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**Thomas and the Rainbow Railway: The Crossover**, formerly known as **"Thomas and the Magic Railroad: The Crossover"**, is a crossover fantasy film.

It is based on the same Magic Railroad film.

The Rainbow Railway was the original name title for said film, but it was renamed to Thomas and the Magic Railroad.

It is dedicated to Peter Fonda, Doug Lennox and Russell Means.

## Synopsis

Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends are being threatened by diesel engines like the ruthless steam-hating, Diesel 10, Wilhelmina, her aunt, Buttsquat and Suzi and his sidekicks Splatter and Dodge. Even the magical Mr. Conductor, who has always travelled between the train world and the human world of Shining Time Station, is losing his powers and sparkle. In the middle of this crisis, Lily meets up with Mr. Conductor on the way to visit her lonely grandfather Burnett Stone. In order to find a mysterious and magical engine that has been lost for so long, and to solve the mystery of the gold dust, Thomas reminds them all that "even little engines can do big things."

## Plot

Mr. Conductor begins the film introducing Thomas the Tank Engine, his very special friends, Dorothy Gale, Toto, the engines, special friends and the Island of Sodor.

At Killaban, Gordon and Lori Loud complain to Thomas, Dorothy, Toto, Lincoln Loud, Dora and Boots that they were eight seconds late with his passenger local. Thomas retorts that Gordon and Lori were being bossy, because he wants to be really reliable and right on time and says that he has to find Mr. Conductor, who is looking after the North Western Railway while Sir Topham Hatt Lynn Loud Sr. and Rita Loud are taking a holiday. When Gordon and Lori claim they can take care of themselves, they then change their minds when an evil diesel named Diesel 10, along with Wilhelmina, her aunt, Buttsquat and Suzi speed by, kicking up dust and dirt and leaving Gordon physically rattling in fear and poor Lori in great shock. Thomas reminds them how devious Diesel 10, the witches and two Sunny Smilers were and how they are rated 10 out of 10 for devious deeds and brutal strength, and for their hatred of steam engines.

Mr. Conductor then introduces the town of Shining Time, where we see happy residents, full of life at the station.

Thomas, Dorothy and Toto are later thinking trouble is soon to come if Diesel and the villains have unfinished business. He talks to James and Lynn at Tidmouth Sheds, after he, Dora, Boots, Dorothy, Toto, McGee, Gretchen and Squirt accidentally bumps into some buffers. James and Lynn explain that they were shut up in the sheds by Sir Topham Hatt, Mr. and Mrs. Loud for being naughty, when Diesel 10 and the villains show up and voices his plan to destroy a lost engine named Lady and thus establish Diesels as the dominant engines on Sodor. While James and Lynn were confused, Thomas and the others were defensive and goes to find Mr. Conductor.

After seeing Billy Twofeathers' map and noticing some strange lines on it, two pug pup brothers named Bingo and Rolly, their big kitty sister, Hissy, and a boy from Shining Time named Patch heads off to Muffle Mountain to see Burnett Stone once the Rainbow Sun arrives.

There is something on Muffle Mountain, a secret that Burnett only shared with his childhood friend and future wife Tasha: he promised he would drive an engine and take her with him.

Meanwhile, Billy, Hissy and the pups head through the station, when they come across PT. Boomer, an old foe of Burnett Stone. After a confrontational exchange about Burnett Stone's whereabouts and being stonewalled by Billy, an enraged Boomer leaves, but not before taking a swing at the hanging flower basket that Mr. Conductor had watered earlier.

Meanwhile, in the station room, Stacy Jones, the manager of the place was keeping everything to schedule. She then shows Billy an old drawing by Burnett Stone, who couldn't believe how happy he looked when he was young. Billy then hands Stacy the broken flowers that Boomer had knocked out.

At Diesel 10's mountain, Diesel 10, Wilhelmina, Buttsquat, Suzi and the Wicked Witch, tells sidekicks Splatter and Dodge, and bumbling flying monkey henchmen, Frank and Lyman their plan to get rid of the lost engine. The two bumbling diesels and monkeys report that Mr. Conductor is coming to Sodor, so Diesel 10 and the villains decide to destroy him too, only to humiliate himself in front of Frank, Lyman, Splatter and Dodge when his claw whacks him and Wilhelmina on the nose.

Mr. Conductor prepares to leave Shining Time. Despite difficulty with his gold dust and a little chat with Stacy about Burnett's pass, he soon meets Thomas, Dorothy, Toto, Dora and Boots on Sodor. They report that Diesel 10 is back, but Mr. Conductor was confident that he can use his gold dust to keep Diesel 10 in order.

Meanwhile, Diesel 10 and the villains were snooping round the island, scaring poor Piglet and Fluttershy.

Burnett looks at a painting of Lady and starts to have doubts in his belief of magic due to his failure to guard her. Meanwhile, far away, Burnett's granddaughter, Lily, prepares to visit him.

Thomas, Dorothy, Toto, James, Lynn, Gordon and Lori begin arguing about who should have taken Mr. Conductor and Gordon and Lori boast that Thomas is too small to do important jobs and that Dorothy is too young, which angers Thomas and Dorothy as they shunt some Troublesome Trucks, unaware that Frank, Lyman, Splatter and Dodge are shunting trucks nearby. Over in the yard, Frank, Lyman, Splatter and Dodge are spying at the steam engines. Henry tells the other engines about why Diesel wants to find the lost engine, Percy and James decide to find her before Diesel does. Frank, Lyman, Splatter and Dodge continue to laugh at Thomas, Dorothy and Toto as Harold, Rocket and Big Jet fly by spreading sneezing powder, dumped by Diesel 10, over all Thomas, Dorothy and Toto, and on them as well.

