Little Engines Can Do BIG Things

Little Engines Can Do BIG Things is a book.

Plot
Thomas wants to be a really useful engine, but James teases Thomas for bumping the buffers and Gordon scolds Thomas for being late, making him feel unimportant. Later Thomas is shunting trucks of coal for Henry and one of the trucks goes through the buffers. Thomas tells this to Percy who suggests that they are the magic buffers that lead to a mysterious engine called Lady. Thomas goes through the buffers and sees the coal truck and picks it up. Thomas reaches the end of the line and sees a world he has never seen before. He sees Lady and gives her some coal. Then Thomas and Lady travel back to Sodor using The Magic Railroad. The railroad is coming back to life. Once they are back on Sodor all the engines cheer for Thomas.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Henry
 * Gordon
 * James
 * Percy
 * Toby
 * Splatter and Dodge
 * Lady
 * Troublesome Trucks
 * Harold
 * Sir Topham Hatt

Locations

 * Island of Sodor
 * Knapford
 * Tidmouth Sheds
 * Ffarquhar Quarry
 * The Magic Buffers
 * The Magic Railroad

Trivia

 * This book is based on the 2000 movie, Thomas and the Magic Railroad. The title is also based on a phrase said by Thomas in the film.
 * For some reason, despite being based on the above movie, Diesel 10, Bertie and the human characters are never seen nor are they ever mentioned.
 * The original version of the "Sneezing Powder" sequence at the quarry in the 1999 script is present in this book.
 * This book is featured as a Read-Along story on the Songs from the Station DVD narrated by Robin Smith.
 * This is the only book illustrated by Ted Gadecki of Coatimundi Studios which would later feature Thomas and the characters in a majority of advertisements in recent years including DVD menus, this is also the only product by the same studio where it would have different facial expressions for the characters. Anything after that is just all smiles. Despite this, the LeapPad books also used facial expressions other than smiling and has been the last known to date to do this.

Goofs

 * Thomas' cab steps are missing in some illustrations.
 * Gordon and Henry are missing half of their running gears.
 * The mail vans do not have doors.
 * In the illustration of Lady restoring the Magic Railroad, the rail behind her one front wheel is not coloured gold.

Book Packs

 * 4-Disc DVD Box Set