The Tiger Train

"Thomas? You ok?" "WAH!" *clearing throat* Just... checking out these supplies! I-I'm not... scared." "Really? Cause, I am." "You are?" "Of course! How are you not scared?"
 * sigh* "I'm terrified!"

- Yong Bao and Thomas

The Tiger Train is the twenty-seventh episode of the first series.

Plot
One morning, Thomas travels to Brendam Docks, when he realizes that the crossing arms are stuck open. Because of this, he almost crashes into Henry. At the docks, he tries to tell his friends about the crossing arms, but is interrupted when Yong Bao arrives on Bulstrode. The engines plead Yong Bao to tell them about how he got his tiger emblem, before Yong Bao spots Gordon about to crash into James. He quickly rushes to the rescue, almost failing to save the day. Luckily, everyone is safe, and the engines congratulate and praise Yong Bao for his actions. Thomas is then jealous of Yong Bao, so he challenges him to go down Cannonball Curve backwards.

However, before Thomas and Yong Bao even get the chance to go down Cannonball Curve, they hear a loud crash from The Old Mines. When Thomas and Yong Bao arrive, Gordon tells them that there was a large rockslide at the bottom of the mine, and that Sandy and Carly are trapped. Thomas and Yong Bao race into the mines to save Carly and Sandy, but before long they find themselves on a bridge, which crosses a high canyon in the mines. Yong Bao tells Thomas that even he is scared, so Thomas admits to being scared as well. The two cross the bridge, right before the bridge collapses. Thomas and Yong Bao soon find Carly and Sandy, who are trapped behind rocks. Thomas and Yong Bao decide to push the rocks, while Carly and Sandy pull. Carly and Sandy make it out of the rock pile, and the four head out of the mines.

Soon, Thomas, Yong Bao, Carly, and Sandy encounter the bridge again, of which is now collapsed. Thomas quickly thinks of a plan to get over the bridge. He latches Carly's hook to the other side of the bridge, so Sandy can zipline on it. Sandy quickly rebuilds the bridge so Carly and Yong Bao can get across. The four escape the mine to the top of Cannonball Curve. On the mountain, Thomas and Yong Bao find Percy, Nia, Diesel, and Kana. The engines praise Yong Bao for saving Carly and Sandy, before the latter admits that he couldn't have done it without Thomas. Far off, fireworks go off, and a scared Thomas and Yong Bao race down Cannonball Curve, backwards!

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Yong Bao
 * Nia
 * Diesel
 * Kana
 * Carly
 * Sandy
 * Annie and Clarabel
 * Bulstrode
 * Henry
 * The Green Troublesome Truck
 * Cranky
 * One of the Mean Engines

Locations

 * Island of Sodor
 * Brendam Docks
 * Sodor Shipping Company
 * Crumble Canyon
 * The Dark Woods
 * The Wobbly Bridge
 * The Maintenance Yard
 * Duck Pond
 * The Broken Bridge
 * Cannonball Curve
 * The Old Mines
 * China

US

 * Meesha Contreras as Thomas
 * Neil Crone as Gordon
 * Luke Marty as James
 * Charlie Zeltzer as Percy
 * Patrick Kwok-Choon as Yong Bao
 * Talia Evans as Nia
 * Shomoy James Mitchell as Diesel
 * Ava Ro as Kana
 * Jenna Warren as Carly
 * Glee Dango as Sandy
 * Catherine Disher as Annie
 * Linda Kash as Clarabel
 * Jamie Watson as Bulstrode

UK

 * Aaron Barashi as Thomas
 * Will Harrison-Wallace as Gordon and Bulstrode
 * Luke Marty as James
 * Henri Charles as Percy
 * Lobo Chan as Yong Bao
 * Sade Smith as Nia
 * Henry Harrison as Diesel
 * Chloe Raphael as Kana
 * Eva Mohamed as Carly
 * Holly Dixon as Sandy
 * Catherine Disher as Annie
 * Linda Kash as Clarabel

Song

 * What Brave Engines Do

Trivia

 * Going by production order, this is the twenty-eighth episode of the first season.
 * The song, What Brave Engines Do, was uploaded on the official YouTube channel before this episode was aired, or even had its title revealed.
 * This episode marks Yong Bao's first appearance in All Engines Go.
 * The events of the original series episode, Yong Bao and the Tiger are briefly mentioned by Percy.
 * This also marks the first time an episode from the original series is mentioned.
 * The events are later mentioned by Thomas and Gordon in the Train School video, The Height of Courage.
 * Some elements of the plot are similar to the original series episode, Skarloey the Brave.
 * Gordon's line "Great gears!" and Thomas' line "Whoa!" are reused from the first season episode, A Thomas Promise.

Goofs

 * Vectors of Gordon's face are reused for Henry when he approaches the crossing.
 * When Henry is approaching the level crossing, he is missing his front windows.
 * In one scene, Nia's back wheels are significantly further apart from her middle wheels.
 * James and Annie swap voices at one point while praising Yong Bao.
 * When the camera zooms onto James, his wheels are not moving.
 * Behind the crossing at Brendam Docks, there were hills, but when the song begins, there are twisty bends instead.
 * In the overhead view of the mine, Gordon and Yong Bao are on the same track. But, Yong Bao is able to pass Gordon, As there is three tracks. But in the overhead view there are two tracks.
 * In a clip posted on the official Youtube channel, the description states that Yong Bao saved James from crashing into Henry, even though it was actually Gordon, this could mean Henry was to originally fill that role, or it was confused with the earlier scene where Henry nearly crashed into Thomas in the same area.