At Knapford, Mr. Conductor reads the note Sir Topham Hatt left him. After trying on his top hat and returning it after he notices the portrait of the Controller appears angry, then smiling, he receives a phone call from Sir Topham Hatt and receives his instructions.

That night, the engines and most of the special friends were asleep at Tidmouth Sheds, but Mr. Conductor is having a hard time trying to sleep and pretends to talk with a ball and a bat. But that does no good and tries to have a cup of cocoa with Pinkie Pie's, when Diesel 10 and the villains roll up and demolishes the scaffolding of the sheds with his powerful claw and scare everyone. Mr. Conductor reprimands Diesel 10, but then finally discovers that he has run out of gold dust. As Diesel 10 and the villains, delighted, tries to get Mr. Conductor to confess to the lost engine's whereabouts otherwise he will destroy the shed even more, but Mr. Conductor frightens Diesel 10 away with Pinkie's bag of sugar and threatens to dump the entire bag in his fuel tanks to seize him up permanently. The villains leave, but vow revenge. Mr. Conductor voices his concern about his gold dust, but tells everyone to go back to sleep, despite their concerns.

Later that night, Mr. Conductor has a nightmare of Shining Time in ruins and Stacy Jones begging him to come back home. And with some warning from Princess Luna, he soon realises that his universe is in danger and that he needs more gold dust.

The next morning, Mutt, Bingo and Rolly go to Lily's hometown with Billy, as they know that Lily can help Mr. Conductor, but only if she meets someone special at Shining Time first. To reach that end, they intentionally directs her onto the wrong train, placing her on the train bound for Shining Time instead of the train to Muffle Mountain.

Meanwhile, Boomer has confronted Burnett, and tries to get him to confess about the engine, but Burnett doesn't want to listen and just promptly goes into his cottage, leaving Boomer to vow for revenge.

Shortly afterwards, he hears the sound of Lady's magic echoing through the mountain.

Back on Sodor, Mr. Conductor is helping make James and Lynn's' itches go away. When James and Lynn notice that Mr. Conductor looks so tired and asks if it is because James is red considering Diesel 10's negative opinion of the colour. And if Lynn's superstitious brash nature makes her a bad sister towards Lincoln. But Mr. Conductor happily reassures them that red is bright and cheerful and Lynn's a wonderful sister, just like his gold dust. He then sends James and Lynn off to work while he departs to deal with his own problems.

Mr. Conductor goes to the windmill in search of more gold dust but ends up lost. He tries to blow his whistle, but his gold dust is completely gone.

Patch then discovers Boomer having a go at the mountain, trying to find the engine, and goes off to warn Billy.

Meanwhile, the engines and their special friends gather for a meeting. As Bertie and Kerwhizz teams Ninki, Twist and Kit pass by and tell them to smile, all have their individual concerns about Diesel 10 and the villains destroying Lady. Thomas, Dorothy and Toto off to look for Mr. Conductor to help him. Bertie and the teams offer a race with Thomas and Dorothy, but they decline the offer and decide to help Mr. Conductor solve some mysteries.

On the train to Shining Time, Lily looks up a photograph of Tasha and her grandpa together, wishing she could go someplace different.

Meanwhile, Mr. Conductor finds a note left by Rabbit and tries a carrot and a stick of celery to make him think properly and has the idea of his beach-loving cousin Junior, who has used up most of his gold dust too, by snoring the whole time during his nap. He tells Junior to go to Shining Time Station first and pick up his emergency whistle, then go to Sodor, and warns him not to talk to anyone about the buffers. Before he can say anything else, the phone line goes dead.

The Rainbow Sun arrives at Shining Time and Mutt, Bingo and Rolly bark at Lily to get off the train. Lily finds the station empty and meets, Keia, Lollie and Junior. After a talk, Lily picks up the gold dust Junior leaves behind. At Sodor, Mr. Conductor is sleeping by a bush when he has another nightmare about Shining Time in ruins, the Big Dipper crumbling, and Lady's wheels rolling on the rails. He soon wakes up when he hears Thomas, Dorothy and Toto calling his name. Mr. Conductor tries to reply, but they cannot hear him as they chuff away.

Lily meets Stacy who promises to take her back to Muffle Mountain. Though, not before introduces her to Bingo, Rolly, Hissy and Billy. Outside the station, Stacy explains to Lily what the phrase 'Shining Time' meant, while passing Rupa, Mia, Denzil, Gavin and Boj.

Boomer has once again confronted Burnett, telling that the only thing Lady's good for is scrap. Stacy then drops of Lily with her grandpa, who hopes Lily will come back to Shining Time soon.

While Boomer still tries to find the engine, Stacy and Billy were talking about the photograph, and think that Boomer and Burnett had a big quarrel, and Boomer had three passions; Tasha, trains and the valley. Then, they see the bouquet tree losing its blossoms.

That night, Burnett and Lily hear Lady's whistle coming from the mountains. Patch, who is outside with his horse, hears it too.

