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Thomas & Friends

  • 1983-2026
  • 28 seasons
  • 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • Animation, Other, Action & Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
  • TV-Y

Follow along to adventures with Thomas the Tank Engine and friends on the fictional Island of Sodor.

Season 17 Episode Guide

27 Episodes 2013 - 2014

Episode 0

Thomas & Friends: King of the Railway

Thomas, a tank engine, and friends are ordered to find an old engine who goes missing without a trace. Their investigation leads them to the discovery of treasures on the Island of Sodor.

Episode 1

Kevin's Cranky Friend

Thu, Oct 10, 2013 11 mins

Kevin is called in to assist Cranky at Brendam Docks, but Cranky is insistent that he doesn't need any help - especially from a funny little crane like Kevin.

Thomas & Friends Season 17 Kevin's Cranky Friend

Episode 2

Scruff's Makeover

11 mins

Scruff gets a new coat of paint and doesn't want to ruin it by working at Whiff's Waste Dump so he sets off to look for another job.

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Episode 3

Wayward Winston

Wed, Oct 9, 2013 11 mins

Winston wishes he could go without a driver and gets his chance when the Fat Controller forgets to apply his handbrake.

Thomas & Friends Season 17 Wayward Winston

Episode 4

Gordon Runs Dry

11 mins

Gordon suffers a knock to his boiler which causes a leak. Pompous Gordon ignores a warning from Paxton and carries on, but soon comes to a complete stop.

Episode 5

Calm Down Caitlin

11 mins

Caitlin, a streamlined engine from the Mainland, has to spend the night on Sodor and is so excited that she keeps everyone awake.

Thomas & Friends Season 17 Calm Down Caitlin

Episode 6

Steamie Stafford

Mon, Oct 7, 2013 11 mins

Paxton the diesel engine has been told not to be silly, but when he wobbles over a bumpy track he can't help but think that it is fun. He persuades Thomas to have a go, but Thomas accidentally backs into Toby at the water tower and gets his firebox wet. Poor Thomas must wait for his firebox to dry out. When Paxton overhears Toby saying that Thomas has lost his puff, Paxton misunderstands and heads off across the Island of Sodor to look for it. Stafford, the battery operated engine, doesn't run on coal and water like the steam engines, he runs on a battery which is very quiet. So when Stafford overhears some children saying he's too quiet and doesn't sound like a proper engine, he is very upset. Stafford asks Thomas and Percy to teach him how to make the same chuffing sounds they do. But when he is sent to collect some lambs for Farmer McColl, his new noisy sounds make the lambs run away. Stafford soon realizes that being a quiet engine is actually Really Useful.

Thomas & Friends Season 17 Steamie Stafford

Episode 7

Henry's Hero

Thu, Oct 10, 2013 11 mins

Hiro teaches Henry that sometimes it is best to keep puffing, even if you are burning bad coal.

Episode 8

Luke's New Friend

Fri, Oct 11, 2013 11 mins

Luke befriends a timid little deer at the Blue Mountain Quarry.

Thomas & Friends Season 17 Luke's New Friend

Episode 9

The Switch

11 mins

Luke and Millie swap jobs for the day.

Episode 10

Not Now, Charlie!

Mon, Nov 18, 2013 11 mins

Connor is a new engine to the island of Sodor, so when Bill and Ben see him for the first time they decide to play a trick on him and pretend to be able to go faster than him. But it's really Bill at one end of the race and Ben at the other. When Connor tries to race them again he nearly has an accident. Sir Topham Hatt is cross and sends Bill to be repainted so that he and Ben don't look the same and can't play tricks anymore, but Bill and Ben still have one last trick up their funnels! Charlie is the small purple engine who likes to tell jokes. One day Charlie discovers an elephant on the line and tries to alert the other engines, but they all think he is joking. Finally Charlie alerts the Sodor Search and Rescue Center where Harold takes him seriously. Then, with Harold's help, Charlie finally recovers the elephant and returns it to the Sodor Animal Park. Charlie soon proves that he's not always just the joker; he is in fact a Really Useful Engine!

Thomas & Friends Season 17 Not Now, Charlie!

Episode 11

The Lost Puff

Mon, Oct 7, 2013 11 mins

Following an accident at a water-tower, Paxton sets off to find Thomas' "lost puff". He doesn't realise that "puff" is just another word for "steam" and ends up looking foolish.

Thomas & Friends Season 17 The Lost Puff

Episode 12

The Thomas Way

Mon, Mar 17, 2014 11 mins

Thomas and Duck have to take Harold for repairs. Thomas thinks it would be nice show Harold some sights, but Duck is determined to carry out the job "the Great Western way" which means taking the most direct and prompt route.

Thomas & Friends Season 17 The Thomas Way

Episode 13

The Phantom Express

11 mins

James tricks Percy and Stephen into believing that "The Phantom Express" is roaming around Ulfstead Castle.

