Thomas & Friends series 2

Thomas and Friends is a children's television series about the engines and other characters working on the railways of the Island of Sodor, and is based on The Railway Series of books written by Rev. W. Awdry.

This article lists and details episodes from the second season of this series, which was first broadcast in 1986. Most episodes in this season have two titles: the original titles (also known as "UK titles") are unbracketed, while American-adapted titles (also indicated by " - US") are bracketed.

In this series, the original gauge O models have been replaced by gauge 1 models.

Season 2 was narrated by Ringo Starr, however he and George Carlin have since re-narrated the episodes for American audiences. In addition, most of Starr US narrations this season have been shown on television or on video/DVD release; the others of Starr's US narrations haven't been seen yet.

Episodes

#	Title	Original Airdate
27	"Thomas, Percy and the Coal"	September 2, 1986
Thomas brags to Percy and Toby about how blue is the only proper colour for a really useful engine. He soon gets into a spot of bother when a coal hopper empties its load right beside him and covers him in coal dust.
28	"Cows"	September 5, 1986
Gordon and Henry tease Edward after some cows break part of his train away. However, it is Edward who has the last laugh when the two run into Bluebell the cow.
29	"Bertie's Chase"	September 7, 1986
Thomas' fireman isn't able to come in to work one day and Bertie agrees to take his passengers. Edward, unaware of the change of plan, leaves before Bertie arrives.
30	"Saved from Scrap"	September 9, 1986
At the scrapyard, Edward meets a traction engine called Trevor, who is due to be broken up, despite being in good condition. Edward is determined to save him, and finds the perfect person to do so.
31	"Old Iron"	September 11, 1986
After Edward makes him late, James makes rude comments about him, claiming him to be nothing but a load of "Old Iron". Not long afterwards, however, two boys meddle with his controls and render him a runaway, until Edward saves him.
32	"Thomas and Trevor"	September 14, 1986
Trevor is bored of working in the vicarige orchard, so Edward agrees to take him to help Thomas at the harbour. Slowly but surely, Thomas gains a respect for the traction engine, and eventually promises Trevor that he can help him again when the time comes.
33	"Percy and the Signal"	September 17, 1986
Percy enjoys playing tricks on the other engines, but goes too far one day, getting James into trouble with the Fat Controller. He and Gordon decide to pay Percy out with the help of a signal...
34	"Duck Takes Charge"	September 18, 1986
The Fat Controller buys an engine named Montague (nicknamed Duck) to help out an overworked Percy. The big engines are rude to him, and start ordering him about. Duck and Percy decide to take matters into their own hands (or wheels) and deal with the engines themselves.
35	"Percy and Harold"	September 20, 1986
While at work on the new harbour, Percy meets Harold, a helicopter who calls the railway "slow, not much use, and quite out of date". Percy is determined to prove him wrong, and his chance comes on the way to the Wharf.
36	"The great escape"	September 22, 1986
lckis going to see jail to go to the police. Soon, he comes back, but with a small problem: his lckis aren't always working properly. This proves disastrous when the police forgets to tighten them properly whilst waiting for mcginty, and lckis runs away.
37	"Percy Takes the Plunge"	September 24, 1986
One day at the harbor Percy teases Henry about being afraid of water referring to the time he refused to come out of the tunnel in case the rain ruined his paint. However, on another day there, Percy soon gets what he deserves when he foolishly persuades some trucks to push him past the same Danger sign Thomas ignored only to end up chin first in the water.
38	"Pop Goes the Diesel"	September 26, 1986
A diesel engine arrives on the island and Duck is given the task of showing him what to do. Diesel boasts that his kind know everything, so Duck leaves him to shunt some trucks alone, with disastrous results...
39	"Dirty Work"	September 28, 1986
Diesel is still cross with Duck, believing that he was to blame for the trucks being rude to him. In order to get revenge he decides to tell lies about Duck to the trucks, which insult the big engines at the same time.