As Percy, Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Spike arrive at Knapford with the Mail Train, he, the ponies, Dorothy, Toto, Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Rabbit and Thomas talk about Mr. Conductor and conclude that he travels to Sodor on a magic railroad by a set of magic buffers, as Percy, Spike and the Little Einsteins overheard him the night before. Diesel 10, Wilhelmina, Buttsquat, Suzi and the Wicked Witch overhear them and go to the Sodor Ironworks to tell Splatter and Dodge his plan. Toby, Dora and Boots, who have secretly followed them there, hears their plans when the diesels arrive and interrupts them by ringing his bell. Trying to smash him and the others, Diesel 10's claw causes the shed to crash down on him, the villains, Frank, Lyman, Splatter and Dodge, thus blocking their path.

The next day, with the diesels trapped, the steam engines work very hard on the main and branch lines, delivering goods and passengers to every station and yards, as repairs continue.

Thomas and the gang find Henry with a bad cold and Eeyore feeling gloomy as always, and offer to fetch six trucks of special Island of Sodor coal to make him better, Unbeknownst to him and the others, the sixth truck rolls away into some magic buffers. Bertie and the Kerwhizz Gang pass and greet Thomas, the gang and their five trucks; Thomas and the others were confused.

When Thomas, Lincoln, Dorothy, Toto, Dora and Boots tell Percy, Leo, Annie, June and Quincy about the missing truck, they realise that the buffers where the truck disappeared are the buffers leading to the Magic Railroad. Thomas and the gang tells Percy and the team to guard the buffers while they go to find Mr. Conductor, citing that Percy and the team were brave.

Meanwhile, Mr. Conductor is wandering aimlessly when Diesel 10, Wilhelmina, Buttsquat, Suzi and the Wicked Witch appear. Mr. Conductor is captured by Diesel 10's claw and is dangled over the Big Dipper. Diesel 10, Wilhelmina, Buttsquat, Suzi and the Wicked Witch reveal that they know about the buffers and threaten to drop Mr. Conductor if he does not reveal its whereabouts. Mr. Conductor notices the viaduct has begun to lose chunks of pieces, just like in his dream and realises the world is beginning to fall apart without the gold dust. Mr. Conductor escapes by cutting a hydraulic tube to Diesel 10's claw, thus catapulting him to the windmill, much to the villains' rage and fury. There, he sees the words: "Stoke up the magic in the mountain and the Lady will smile, then watch the swirls that spin so well."

Frank, Lyman, Splatter and Dodge ask Diesel 10, Wilhelmina, Buttsquat, Suzi and the Wicked Witch why they let Mr. Conductor escape, they reply that he just did it on purpose and was testing to see if he could escape. But Frank, Lyman, Splatter and Dodge think that he is lying and mock him, and the villains angrily decides to attempt to teach them "how to stop being stupid," but make even bigger fools of himself when he taps the coal hopper above him with his claw and pours coal all over himself and the Wicked Witch. The Loud Sisters, the Bottom Dwellers, the Mane 6, Spike, the Hundred Acre Gang, James, Gordon and Henry laugh at Diesel 10.

Lily is introduced to Patch and Great Lakes Besties Ronnie Anne and Sid Chang, who offer her a ride to Shining Time. There she meets Junior again, who offers to take her to Sodor via the magic buffers. But as they were floating, Junior tells her that the Magic Railroad is vanishing, and about the lost engine. Along the way, they notice the missing coal truck that Thomas bumped earlier, and soon they make it to Sodor. They meet Thomas, Lincoln, Luna Loud, Dora, Boots, Dorothy, Toto, Blooter, Bobby and Patty, who agree to help and uncouples Annie and Clarabel, together they find Mr. Conductor at the windmill. When Mr. Conductor tells Junior about his clue to the gold dust, Lily is introduced to Mr. Conductor. While their backs are turned, Junior climbs onto the sail, as the strong wind current blows him off and he lands onto Diesel 10.

Meanwhile, Patch tells Burnett and Jc that he, Ronnie Anne and Sid have no idea where Lily is since she was not at the station when he went back for her. Despite Lily having apparently vanished, Burnett is confident she will turn up again.
After Burnett leaves, Boomer appears, telling everything they can buy with useless things with cash, but Patch and the girls furiously tell him to back off.

That night, Percy, the Little Einsteins and the Bottom Dwellers find Frank, Lyman, Buttsquat, Suzi, Splatter and Dodge at the magic buffers. They try to stay brave like Thomas says they are, but they were too easily frightened by a flock of crows, a talking tumbleweed, and a slamming door. Frank, Lyman, Buttsquat, Suzi, Splatter and Dodge argue about who tells Diesel 10 and the witches about the Magic Buffers until an owl frightens them. Finally, they suggest telling Diesel 10 about the buffers tomorrow and Percy races back to warn Thomas.

Mr. Conductor and Lily camp out with Thomas and the special friends. Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Rabbit and Mr. Conductor tries to keep Lily entertained, but she is worried about being late as her grandfather told her to return by sunset. After a conversation, they realise that Burnett may hold the key to the clue of the gold dust.

But soon, the corn Tigger was popping explodes, much to Rabbit's chagrin.

In the workshop, Burnett and Jc were looking at the engine. Ronnie Anne, Sid and Patch see the engine, Burnett and Jc reveal the engine's past - her name is Lady since she was sealed inside Muffle Mountain after Diesel 10 and Boomer, Buttsquat, Suzi and the witches crashed and nearly destroyed her long ago. Burnett has fixed her up but informs Patch that she still needs coal to fully run again. Unfortunately, Lady requires special coal to build up steam, which he has not found yet. As Burnett reveals to Patch that Lady is magic, they realise that the railroad is vanishing and that it needs Lady. But Burnett does not know her secret, and time is running out.

