- “Trevor and I are old friends, and you and he have a lot in common too."
"Aye, and what'd that be?"
"Scrap.” - ― Edward comparing Douglas to Trevor
"Escape" is a third season episode.
Plot
Douglas tells Edward off for wasting time by talking to Trevor, but Edward shuts him up by telling him they have something in common - they have both escaped from scrap. Douglas is later taking a goods train to the Other Railway when a stranded red steam engine named Oliver begs him to take him to the North Western Railway. Douglas is glad to help, and they manage to get to the works despite being stopped by an Other Railway foreman. The Fat Controller soon finds out, and arranges for Oliver and his brakevan, Toad, to be repainted and work on Duck's branch line.
Featured Characters
- Edward
- Gordon
- James
- Duck
- Douglas
- Oliver
- Sir Topham Hatt
- Toad
- Trevor
- Thomas (cameo)
- Henry (cameo)
- Percy (cameo)
- Donald (cameo)
- Diesel (cameo)
- BoCo (cameo)
- Other Railway Diesels
- Mavis (cameo)
Trivia
- Introducing Oliver the Western Engine and Toad the Brakevan.
- Oliver is number 11. He was originally number 1436. His configuration is 0-4-2.
- Isabel (Oliver's auto-coach), who was present in the Railway Series version, was ommitted from the televised story for unknown reasons.
Goofs
- The subtitles for this episode misspell Duck's name as "Doc".
- When Douglas is pushing the train, Diesel is visible alongside but when Douglas is on another siding, Diesel appears there too. This is probably to make it seems that there are numerous diesels in the one Yard.
- At the yard Douglas' driver speaks without his Scottish accent.
- Oliver says that him and Toad have run out of coal and have no more steam. But Toad is a brakevan.