Rescues on the Railways

Rescues on the Railways is a UK VHS featuring five fifth series episodes narrated by Michael Angelis and four songs from the fifth series.

It was released in Australia with the title Rescues on the Railway featuring two fifth series episodes, three fourth series episodes, and two third series episodes narrated by Michael Angelis and two songs from the fifth series.

1999 UK
Storms, rescues, falling trees, fog, engines getting lost, smelly fish, trucks out of control and more in this action packed set of stories. Including 4 great new songs for everyone to sing-a-long to, Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends are chuff chuffed with all the excitement packed in to Rescues on the Railways.

2002 UK
Storms, rescues falling trees, fog, engines getting lost, smelly fish, trucks out of control and more in this action packed set of stories. Including 4 great songs for everyone to sing-a-long to, Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends are chuff chuffed with all the excitement packed into Rescues on the Railways.

AUS
Rescues, trouble on the turntable, trucks out of control, smelly fish, a great escape and more in this action packed set of stories. Including two great songs to sing-along to, Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends are chuff chuff chuffed with all the excitement packed into Rescues on the Railways.

Join Thomas and his friends for seven more adventures and two great songs!

Episodes

 * 1) Cranky Bugs* - A new crane called Cranky thinks that Thomas and Percy are just annoying bugs. He soon learns that they can be really useful engines!
 * 2) James and the Trouble with Trees* - When a tree puts James in danger Thomas has to put aside his jealousy of James' new coat of paint and come to the rescue.
 * 3) Put Upon Percy* - An out of control freight car/truck in the mine nearly causes disaster. Percy gets a special reward for his bravery.
 * 4) Stepney Gets Lost* - Stepney gets lost in the fog on the way home from the mine and could end up as scrap - what will happen??
 * 5) Something in the Air - Henry teases Thomas when he ends up in a fishy mess, but soon the laugh is on Henry...

(*Followed by a song)

Songs

 * 1) Accidents Will Happen
 * 2) Every Cloud has a Silver Lining
 * 3) The Snow Song
 * 4) It's Great to be an Engine

Episodes

 * 1) Something in the Air
 * 2) Duncan Gets Spooked
 * 3) Rusty to the Rescue*
 * 4) Home at Last
 * 5) A Bad Day for Sir Handel*
 * 6) One Good Turn
 * 7) Escape

(*Followed by a song)

Songs

 * 1) It's Great to Be an Engine
 * 2) Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining

Trivia

 * The back cover of the original UK VHS features an image from Busy Going Backwards. The 2002 UK VHS replaces the image from Something in the Air seen on the original back cover with a mirrored image from Trust Thomas.
 * This is the first UK VHS to feature the Nick Jr. logo on the cover.
 * This is also the last UK VHS to feature the original Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends logo on the cover.

Goofs

 * On the back cover of the 1999 UK VHS, James and the Trouble with Trees is mislabelled as "James and Trouble with Trees."
 * On the back cover of the 1999 UK VHS, Accidents will Happen is accidentally simply named “Accidents”.
 * On the back cover of the 2002 UK VHS, Phil Fehrle was credited as producer when he was not involved in the show prior to the sixth series.
 * On the back cover of the Australian VHS, "A Bad Day for Sir Handel" is just called "Bad Day for Sir Handel," and the illustrations of Thomas and James are mirrored.