Thomas, Percy and the gang decide they must get Lily back to Muffle Mountain before Diesel 10 and the villains destroy the magic railroad. Percy wonders how Lily can get home without gold dust, Mr. Conductor reveals that only the lost engine could do so now. Then, with Pooh's words, he has the idea and asks Thomas, Dorothy and Toto if they will take Lily to Muffle Mountain. The blue tank engine and Ozian Princess weren't sure but decide that they will try before they and Lily set off.

Guided by the tumbleweed, the two roll right through the magic buffers. While journeying through the magic railroad, they discover the missing truck. Lily realises the connection between the truck and the clue, so Thomas, Dorothy and Toto decide to go back for it before setting off again. They soon arrive on Muffle Mountain with the coal truck behind them. As Lily leaves to find Burnett, Boomer, who had seen Thomas, Dorothy and Toto, sets off some explosives, making the ledge break and Thomas fall down the hill, with Dorothy and Toto chasing after him, away from the coal truck.

At the same time, Lily meets up with Patch, Ronnie Anne and Sid again, who take her to Burnett.

Boomer then follows Thomas, Dorothy and Toto to a field. Dorothy and Toto had nearly caught up with them, but Thomas and Boomer go back into the magic railroad through another portal at the bottom, leaving poor Dorothy crying in heartbreak and Toto sad, thinking their friend had met his end.

In Burnett's workshop. Lily and Dorothy figure out only special Island of Sodor coal can make Lady steam, so she sends Patch and the Great Lakes Besties to collect the coal from the truck.

Back on Sodor, Wilhelmina, the Wicked Witch, Buttsquat, Suzi and Diesel 10, with Junior still on his cab, race into the Smelters where they corner James, Lynn and Lola Loud who ere working there. Junior tries to whistle both of them out, only to discover that he, too, is out of gold dust. As the villains drive the four closer into a melting pit, Junior uses the last of his extra gold dust to teleport himself, James and the two Loud sisters away to safety, much to the villains' bewilderment. The four arrive near the buffers, where Mr. Conductor and some of the friends were there waiting. James, Lynn and Lola happily depart, while Mr. Conductor and Junior, both out of gold dust, refuse to give up hope.

Lily and Dorothy ask Burnett Stone if Tasha took a ride on Lady and if she loved her as much as Burnett did. Burnett says that she loved Lady because he loved her but could not fix her in time for Tasha to take a ride on her before she passed away.

Dorothy feels the same way, and recalls the time of when he first came to Oz, but even though she's still sad about losing Thomas, she agrees to help Burnett restore the railroad, as Thomas would've wanted it that way.

By now, Burnett Stone and Jc have finally succeeded in making Lady steam, by using the special Island of Sodor coal from the truck Thomas and Lily picked up from the Magic Railroad. Together with Dorothy, Toto, Lily, Patch, Ronnie Anne, Sid, Bingo, Rolly, Hissy and Mutt on board, they set off into the magic railroad. The railroad, receiving energy from Lady, comes back to life, while Lady's face appears. The team encounter Thomas, much to Dorothy's happiness and relief, behind them before appearing on Sodor through the buffers, where they reunite with the two conductors and everyone else. Junior happily states they can go to Shining Time, but Mr. Conductor fears that without gold dust, they will not make it back to Shining Time.

It isn't long, before the special friends begin to lose hope too.

Before the team can find the rest of the clue, Thomas appears from the buffers, to which Dorothy, Toto and the special friends welcome him warmly, but they are found by Diesel 10, Wilhelmina, Buttsquat, Suzi, the Wicked Witch, Frank, Lyman, Splatter and Dodge. Diesel 10, Wilhelmina, Buttsquat, Suzi and the Wicked Witch start to close in on the two engines and heroes, with D10's claw raised up and orders his cronies to destroy Lady, and the Wicked Witch orders her monkeys the same results, but Frank, Lyman, Splatter and Dodge, fed up with their ways, betray them. Thomas, Dorothy, Toto, Dora, Boots, McGee, Gretchen and Squirt offer to help Lady, with Burnett and Jc driving Lady. Just then, Boomer flies through the buffers, and onto Diesel 10's roof with Suzi and Buttsquat. Mr. Conductor warns them about the collapsing viaduct. Just as the engines and heroes run away from the large diesel and villains, the conductors realise that Lady is part of the clue to the gold dust.

Diesel 10, Boomer, Wilhelmina, Buttsquat, Suzi and the Wicked Witch chase the fleeing magic engine, Thomas, the heroes, Jc and Burnett throughout the Kirk Ronan sites, and even run pass Percy pulling a train, until they approach the Big Dipper. As Jc, Lady and Burnett pass, a gap appears on the viaduct. When Thomas and the gang manage to make it across the gap in time before it worsens whistling in victory, Diesel 10 brakes hard, but he falls off due to his weight, taking the villains down with him. They try to hang on to a sleeper, but it breaks and the five villains fall into a sludge barge and are towed away with Boomer.

Thomas, the gang, Lady, Jc, and Burnett return, where they and the rest of the team work out the answer to the riddle. Lily mixes water from the well with golden shavings from the magic railroad and with a little encouragement, tosses them into the air, where they form into gold dust. Delighted, the conductors resupply their whistles, while Thomas, his friends and Lady thank each other.

