Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry

"Oh, it's you. Have you learned to drive properly yet?"

- Elizabeth upon meeting the Fat Controller again

Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry, retitled Elizabeth the Vintage Quarry Truck  in the majority of North American releases, is the fifth episode of the sixth series.

Plot
Thomas is pulling a special to Brendam which is heavy and he puffs very hard, breaking his siderods in the process. Thomas' crew see an old disused shed, which Thomas thinks is haunted. But instead of finding a ghost inside, Thomas' crew discover a vintage Sentinel lorry named Elizabeth. She has been sheeted for many years and has not been out since. Thomas' fireman puts some of Thomas' coal in her fire, and soon she is out and working again.

Although Elizabeth is initially hesitant and rude to Thomas, she drives off to the works to get new siderods for him. She still is not quite ready yet and discovers that her engine can only just manage hills when she climbs them, but at last she returns, and Thomas sets off to the docks.

He arrives just in time for the boat, but the Fat Controller is cross that he is almost late. Thomas explains about his siderods, and is just about to tell him about how rude Elizabeth was, when she pulls up. It turns out the Fat Controller drove Elizabeth when he was younger, and he has Jem Cole restore her to her original beauty. Even after everything, Thomas ends up admitting how grand she looks.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Elizabeth
 * Sir Topham Hatt
 * Jem Cole
 * Edward
 * James
 * Duck
 * Donald
 * Annie
 * Trevor
 * Charlie Sand
 * Sidney Hever
 * Sir Topham Hatt's Brown-haired Assistant
 * Big Mickey

Locations

 * Tidmouth Beach
 * The Seaside Village
 * Jem Cole's Yard
 * Elizabeth's Shed
 * Brendam Docks
 * The Church Runby

Trivia

 * This episode was filmed on 24th-25th January 2002.
 * The shed Thomas' crew find Elizabeth in was later used as Toby's shed at Arlesdale End from the seventh series onwards.
 * When Thomas' crew took some coal from his bunker for Elizabeth, Thomas' driver's head was digitally edited with the close-up scale model's head.
 * The CiTV continuity of this episode during the end credits featured Leah Charles King holding up a drawing of Thomas, Percy and James sent in by Daniel Coffey, when it was repeated on 17th February 2003.
 * When this episode was released on the Thomas and the Jet Engine Australian DVD/VHS and aired on CITV in the United Kingdom, the widescreen version was cropped to fullscreen.
 * This is the first episode of several things:
 * Elizabeth's first appearance.
 * The first episode since the second series episode, Saved from Scrap that Jem Cole has been referred to by name.
 * The first episode when Thomas' chuckling face from the third series appears as his new grinning face.
 * The first appearance since the third series Thomas' tired face is used, despite it was Percy who was wearing it in said series as well as his sad face since the fourth series episode, Thomas and the Special Letter.
 * The first episode since the third series to have a single character's name as the title.
 * This episode marks the last physical appearance of The Seaside Village, not counting its stock footage appearance in the seventh series episode, Best Dressed Engine.
 * This is the second episode where an engine has an issue that involves their siderods being removed in some way, the first being the second series episode, Edward's Exploit.
 * An LMS poster can be seen on a signal box at one point.
 * From this episode onwards till the end of the model era, Thomas' angry faces now have triangular shaped eyebrows.
 * In the opening shot, Thomas is pulling the circus CCT van from Henry and the Elephant but with the "Topham Circus" lettering removed.
 * There are several scenes that were left unused in the final scenes:
 * A deleted scene shows Thomas puffing through the Runby Church in a rare picture.
 * A deleted scene shows Thomas wearing his depressed facemask while warning his driver to be careful of the shed.
 * A deleted scene of Thomas looking surprised to see Elizabeth when he first meets her.
 * An extended scene of Thomas looking upset before he lets off steam.
 * An extended scene of Donald pulling milk tankers passing Thomas before he breaks his side rods.
 * An extended scene of Elizabeth droving out of the shed and passing Thomas to get him new side rods.
 * An extended scene of Elizabeth droving back to Thomas looking pleased with herself.
 * An extended scene of Thomas puffing away to the docks after his side rods are fixed.

Goofs

 * In some close-ups of Elizabeth, her eye mechanism is visible inside her cab.
 * The right-hand pillar (viewer's perspective) of the bridge Elizabeth goes under wobbles a bit.
 * When Elizabeth asks "Have you learned to drive properly yet?" the steam Thomas blows disappears and reappears due to a film cut.
 * There appear to be two Jem Coles at the end; one with the Fat Controller and one driving Trevor.
 * Two red wires can be seen in Thomas' cab window in a close-up of his driver.
 * The whistle on Thomas' plastic model can be seen much further then on its usual place.
 * In the UK dub, the Fat Controller signifies Elizabeth as the grandest lorry of the whole "railroad", but railroad is the American term for railway.
 * In the scenes of Thomas looking worried, his eyes are wonky, his face is tilted, and his lamp irons are crooked.

Quotes

 * Elizabeth: Do you mind?! I'm trying to sleep!




 * Elizabeth: Oh, it's you. Have you learned to drive properly yet?
 * Thomas: She's for it/in trouble now!
 * The Fat Controller: Elizabeth! My first lorry/truck! I thought you had been lost!

Merchandise

 * Book - Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry and Blessing in Disguise
 * My Thomas Story Library books - Elizabeth

Home Media Releases
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UK

 * The Fogman and Other Stories
 * The Complete Series 6

DVD Packs

 * The Very Best of Thomas and Friends/The Fogman Double Pack
 * Double DVD Giftset
 * Classic Collection

US

 * Salty's Secret and Other Thomas Adventures
 * Thomas & Friends Classic Volume 6

CAN

 * Salty's Secret and Other Thomas Adventures

DVD Boxsets

 * Totally Thomas Volume 2

AUS

 * Thomas and the Jet Engine
 * The Complete Series 6
 * The Best of Thomas and Friends - Volume 1

DVD Boxsets

 * 60th Anniversary - Limited Edition Boxset
 * Complete Series 1-10
 * Series Five and Series Six Double Pack

SWE/DK

 * The World's Strongest Engine

JPN

 * Thomas the Tank Engine Series 6 Vol.4
 * Welcome Aboard! Pleasant Fellow First Appearance On Sodor Island

KOR

 * Character Special Edition Series Vol. 1
 * Friends Love Story

PHL

 * A Friend in Need

NOR

 * Scaredy Engines

ITA

 * Percy and the Haunted Mine

MYS

 * Harvey to the Rescue and Other Thomas Adventures
 * Busy Going Backwards and Other Adventures

HK

 * Thomas and Friends Volume 14
 * Thomas and Friends Volume 1

THA

 * Thomas and Friends - Volume 20

TWN
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 * Thomas and Friends Volume 4

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