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Thomas & Friends: Season 24

23 episodes Premiered May 1, 2020 Updated Oct 19, 2026
Previously on Thomas & Friends

Season 24 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of Thomas & Friends Season 23.
  • ⚡ Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
  • ⚡ Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
  • ⚡ Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
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Season 24 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 24: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (20): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S24·E1 Mytharc

Thomas and the Royal Engine

May 2, 2020 · 23 min

Thomas is selected to take the Fat Controller to London for a Royal Appointment, but with no knowledge of how to get there, their journey is filled with confusion and delay.

S24·E2 Core

Emily's Best Friend

Sep 7, 2020 · 11 min

Emily worries that she does not have a best friend, but when the other engines help her out of a tricky situation, she realizes she has been surrounded by best friends all along.

S24·E3 Core

Thomas' Fuzzy Friend

Sep 8, 2020 · 11 min

Thomas discovers a missing dog on the railway and tries to find it a new home.

S24·E4 Core

The Great Little Railway Show

Sep 9, 2020 · 11 min

When a Railway Show for little engines comes to Sodor, an overly excited Percy finally sees his chance to shine.

S24·E5 Core

Thomas and the Forest Engines

Sep 10, 2020 · 11 min

In Brazil, Thomas meets two wood-burning engines who have never traveled beyond their eucalyptus railway. Thomas agrees to swap jobs with them for the day, but this causes more tro

S24·E6 Core

Emily to the Rescue

Sep 11, 2020 · 11 min

When a pretend emergency turns into a real emergency, Emily comes to the rescue.

S24·E7 Core

Shankar's Makeover

Sep 14, 2020 · 11 min

Thomas pushes Shankar into entering the Fancy Costume Contest, even though Shankar does not want the spotlight on him.

S24·E8 Core

Nia and the Unfriendly Elephant

Sep 15, 2020 · 11 min

Nia is bringing an elephant to the Sodor Animal Park, but the elephant does not like steam engines.

S24·E9 Core

James the Super Engine

Sep 16, 2020 · 11 min

When Rebecca tells James he could be a comic-book super-engine, he takes her seriously, and Rail Rocket is born.

S24·E10 Core

Thomas' Not-So-Lucky Day

Sep 17, 2020 · 11 min

When Thomas has a run of bad luck, he tries everything to get back on track, even if it means following Lorenzo's strange, superstitious advice.

S24·E11 Core

Ace's Brave Jump

Sep 18, 2020 · 11 min

Thomas helps his friend Ace overcome his fear of animals so that he can compete in the Super Stunt Rally.

S24·E12 Core

A New Arrival

Oct 24, 2020 · 23 min

When Thomas finds out that the Earl's Technology Fair will bring new inventions to Sodor, he sets out to prove that steam engines are the best inventions ever.

S24·E13 Core

World of Tomorrow

Oct 25, 2020 · 23 min

When a pair of crooks steal the plans for a great new invention, there is a high-speed chase to try and get them back.

S24·E14 Core

Nia's Bright Idea

Dec 5, 2020 · 11 min

Nia uses what she learns about lighthouses to suggest covering a big wheel in Christmas lights so that Harold can see where he is going in a storm.

S24·E15 Core

Cleo's First Snow

Dec 6, 2020 · 11 min

Cleo is shocked to learn snow does not last forever and tries to stop it from melting.

S24·E16 Core

Sonny's Second Chance

Jan 11, 2021 · 11 min

Sonny is trying to prove himself to be a useful engine so that he can stay working on Sodor, but Diesel seems to be the only engine who can trust him.

S24·E18 Core

The Inventor's Spectacular Bridge

Jan 13, 2021 · 11 min

When the Rickety Old Bridge collapses, trapping Toby and Henrietta on the other side of the ravine, Inventor Ruth is asked to build a new one.

S24·E19 Core

Yong Bao and the Tiger

Jan 14, 2021 · 11 min

Yong Bao tells Thomas the story of how he came to have a magnificent tiger emblem on his tender.

S24·E20 Core

Gordon and Rebecca, Coming Through!

Jan 15, 2021 · 11 min

Gordon and Rebecca do the same work, but they go about it differently. When Rebecca tries to be more like Gordon, things do not go well for the big blue engine.

S24·E21 Core

Kenji on the Rails Again

Jan 18, 2021 · 11 min

When Kenji hears that he must travel home to Japan alone, he gets scared and tries to hide, so Thomas sets out to find him.

S24·E22 Mytharc

Cleo the Road Engine

Jan 19, 2021 · 11 min

When Ruth's new car, Cleo, takes to the rails to race Thomas, she soon discovers why she is designed to stick to the roads.

S24·E23 Mytharc

Thomas' Animal Friends

Jan 20, 2021 · 11 min

Thomas is asked to help at the animal park for the day and realises there is more to the job than he first thought.

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