Ronnie Anne, Sid, Patch and Mutt go to look around, while Junior gives Lily some gold dust. Junior tells Mr. Conductor that he wants to work now, so Mr. Conductor gives him his hat and sends him to a railroad with "palm trees and sunny spells." After Junior leaves, Sir Topham Hatt calls and says that he, Mr. and Mrs. Loud were on their way back, so Mr. Conductor sets off to welcome him, letting Sir Topham Hatt know that everything is under control before he hangs up.

Bingo, Rolly and Hissy talk about their amazing adventure on Sodor.

Lily offers her gold dust to Burnett, who sprinkles it on her bluebird toy and whispers that they will "always remember their Shining Time together."

With Lady and the Magic Railroad back to life, Shining Time is restored to its former glory. Thomas, Dorothy and Toto happily puff home to Tidmouth Sheds into the sunset and the end credits roll.

## Characters

* Thomas
* Henry
* Gordon
* James
* Percy
* Toby
* Annie and Clarabel
* Bertie
* Harold
* Lady
* Diesel 10
* Splatter and Dodge
* Cranky (cameo)
* Henrietta (cameo)
* Troublesome Trucks (cameos)
* Butch (cameo)
* Dorothy
* Toto
* Dora
* Boots
* McGee
* Gretchen
* Squirt
* Blooter
* Bobby
* Patty
* Lincoln
* Lori
* Leni
* Luna
* Luan
* Lynn
* Lucy
* Lana
* Lola
* Lisa
* Lily
* Wubbzy
* Widget
* Walden
* Daizy (cameo)
* Leo
* Annie
* June
* Quincy
* Twilight Sparkle
* Applejack
* Rarity
* Pinkie Pie
* Fluttershy
* Rainbow Dash
* Spike
* Princess Luna
* Sir Topham Hatt (mentioned, posters cameo)
* Lady Hatt (mentioned, portrait cameo)
* Huey, Dewey and Louie
* Webby
* Lena
* Violet Sabrewing
* Nature Cat
* Hal
* Squeeks
* Daisy
* Benny
* Isa
* Tico
* Swiper
* Ninki and Pip
* Twist and Snout
* Kit and Kaboodle
* Pooh
* Piglet
* Tigger
* Rabbit
* Eeyore
* Frank and Lyman
* Lynn Loud. Sr (mentioned)
* Rita Loud (mentioned)
* Jc
* Aydson
* Bingo
* Rolly
* Hissy
* Keia
* Lollie
* Boj
* Rupa
* Denzil
* Gavin
* Mia
* Sergio
* Mr. Conductor
* Junior
* Lily
* Lily's Mother
* Stacy Jones
* Burnett Stone
* Billy Twofeathers
* Patch
* The Tumbleweed
* Tasha Stone (voiceover as a child; portrait cameo)
* P.T. Boomer

## Cast

### Live-action actors

* Alec Baldwin as Mr. Conductor
* Cody McMains as Patch
* Russell Means as Billy Twofeathers
* Peter Fonda as Burnett Stone
* Didi Conn as Stacy Jones
* Mara Wilson as Lily
* Michael E. Rodgers as Junior
* Lori Hallier as Lily's mother
* Shelley-Elizabeth Skinner as a station customer
* Hugo Murray as goldfish boy
* Keith W. Strandberg as a passenger
* Doug Lennox as P.T. Boomer
* Robert Tinkler as older Patch (Uncredited)

### Voice actors

* Eddie Glen as Thomas
* Kevin Frank as Henry, Dodge, Bertie, Harold and Sir Topham Hatt
* Neil Crone as Gordon, Diesel 10, Splatter and the Tumbleweed
* Keith Wickham as Gordon
* Rob Rackstraw as James
* Michael Angelis as James and Percy
* Colm Feore as Toby
* Britt Allcroft as Lady
* Shelly-Elizabeth Skinner as Annie and Clarabel
* Laura Bowet as Young Tasha
* Jared Wall as Young Burnett
* Kari Wahlgren as Dorothy
* Kathleen Herles as Dora
* Harrison Chad as Boots and Leo
* Aiden Pompey as Quincy
* Erica Huang as June
* Natalia Wojcik as Annie
* Tara Strong as Twilight Sparkle and Daizy
* Ashleigh Ball as Applejack and Rainbow Dash
* Andrea Libman as Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy
* Tabitha St. Germain as Rarity and Spike
* Elisha Williams as Bingo
* Gracen Newton as Rolly
* Shiloh Nelson as Keia
* Giselle Eisenberg as Lollie
* Bentley Griffin as Lincoln
* Catherine Taber as Lori
* Liliana Mumy as Leni
* Nika Futterman as Luna
* Cristina Pucelli as Luan
* Jessica DiCicco as Lynn, Lucy, Hissy and Wilhelmina
* Grey Griffin as Lana, Lola, Wubbzy and Lily
* Lara Jill Miller as Lisa and Widget
* Carlos Alazraqui as Walden and Sergio
* Bryn McAuley as Patty and Suzi
* Cory Doran as Blooter
* Cameron Amsell as Bobby
* Carter Hayden as Buttsquat
* Laraine Newman as the Wicked Witch of the West
* Jim Cummings as Winnie the Pooh and Tigger
* John Fiedler as Piglet
* Peter Cullen as Eeyore
* Ken Sansom as Rabbit
* Jake Burbage as Benny
* Ashley Fleming as Isa
* Jose Zelaya as Tico
* Marc Weiner as Swiper
* Steve Blum as Frank
* Jess Harnell as Lyman
* Taran Kilam as Nature Cat
* Danny Pudi as Huey
* Ben Schwartz as Dewey
* Bobby Moynihan as Hal and Louie
* Kate McKinnon as Squeeks
* Kate Micucci as Webby and Daisy the Rabbit
* Kimiko Glenn as Lena
* Libe Barer as Violet
* Scott McCord as McGee
* Melissa Altro as Gretchen
* Darren Frost as Squirt
* Telka Donyai as Kit
* Yasmin Garrad as Kaboodle
* Alex Velleman as Twist
* Jermaine Woods as Snout
* Kriselle Basilio as Ninki
* Ziggy Badans as Boj
* Poppy Hodgson as Rupa
* Angelo Illsley as Denzil
* Jack Gardner as Gavin
* Sophie Goldstein as Mia
* Meesha Contreras as Jc
* Madison Petis as Adyson
* Tabitha St. Germain as Princess Luna (Uncredited)
* Susan Roman as James and Lynn (Uncredited)