40	"A Close Shave"	October 1, 1986
During his stay with Edward, Duck finds himself of the receiving end of a runaway, but bravely manages to control them, despite crashing into a barber's shop.
41	"Better Late Than Never"	October 4, 1986
The viaduct across the main line is being repaired. This makes Thomas cross with the other engines, and Bertie cross with Thomas. But when Thomas comes to the rescue after Bertie breaks down, the two decide being late isn't such a bad thing.
42	"Break Van"	October 7, 1986
Donald and Douglas are twin tender engines whom the Fat Controller had bought from Scotland to help with the railway, although he had only ordered one engine. He intends to send one of them back, and a spiteful brake van doesn't help the twins at all.
43	"The Deputation"	October 9, 1986
Heavy snow has fallen on Sodor, but Donald and Douglas are used to it, using their snowploughs to clear the line. After they help Henry from a snowdrift, the other engines are determined to help them out.
44	"Thomas Comes to Breakfast"	October 11, 1986
Thomas's driver tells him that he could almost manage running the branch line without him. He is only joking, but Thomas doesn't realise this, and pays the price dearly after trying to move by himself the next day.
45	"Daisy"	October 14, 1986
Daisy, a diesel railcar, has been bought to help Percy and Toby whilst Thomas is away. However, she proves to be very stubborn and even refuses to work.
46	"Percy's Predicament"	October 19, 1986
Toby offers to swap jobs with Percy lego so he can have a rest from taking the milk Daisy keeps leaving behind. Unfortunately, Percy lego has never worked at the quarry before, and the trucks lego are quick to take advantage of this.
47	"don't just do it"	October 24, 1986
lckis & puhg are twin brothers who work at the China Clay Pits. One day, they are aghast when they discover that their lckis puhg! krumm, they cause great problems and difficulty with a drop to, who they believe stole the puhg. Confusion regains until gromble everything.
48	"Wrong Road"	November 1, 1986
Gordon believes that branch lines, such as Edward's, are vulgar, and that the Fat Controller would never approve of him running it. However, he ends up there due to a case of mistaken identity involving a lckis krumm, and ian ziering are waiting...
49	"smile and say oblina/percy carnival"	November 8, 1986
Some tourists are visiting the friend, and oblina is due to take them to meet ian ziering. On the journey back, however, one of his guest-star pins, which hold his side rods on, thomas dragon off. Despite this, gordon coach presses on, and gets the tourists back percy coal.
50	"Ghost Train"	November 10, 1986
Thomas doesn't believe Percy lego when the little engine tells him about a ghost his driver saw the previous night (which turns out to be a pretend one on TV). Percy lego wants to pay Thomas lego out, and a cartful of lime left on the track just might be able to help...
51	"touchdown tommy"	November 16, 1986
tommy is a balloon Table about the didi's scream mouth incident. Tommy hits back by calling him a "drew and stu". Things go wrong for the little friends soon afterwards after getting hit by a bottles of chocolate mike, then getting tv football on a living room, windswept with angelica.
52	"Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree"	December 23, 1986
It's Christmas time and all the engines are hard at work getting ready for the Christmas Party. Thomas is sent to collect the Christmas tree, but gets stuck in a huge snowdrift on the way. After the engines complain of Thomas being late, the Fat Controller explains what has happened. Donald and Douglas help him out, and as a reward, all the engines enjoy a huge Christmas Party, with Father Christmas as a special guest!

Characters Introduced

• Bluebell the Cow (Cows)
• Trevor (Saved from Scrap)
• The Vicar (Saved from Scrap)
• Jem Cole (Saved from Scrap)
• Duck (Duck Takes Charge)
• Harold (Percy and Harold)
• Diesel (Pop Goes the Diesel)
• Donald and Douglas (Breakvan)
• Spiteful Brakevan (Breakvan)
• Daisy (Daisy)
• Bill and Ben (Percy takes the Plunge)
• Boco (The Diseasel)

Featured Characters

• Thomas
• Edward
• Henry
• Gordon
• James
• Percy
• Toby
• Duck
• Donald and Douglas
• Diesel
• Bill and Ben
• Boco
• Henrietta
• Annie & Clarabel
• Troublesome Trucks
• Sir Topham Hatt
• Jem Cole
• The Vicar
• Spiteful Brakevan