Tri-and-a-Half-a Lon

"I'm gonna beat that clock!" "That's the spirit! You've been training your whole life for this! Well, since yesterday, anyway."

- Nia and Sandy Tri-and-a-Half-a-Lon is the fifth episode of the second series of Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go.

Plot
The engines are revved up for their homemade obstacle course event known as the Tri-and-a-half-a-lon. During practice, Nia worries that she's never been able to beat the timer, but Sandy and Carly encourage her to keep practicing before the event the next day.

Characters

 * Thomas
 * Gordon
 * Percy
 * Nia
 * Diesel
 * Carly
 * Sandy
 * Kana
 * Bruno
 * Emily
 * Annie and Clarabel

Locations

 * The Maintenance Yard
 * Duck Pond
 * Sodor Wildlife Sanctuary
 * Vicarstown
 * Vicarstown Museum of History
 * Vicarstown Theatre
 * Vicarstown Bridge
 * Lookout Mountain
 * Norramby Beach
 * McColl Farm

UK

 * Aaron Barashi as Thomas
 * Will Harrison-Wallace as Gordon
 * Henri Charles as Percy
 * Sade Smith as Nia
 * Henry Harrison as Diesel
 * Eva Mohamed as Carly
 * Holly Dixon as Sandy
 * Chloe Raphael as Kana
 * Elliott Garcia as Bruno

US

 * Meesha Contreras as Thomas
 * Neil Crone as Gordon
 * Charlie Zeltzer as Percy
 * Talia Evans as Nia
 * Will Bhaneja as Diesel
 * Jenna Warren as Carly
 * Glee Dango as Sandy
 * Ava Ro as Kana
 * Chuck Smith as Bruno

Trivia

 * Going by production order, this is the fourth episode of the second series.
 * Kana chasing after the butterflies was a reference to the All Engines Go Short, Kana and the Butterflies.
 * According to Chuck Smith's mother, this is his favourite episode.
 * Diesel's love for ducklings is similar to the original series episode, Diesel and the Ducklings.
 * This is the third episode to have an engine cry into tears. The first two being the first series episodes, A Wide Delivery and Nia's Surprising Surprise.
 * This is the first Bruno appearance without help from Daniel Share-Strom or Monique Moreau.

Goofs

 * In some shots after she collapses over the finishing line, Nia is missing the top half of her cylinders.
 * After Thomas rings the bell at the start of the episode, Gordon's right smokebox frame is layered over his cylinder pipe and wheel-arch, and his lamp is missing.
 * As Nia gets ready to start her run on the obstacle course, her front wheels are incorrectly layered behind her chassis before she turns around.
 * When the timer's whistle blows during Nia's first run, Gordon's tender disappears.
 * In a few scenes, Sandy's top stripes are missing.
 * In the far-shot of Vicarstown, Gordon is missing his lamp and the grey on his running board.
 * When Nia races towards Lookout Mountain, the track that Sandy and Carly are on is cut off.
 * When Thomas and Percy look at the sunset disappearing, in one shot, Percy's funnel is missing.
 * When Nia passes the junction to Norramby Beach, the Windmill is missing its sails.
 * When Nia says "I'm gonna beat that clock!", Gordon's rear buffers are layered over his tender.
 * In the second-to-last scene, Gordon's cab is crooked.