### Original voice actors

* John Bellis as Thomas
* Keith Scott as Diesel 10
* Susan Roman as James
* Linda Ballantyne as Percy
* Patrick Breen as Splatter and Dodge
* Cathy Weseluck as Spike (Uncredited)
* Jesse Schwartz as Leo (Uncredited)
* Paul Winchell as Tigger (Uncredited)

## Locations

* Island of Sodor
* The Watermill
* Knapford
* Rail and Road Under Rail Bridges
* Killaban
* Killaban Yard
* The Big Dipper
* Tidmouth Sheds
* The Works
* Henry's Tunnel
* Diesel 10's Mountain
* Rainbow Ridge
* Sodor Ironworks
* Sodor Grain Windmill
* The Coaling Plant
* Old Manor Station
* Three Tracks Under Road Bridge
* Rail Under Road Bridge and Signalbox
* The Magic Buffers
* Sodor Wishing Well
* Wellsworth (portrait)
* Tidmouth (portrait)
* Tidmouth Yards (portrait)
* Tidmouth Lighthouse (dropped)
* Tidmouth Hault Sheds (portrait)
* The Waterfall (dropped)
* Brendam Docks (dropped)
* Shining Time
* Muffle Mountain
* Burnett Stone's Workshop
* The Magic Railroad

## Songs

* Really Useful Engine
* Shining Time
* I Know How the Moon Must Feel
* Some Things Never Leave You
* Summer Sunday
* The Locomotion
* Old MacDiesel
* I've Been Working on the Railway

