Trivia / Thomas And Friends S 4 E 15 Rusty To The Rescue

• Creator Backlash: Wilbert Awdry objected to the Disneyfication of the real-life Stepney's rescue from scrap, which was the work of the representatives of the Bluebell Railway and not a friendly diesel who helped him escape.
• Prop Recycling: The large-scale model used for Stepney's driver huddling in his cab was first used in "Buzz, Buzz" to represent one of James' crew cowering from the swarm of bees.
• Recycled Script: The episode has a similar plot to "Escape", that being "Fat Controller's engine travels to an area populated by diesels and saves a steam engine from scrap".
• Recycled Set: The Other Railway set is a redress of the set used for the Crovan's Gate Narrow Gauge Sheds, which appeared earlier in the episode when Rusty meets with Douglas.

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