Episode 14

Percy's Lucky Day

Tue, Oct 22, 2013 11 mins

One night James tries to scare Percy by telling him that there's a ghost at Ulfstead Castle. Stephen reassures Percy that there is no such thing as ghosts, but James comes to the castle to try to scare both of them. Percy and Stephen each end up falling into the moat, but James doesn't know where they are and when he hears them whistling, he ends up believing his own story and scaring himself! After a couple of mishaps involving a torn sack of mail and some cargo on the line, Percy begins to feel like he has too much bad luck. Stephen lends Percy a lucky charm which helps him regain his confidence. But when Percy realizes that he doesn't have it with him, he has to find the confidence to help pull Bill and Ben back onto the rails without it.

Thomas & Friends Season 17 Percy's Lucky Day

Episode 15

Bill or Ben?

Tue, Mar 18, 2014 11 mins

Bill and Ben play a cunning trick on Connor the new streamlined engine.

Thomas & Friends Season 17 Bill or Ben?

Episode 16

Too Many Fire Engines

Tue, Oct 8, 2013 11 mins

A team of railway inspectors question whether or not Sir Topham Hatt needs two fire engines. This causes panic for Flynn as Belle keeps getting to fires before him.

Thomas & Friends Season 17 Too Many Fire Engines

Episode 17

No Snow for Thomas

Tue, Dec 10, 2013 11 mins

Thomas dislikes his snowplough and decides to hide it. He soon regrets it when he has to stay in the shed while the other engines are having fun in the snow.

Episode 18

Santa's Little Engine

Mon, Dec 9, 2013 11 mins

Sir Topham Hatt is to stand-in for Santa Claus at Ulfstead Castle and the Earl gets him a real sleigh. Unfortunately, Thomas bumps into it, sending it hurtling down the hill with Sir Topham inside.

Thomas & Friends Season 17 Santa's Little Engine

Episode 19

The Missing Christmas Decorations

Mon, Dec 9, 2013 11 mins

No one knows who is taking the Steamies' Christmas decorations from Tidmouth Sheds. Until Percy discovers Diesel 10 stealing them and chases him back to the Dieselworks, where he also discovers poor forgotten Sidney hanging from the ceiling waiting for new wheels. Percy surprises everyone by deciding to give Sidney a Christmas present and his kindness does not go unrewarded. Thomas is sent to bring a real sleigh for Sir Topham Hatt to ride in when he plays Santa at the Ulfstead Castle Christmas Fair. When the sleigh slips down the hill with Sir Topham Hatt in it, Thomas has to rescue him and ends up pulling the sleigh back up the hill with fallen branches round his funnel, making Thomas look more like a reindeer than an engine!

Thomas & Friends Season 17 The Missing Christmas Decorations

Episode 20

The Frozen Turntable

Tue, Dec 10, 2013 11 mins

When the turntable gets frozen solid, Gordon selfishly takes the one accessible berth and becomes trapped in Tidmouth Sheds.

Episode 21

Away from the Sea

11 mins

A new engine named Porter arrives at the docks and Salty, who is suffering from engine problems, fears he has come to take his job.

Episode 22

The Smelly Kipper

Thu, Nov 6, 2014 11 mins

James is ordered to take the "Flying Kipper" train and ends up getting covered in smelly fish.

Thomas & Friends Season 17 The Smelly Kipper

Episode 23

No More Mr Nice Engine

Fri, Nov 7, 2014 11 mins

Diesel tries to show Hiro how troublesome trucks can be, but ends up spoiling the Fat Controller's trousers - twice.

Thomas & Friends Season 17 No More Mr Nice Engine

Episode 24

Gone Fishing

Wed, Nov 5, 2014 11 mins

Bill and Ben tease Harvey about his hook and say he must be going fishing. However, Harvey knows being a crane has its advantages which he proves when he derails some flatbeds and is able to clear up his own mess.

Thomas & Friends Season 17 Gone Fishing

Episode 25

Thomas' Shortcut

Fri, Nov 7, 2014 11 mins

Hiro is one of the strongest engines on Sodor. He is also very polite and gentle, even when he's pulling the naughty Troublesome Trucks. Diesel tells Hiro that the only way to get the trucks to behave is to give them a bang and a bump, but Hiro is not convinced. So Diesel sneaks up behind Hiro and encourages the Troublesome Trucks to misbehave even more, forcing Hiro to lose his temper and cause an accident. Thomas blows the whistle on Diesel, who soon finds himself learning from Hiro how to deal with Troublesome Trucks in a more polite and gentle manner. Thomas and Bertie love racing, but Thomas gets annoyed when Bertie starts winning all the time. When Thomas discovers Bertie's been re-routed and has taken a shortcut, he decides to try to take a shortcut too, despite Annie and Clarabel's objections. But when Thomas comes off the rails, he realizes the error of his ways.

Thomas & Friends Season 17 Thomas' Shortcut

Episode 26

The Afternoon Tea Express

11 mins

Stephen is given the job of being the Afternoon Tea Express for Ulfstead Castle. He is not very fast and gets the other engines to give him a push to speed him up. Unfortunately, Spencer pushes him too fast.

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