## Trivia

* The results of the film not only heightened the franchise's presence in the United States, but also promoted Gullane to consider producing spin-off shows surrounding Bertie and Harold in 2001. However, both plans were immediately scrapped in favour of another planned spin-off, Jack and the Sodor Construction Company, in 2003.
* A 1996 newspaper claimed George Carlin would reprise his role as Mr. Conductor, but due to Carlin having left the show after Shining Time Station ended, Alec Baldwin was casted instead.
* According to Britt Allcroft, the film was partially inspired by the fourth series episode, Thomas and the Special Letter.
* Different versions of the original script can be found online.
* According to David Axford, David Mitton had desired to incorporate characters from the TUGS franchise into the film as a tie-in through a scene where Thomas encountered them on a seaside run by. It would have been likely the models would have been modified for the film. Many of their models were shipped over from the United Kingdom, but none were ultimately used in the film, due to a clash between Britt and David. Many of the models were damaged or destroyed during their transportation back to the United Kingdom. The only possible mention of this scene in any versions of the original script is a scene where Thomas pulls The Mail Train past the sea before arriving at Knapford.
* John Barry originally signed on to be the film's composer, but left the project due to scheduling conflicts. He is still credited as the composer on the 1999 US teaser poster.
* Before the film was released, a sequel was originally already being developed by Destination Films. However, due to the negative reception and poor box office bomb performance, the sequel was cancelled. Had the film been successful, a sequel would probably have been made.
* In the second half of both the UK and US trailers feature the instrumentals of the 1997 song, The World Is New by American band, Save Ferris.
	+ This film marks the first of many things:
* The first film based on Thomas & Friends.
* The first film distributed by ABC Films.
* The first Thomas & Friends production to feature separate voice actors for the characters in the English dub and the first to use this format worldwide. This is the only time CGI animation was used until Thomas and the Billboard. Also, these techniques would not be done fully again until nine years later, with 2009's Hero of the Rails, the first full CGI Thomas & Friends production (excluding a 1990's German Ad for Thomas Wooden Railway), all the way to the twenty-fourth series.
* The first appearance of Thomas' shocked face without his bucktooth since the second series episode, The Runaway, which continued to appear until the twelfth series.
* The first time an engine says "Shut up" since the second series episode, Edward's Exploit. Diesel 10 says this to Pinchy in annoyance as he backs away from Tidmouth Sheds after harassing the steam engines. This is a rare occurrence since Thomas & Friends was meant to have gentler language most often as of the 1990s.
* The first production not to feature any narrow gauge engines since their debut in the fourth series.
* The first in the series to have a railroad crossing sound effect.
* The first appearance of the Watermill since the third series episode, Thomas, Percy and the Post Train.
* The first special where Annie wears her Season 2 outfit, as she wears it throughout the film.
* The first appearances of Boj, Rupa, Denzil, Gavin, Mia, Bingo, Rolly, Hissy, Keia and Lollie.
* The first appearance of James' smug face re-casted as his sleeping face.
	+ This film marks the only of a few things:
* The only Thomas & Friends film to feature live actors.
* The only film based on Shining Time Station.
* The only production to have a first-person narrative until the twenty-second series episode, Number One Engine.
* The only appearances of Lady and Diesel 10 until Calling All Engines!.
* The only special not to have narrow gauge engines until Hero of the Rails.
* The only appearances of Splatter and Dodge. They were originally going to be included in the CGI specials, Day of the Diesels and The Great Race, but were replaced by Paxton and Sidney, and the Mainland Diesels respectively.
* The only time Neil Crone voices Gordon and the only special to have him as part of the voice cast until Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go.
* The only time where Diesel 10's shocked and worried facial expressions are used on screen.
* The only fully worldwide theatrical Thomas film release to get released until the upcoming Untitled Marc Forster Film. A second one before the Marc Forster film named The Adventures of Thomas was in development by HiT Entertainment sometime around 2010, but was cancelled after Mattel acquired the company and years of repeated postponement. Many of the specials also received brief theatrical runs.
* The only appearance of Killaban.
* The only special in which Edward does not appear until the Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go special, Race for the Sodor Cup.
* The only time the Fat Controller does not physically appear on screen, although he is seen via portrait cameo.
* The only time until the seventeenth series where all the engines aside from Thomas, Percy, and Toby have headlamps, albeit only used on the night scenes.
* The only appearances of Burnett Stone, Lily, Junior and Patch.
* The only time were Alec Baldwin played Mr. Conductor.
* The only time were Russell Means played Billy Twofeathers.
* The only appearance of The Big Dipper.
* The only appearance of Shining Time (town).
	+ This film marks the last of a few things:
* The last Thomas and Friends production ever produced in the 20th century.
* The last production where Thomas' original wincing face mask is used. A new one would be gained for the seventh series until The Great Discovery.
* Mara Wilson's last major film role before her ten year retirement from acting. She returned to the acting profession around 2016.
* The last time in the franchise where a character says "Stupid" and "Shut up," likely to reduce more crass language on the show.
* The last VHS/DVD to be released by DVD Acadamy in South Korea.
* The last appearance of Mr. Conductor, Stacy Jones and Billy Twofeathers.
* The last appearance of Shining Time Station.
* This special was never shown in Spain, Romania, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Serbia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Indonesia.
* This is the longest Thomas & Friends production ever made, running at 85 minutes (1 hour and 25 minutes) in the final cut.
* Phil Fehrle and Shelley-Elizabeth Skinner made cameos in the film.
* Didi Conn is the only actress from Shining Time Station to reprise her role in the film.
* Edward was never featured in any script of the film. According to an interview with Phil Fehrle, there was not enough screen time or opportunity to utilise him in a way that added any real value to the film.
* Twinkle Toes, the nickname that Diesel 10 uses to call Mr. Conductor and Junior, would be used by him once again with Sidney in the seventeenth series episode, The Missing Christmas Decorations.
* John Bellis, the original voice of Thomas, is credited as "transportation coordinator."
* People that worked on the original series also worked on this film. Namely, David Mitton (as model unit creative consultant), David Eves (as model SFX supervisor), Stephen Asquith (as model supervisor) and Terence Permane (as director of photography for the models section).
* In the trailers, Mr. Conductor is heard saying "I've run out of gold dust, and because of that, I'm losing my energy as well," a line originally from the uncut version. Similarly, Diesel 10 is also heard saying "I'll get you, you blue puffball!" which was also originally from the uncut version.
* The English and a couple foreign theatrical trailers played "The World is New" by Save Ferris, with music done by Nick Phoenix. The same was done with the Japanese theatrical trailer, but it replaced some of the original music with bits of the original Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends theme.
