Off the Rails (AEG)

"Nice going Nia! Looks like your plan worked after all." "Well, if you try enough new plans, one of them's bound to work eventually." Off the Rails is the twenty-first episode of the second series of Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go.

Plot
Nia must get a huge earth ball from Whiff's Recycling Plant to Norramby Beach, but all the rail lines are blocked!

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Gordon
 * Percy
 * Whiff
 * Nia
 * Carly
 * Sandy
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Skiff
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Tess
 * Kana
 * Henry
 * James
 * Emily
 * Diesel
 * Farona and Frederico
 * Troublesome Trucks
 * Darcy

Locations

 * Island of Sodor
 * Whiff's Recycling Plant
 * Crumble Canyon
 * McColl Farm
 * Lookout Mountain
 * Wellsworth
 * Wellsworth Crossing
 * Quickdraw Bridge
 * The Dark Woods
 * Crovan's Creek
 * The Wobbly Bridge
 * The Funnel Tunnel
 * Harwick
 * The Maintenance Yard
 * Cannonball Curve
 * Blue Mountain Hills
 * Duck Pond
 * The Windmill
 * Kellsthorpe Road
 * Kellsthorpe Wharf
 * Norramby Beach
 * Kirk Ronan
 * Kenya

UK

 * Aaron Barashi as Thomas
 * Will Harrison-Wallace as Gordon
 * Henri Charles as Percy
 * Matt Coles as Whiff
 * Sade Smith as Nia
 * Eva Mohamed as Carly
 * Holly Dixon as Sandy
 * Wendy Patterson as Annie and Clarabel
 * Jai Armstrong as Skiff
 * Celeste Waldron as Tess
 * Tom Dussek as Sir Topham Hatt

US

 * Meesha Contreras as Thomas
 * Neil Crone as Gordon
 * Charlie Zeltzer as Percy
 * Joe Pingue as Whiff
 * Talia Evans as Nia
 * Jenna Warren as Carly
 * Glee Dango as Sandy
 * Catherine Disher as Annie
 * Linda Kash as Clarabel
 * Jamie Watson as Skiff
 * Kaia Oz as Tess
 * Bruce Dow as Sir Topham Hatt

Song

 * The World Has a Mind of its Own

Trivia

 * This episode shares the same title with an episode from the original series.
 * The plot is similar to the original series episodes, Steady Eddie and Emily Saves the World.
 * Nia jumping Quickdraw Bridge is similar to when Thomas jumped the Vicarstown Bridge in the 2016 special, The Great Race.
 * Nia looks near Great Britain on the globe and says that she can see the Island of Sodor, confirming that the two islands are still adjacent to each other.
 * This episode marks:
 * Farona and Frederico's first physical appearances in an episode.
 * Darcy's first appearance in an All Engines Go episode and her first appearance in an episode since the twenty-third series episode, Deep Trouble in the original series.
 * The first episode to have another adult character aside from Gordon give out the engines jobs. In this case being Whiff.
 * The second episode to not feature Thomas in a major role. The first being the first season episode, Nia's Perfect Plan.
 * Aside from a short sigh, Tess has no dialogue in this episode.
 * In the US this episode aired before The Mystery of Lookout Mountain meaning the American audience may not know about the Biggest Adventure Club flag on Lookout Mountain.

Goofs

 * Some islands, including Sodor, are missing from the Earth ball.
 * During the scene at Wellsworth Crossing:
 * Henry incorrectly has Nia's whistle sound.
 * Thomas is missing the lining on his bunker.
 * Diesel is seen releasing steam from his vents, despite being a diesel engine.
 * In one scene during the song, Nia's right cab window is missing.
 * In a close up of Thomas backing up, his wheels are moving forward.
 * When the Earth ball bounces off Henry, his lamp is missing.