"Ghost Train", retitled "Percy's Ghostly Trick" in American releases, is a second season episode. It first aired on December 16, 1986. This story was used on the Public Broadcasting Service television series Shining Time Station in its two episodes "Things that Go Ga-Hooga in the Night" (1989) and "Scare Dares" (1991).
A deleted scene of Terence pulling the lime cart
Plot
Percy as a ghost
Percy tells the others of a ghost train said to be haunting Thomas' branch line, but Thomas is dismissive. When Percy later crashes into a load of lime stuck on a crossing he becomes as white as a sheet and has the idea to pretend to be a ghost to pay back Thomas. With some help from Toby, Percy scares Thomas into leaving the shed. Thomas tries to cover up his mistake the next day, but still runs when he hears Percy's whistle!
Featured characters
- Thomas
- Percy
- Toby
- Annie and Clarabel (do not speak)
- Henrietta (cameo)
- Terence (deleted scene cameo)
- Diesel (deleted scene cameo)
Trivia
- The ghost engine is just Percy covered in white streamers and with Edward's whistle.
Goofs
- In the opening shot of the viaduct a light on the scaffolding goes on a bit too late.
- When Thomas intterupts Percy durig his ghosts story at the beginning, its daytime in the original verison of the episode, but in the remastered version of the episode, its at nightime.
- The fog blowing around Thomas, Percy and Toby is obviously being vented out of the ground.
- The lime is blown up just before Percy collides with it.
- When Percy turns up at the signalbox he is covered in lime but his driver is spotless when he should be covered in lime too.
- When Percy says "That'll teach him to say I'm a silly little engine!" his face moves.
- In the shot of Toby telling Thomas about Percy's accident you can tell the film was cut, as his eyes jerk from up to down.
- When Thomas puffs out of the sheds a piece of studio equipment can be seen through the shed window, the shed door moves and a plank can be seen through the door.
- For some reason, in the restored version, Toby leaves Percy to go to the sheds a little later than he did in the original version.
Episode
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