* In the Australian trailer, P.T. Boomer makes an appearance, a rod is connected to Thomas' coupling hook and Thomas and Diesel 10 have their original voices at certain points.
* The Australian VHS release has both the Destination Films and Gullane Pictures logos plastered with the ABC Films logo. However, the Australian DVD release has all three logos presented in alphabetical order before the start of the film.
* Despite his role being cut, P.T. Boomer still makes a few appearances in the final film. He appears lying on top of Diesel 10's roof in the chase scene in one scene, as a connect black cable to Diesel 10 and he makes an appearance in the "crossroads" scene in which Stacy brings Lily to Burnett Stone. Doug Lennox confirmed that the original scene would have seen Boomer confront Burnett about Lady's whereabouts and was re-dubbed when his role was cut out.
* In a deleted scene, the newspapers that PT Boomer searches through to find Burnett Stone's address are dated 22nd July 1999. This means that the events of this film took place between the 22nd and 25th of July 1999.
* All of the engines and road vehicles have different whistle and horn sounds:
* Thomas still uses the same whistle sound albeit slightly modified.
* Some of the engines share the same whistle sound (which is Thomas' whistle in the special but at different pitches); Gordon and James both use the same whistle, as do Henry and Percy.
* Toby's bell sound changes for the second time since the second series, but this time, another bell sound sounds slightly different.
* Bertie's horn is the same one as the other one used in the first to third series, but in a higher pitch.
* In the first teaser for the film, Thomas has his regular whistle sound, albeit pitched down a few tones.
* The line that splits that Percy goes down with the mail train has some similarities to the one Oliver went down in Oliver's Find.
* According to multiple SiF interviews, several of the models were either damaged or lost in transit after being shipped from Toronto to Shepperton.
* It is possible that this movie is not canon to the show as Chris Lloyd has stated in his interview with SiF, and that Lady does not exist in the show's continuity.
* The film was shot in a 4:3 fullscreen frame and later matted into a 1.85:1 widescreen image for theatrical release; the UK and Irish DVD as well as the film on Sprout and Starz airings was rendered in full frame as a letterboxed widescreen image.
* For the 16:9 widescreen release, the top and bottom of the film are cropped to fit the widescreen frame, however, several scenes were filmed in widescreen, such as:
* The scene of Thomas at the campfire when Mr. Conductor explains how he was keeping Lady entertained.
* The second scene of Thomas and Percy at the campfire when Percy explains how they must get Lily back to Burnett Stone.
* The scene of Burnett Stone saying "Well done, Thomas! Well done," before blowing Lady's whistle after Thomas crossed the viaduct that was about to collapse.
* The Digital HD Copy, and 20th Anniversary Shout! Factory Blu-Ray release are the only official ways to own the film in 16:9 widescreen.
* The posters of Sir Topham Hatt reading "Sir Topham Needs You" featured throughout the film are a reference to the Lord Kitchener and Uncle Sam recruiting posters.
* Despite Sir Topham Hatt's voice being unintelligible over the phone, it is still changed in the foreign language dubs.
* Although live human actors are used for the film, Lady Hatt and Bertie's driver still appear as model humans, in a picture frame for the former and physically for the latter.
* Aside from Bertie's driver, Sodor appears to be entirely devoid of people, including the engines' crews, guards and workmen, thus making the engines self-driven. Despite this, the passengers' shadows can be seen in some of the windows of the coaches.
* Aside the engines' drivers, Burnett Stone is able to drive and operate Lady.
* This would later happen again in Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! (But this time, it also has rolling stock moving on their own).
* The town beside Knapford is replaced with trees, however, many cottages and houses are seen elsewhere at Knapford and at the windmill.
* Scrap models of Thomas, Gordon, City of Truro, Toad and one of the Scottish twins appear in the smelters yard scenes.
* The Hollywoodedge, Air Brake Hiss Truck PE079201 sound effect is heard when Diesel 10 stops.
* One of Flying Scotsman's tenders, painted black, can be seen as Thomas backs into the siding next to James.
* After Mr. Conductor talks to the ball and the bat at the sheds, Pinkie breaks the fourth wall by asking "What just happened?" to the audience.
* In a deleted scene of Splatter and Dodge at the Smelter's Yard, they are both wearing their different masks that did not appear in the final film.
* In the double-length twenty-fourth series episode, Thomas and the Royal Engine, Thomas says "Little engines can do big things" which is a reference to the film's tag line.
* The scene where Mr. Conductor is in Sir Topham Hatt's office, pictures of the engines from past series episode, such as No Joke for James, Tender Engines, A Surprise for Percy and Thomas, Percy and Old Slow Coach, are seen.
* This film aired in the UK twice on BBC One - once on 1st January 2004, and again on 29th December 2008.
* The film aired in the US on Sprout on 3rd July and 11th July 2015 and in Canada on Family Jr. in 2017 where, like with the UK and Irish DVD, it was fitted as a widescreen image.
* Also this is the only model production to air on the Family Jr channel.
* When the film aired on the Playhouse Disney channel in Australia in July 2007, the scene with Junior surfing on Diesel 10 was cut after he says, "Oh no, my beach bag!", likely due to safety concerns.
* This film, Big World! Big Adventures!, Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure, Tale of the Brave and King of the Railway are the only known specials to have been dubbed in Hebrew.
* The Korean VHS/DVD does not contain any of the UK or US company logos; instead, it only had DVD Acadamy's logo.
* The Korean VHS plays the English dub with Korean subtitles.
* In the Greek dub, all of the songs are cut.
* The Russian dub was dubbed over the Hebrew dub.
* The Azerbaijani and Korean dubs were dubbed over the English dub.
* The Dutch, Slovenian, Azerbaijani and Korean dubs never dubbed the songs, but the Dutch, Slovenian and Korean dubs added subtitles for the lyrics.
* The film's original US VHS release came with coupons for Amtrak tickets.
* Flags of the Isle of Man, Germany, Scotland, Ireland and Europe can be seen above one of the shops at Shining Time.
* The film's UK VHS release has the Milkyway Magic Stars Advert parts one and two.
* During the chase scene, Burnett says to Diesel 10 "No you won't because the magic you refused to believe in, will get the better of you." However, Diesel 10 did believe in the magic as that was the whole reason as to why he wanted to destroy Lady. This is because the line was originally intended to be directed at P.T. Boomer, but when he was cut from the film, the line was edited to omit any mention of him.
* This special takes place between fifth and sixth series of Thomas & Friends, and after the cancellation of Shining Time Station.

### 4th Wall Breaks

* Mr. Conductor greets the viewers at the beginning after the logo, and narrates parts of the story.
* Thomas, Dorothy and Toto bark and say 'hello' to the audience, as they pass by.
* After seeing Mr. Conductor talk to a bat and ball, Pinkie Pie turns to the camera and asks "What just happened?"
* Mr. Conductor breaks the fourth wall by asking if the audience have put bags of flour to catch him.
* After seeing Diesel 10 and the villains approaching, Tigger turns to the camera and says "I think we're in big trouble!".
* The Little Einsteins also break the fourth wall by looking anxiously at the audience, along with Tigger.
* When shavings are about to be turned into gold dust, Tigger turns to the camera again and says "And now, the most Tigger-rific part".
* At the end of the film, Thomas whistles goodbye to the audience, and Dorothy waves to the audience and shouts 'goodbye' to the audience.

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