"A Smooth Ride" is a tenth season episode.
Plot
Sir Handel has returned from the quarries, but while pulling a train of apples up a hill discovers he has become very bumpy. Sir Handel gets Peter Sam to help him, but when he arrives on time is told to take some sheep. This time, Duncan helps him up the hills, but at the Transfer Yards Sir Handel is told he is to take Mr. Percival and his wife on a picnic on Culdee Fell. Sir Handel starts bumping on the way up and Mr. Percival finds out everything. Luckily for Sir Handel, Mr. Percival gets some fitters to fix Sir Handel's bumps and the problem desists.
Featured Characters
- Thomas
- Sir Handel
- Peter Sam
- Mr. Percival
- Duncan (does not speak)
- Mighty Mac (does not speak)
- Culdee (mentioned)
Goofs
- Sir Handel is said to be one of Sodor’s oldest engines, but in fact several other characters are older than him, like Skarloey, Rheneas, Duke and Edward.
- When Peter Sam buffers up behind Sir Handel's train his buffers aren't in level with those of the truck.
- Mighty Mac mysteriously swaps position while taking Sir Handel to the Transfer Yards.
- When they show Sir Handel's wheels spinning and rocking,one of his wheels is derailed.
- When the narrator says the title,Sir Handel takes the same route and trucks when he delivers the apples with Peter Sam's help up the hill.
- This is the first episode in the entire series to mention Culdee Fell, possibly implying that the Culdee Fell Railway could come up in the series later, but there is no facts, this is all assumption.