caption Technologies Inc.
	+ The first US VHS/DVD to use seven episodes on a VHS since 1998 with the A Big Day for Thomas release during the Britt Allcroft Company era.
	+ The first Thomas UK and Irish VHS release in letterboxed widescreen.
* This is one of the few HiT Entertainment series releases that does not have the Engine Roll Call in it, as well as the first HiT release to not contain that song.
* A photoshopped image from Toby's Windmill is on the 2008 rear sleeve of the UK and Irish DVD, with Toby's face changed from sad to happy.
* The US DVD uses the CiTV theme music for the Menu and the Cargo Challenge Game.
* On the Universal reprint, Web Fun is removed.
* In the booklet of the US DVD, it is shown that on Thomas' Cargo Challenge that kids can choose either 2, 5, or 10 trucks for Thomas to pull. However, on the actual game, they can only choose 2, 4, or 6 trucks.
* This is the only US VHS/DVD to feature Gordon Takes Charge.

## Goofs

* In one of the intermissions, Edward has Thomas' whistle.
* The US trailer has a closeup of Gordon's whistle with the sound of Thomas'.
* In the US DVD menu, Annie and Clarabel's names are missing and Thomas is behind the fence at the platform when it should be behind him.
* In the booklet of the US DVD, Edward the Great is not listed in the Pick a Story section, unlike the other episodes.

## DVD Packs

### US

* Family Fun Pack Volume 1
* Fun Pack
* All-Aboard for Adventure!
* Let's Explore with Thomas
* It's Great to Be an Engine! and Thomas' Sodor Celebration! 2-pack
* It's Great to Be an Engine! and Steamies vs. Diesels 2-pack
* It's Great to Be an Engine! and Tales from the Tracks 2-pack
* It's Great to Be an Engine! and Songs from the Station 2-pack
* It's Great to Be an Engine! and Bob the Builder: Bob's Favorite Adventures Double Feature DVD
* DVD 2-Pack with Come Ride the Rails and Wooden Railway Thomas and Toby

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