Thomas & Friends S22 (US)

When Thomas goes to China, he meets another blue tank engine called Hong-Mei. She is the number one engine on the Chinese Railway - and she challenges Thomas to a race! Thomas loses - but that doesn't stop him from trying to beat Hong-Mei in a second race!

Gordon doesn't like things to change. He is still unhappy about Edward moving out of the sheds when he learns that Henry is leaving too and gets very upset indeed. In protest at Sir Topham Hatt's decision, he decides to change everything too, shunting coaches for the small engines, pushing the Express and even filling up with diesel fuel.

Thomas is working on the Chinese Railway when his new friend Yong Bao tells him all about the Spring Festival. Thomas is very excited and so Yong Bao gives him a special job - taking the dragon to the New Year party! Thomas has seen all sorts of wonderful animals - but he's never met a dragon. And he fears the worst!

Rebecca, the big tender engine surprises Sir Topham Hatt by arriving early on the Island! All the other engines are keen to meet Rebecca and are just as quick to tell her how wonderful they are. Rebecca thinks that all the other engines sound so fast and Useful! Rebecca hopes to make a good impression by going about her work as quickly as she can.

Thomas has started working on the busy and bustling Indian Railway and is taking in all the amazingly different sights! He's never seen so many animals on top of trains, or cows being left to sleep on the track OR elephants wandering around the countryside. He's even more surprised when his friend Ashima tells him that the elephants used to work on the railway.

Rebecca is amazed when she sees Belle putting out a fire with her water cannons - and she tells her so! Rebecca is also very impressed by Marion's steam shovel - and she loves a good game of Guess What's In My Shovel! And, when Rebecca sees Harvey's crane in action, she can't help but tell him that she thinks he is a "really cool"

Excitement is high because a Bollywood action movie is being filmed on the Indian Railway. Thomas is even more excited when he's told he has a very important role in the movie... but is disappointed to learn that the role is to transport the Lead Actor not to be in the film.

When Samson meets Thomas delivering fireworks for The Earl's annual display he admits he is scared of fireworks and definitely won't be attending. Later that day a thick fog descends on Sodor, and Sir Topham Hatt gets Cyril the Fogman to place explosive detonators on the tracks to warn engines that they are approaching a signal.

Thomas is going to work at the shunting yard in the mountains on the Chinese Railway when he sees a runaway truck/car! Thomas spots a chance to be a hero and stop the truck/car- whose name is Lei- by stopping dead in front of him! Unfortunately, Thomas accidentally flips the truck/car right off the tracks!

It's Valentine's Day on the Island of Sodor. Rosie is collecting some crates from the Docks when Diesel gives her a shunt. Thomas sticks up for Rosie - telling Cranky the accident was all Diesel's fault. Bill and Ben make fun of Thomas and Rosie, calling them "special friends".

Thomas is excited about taking a film crew to a nature reserve where they are going to make a film about giant pandas. But he is even more excited by the prospect of seeing a giant panda in the wild. His coaches tell him how unlikely that it, but it only makes Thomas more determined.

It's snowing hard on Sodor when the boiler at The Animal Park breaks down. Thomas is worried about keeping the animals warm so he decides to take them to The Steamworks, where they will be safe from the cold.

It's a hot day on the Indian Railway and Thomas is delivering a truck/car of thirst quenching coconuts. On his way he discovers a branch line leading to a mysterious Monkey Temple - he asks Rajiv about it who tells Thomas not to go anywhere near it because it's riddled with troublesome monkeys.

After a crash, James is waiting at The Steamworks to be repaired. He hears that there might not be enough red paint to repaint him and gets worried. Maybe Sir Topham Hatt is trying to teach him a lesson. James has nightmares about being repainted different colours, but each colour seems to be fine once he gets used to it.

Thomas sees Shane taking passengers on an outback adventure and is really impressed by Shane's showmanship - Shane tells his passengers stories about the outback, cracking jokes and exaggerating the information slightly for comic effect.

When a really bad storm destroys the classroom at Harwick School all the children have to be brought by train to Knapford for their lessons. Daisy hates doing the school run, but Duck is keen to do the job - all he needs is a coach. Duck searches all over Sodor for a spare coach, but they are all being used.

When Thomas learns that tourists come to India to try to see tigers, he wants to see tigers too. Rajiv decides to take his passengers on a detour through the jungle so he can see one first. So Thomas decides to take a detour through the jungle too.

Thomas's friend Merlin comes to Sodor from the Mainland for the first time. Merlin is a stealth engine and is very proud of this. He boasts that he can make himself invisible and when he shuts his eyes he thinks nobody else can see him.

It's Christmas in Australia, and Thomas is disappointed to find that as Christmas is in the summer not winter in Australia, there will be no snow. Feeling despondent that Christmas will be different to usual, Thomas pulls his passenger train where he meets a little girl who has received a kangaroo toy from Santa.

Philip is fed up of other engines pushing him around, especially James, who keeps on giving Philip the jobs he doesn't want, saying that they are jobs for smaller engines like Philip. When Philip and James end up bumper to bumper facing each other on a one track bridge, neither engine will back up to let the other past. Soon, there is a big pile up on engines behind them.

Thomas thinks he's been given very silly cargo until Hong-Mei explains that it's a very important water wheel, made from bamboo. Soon Thomas is discovering lots of other things made from bamboo, and forgetting to deliver his water wheel!

Bill and Ben's latest game consists of hiding trucks/cars and making other engines hunt for them. They think this is hilarious fun, and their latest victim is Nia, but Edward is not amused. He makes them fetch the truck/car for her and tells them off.

Thomas wants to be just like Isla, a Flying Doctor's plane, who transports Dr Claire to remote places where it's hard for patients to get to hospitals or doctors for treatment. Thomas keeps on trying to get to medical emergencies to help out, but he just can't compete with Isla's speed and she always beats him there.

Sidney is shunting a flatbed of engine parts, but he can't remember what he's supposed to be doing with them. Paxton thinks this sounds like a mystery, the kind that can only be solved by a Special Agent! And so Special Agent Sidney sets off after Paxton, as Paxton goes about his day's work to see if he can solve, The Case Of The Puzzling Parts.

Thomas offers a lift to a ranger while working in the Australian Rainforest. Thomas is excited to learn from her about all the animals that live there, but he is too loud and impatient to be very useful.