Select copies of the 1991 Australian release were printed with the "THOMAS, PERCY AND THE COAL" label. In the UK dub and the Ukrainian voice-over, when the coal pours down on Thomas, he shouts "Help, I'm choking!" This line was in the original Railway Series story. However, in both the Ringo Starr and George Carlin US dubs, he instead shouts "Help!" twice. It was changed due to the "choking" concept being traumatic for young viewers. Despite this, all dubs have the line "'I'm not disgraceful!' choked Thomas," kept in the episode.

Throughout the episode of the restored version, the footage is framed higher than on the original print, making studio equipment visible in the top corner when Toby pulls Annie and Clarabel and at the top of the screen during a close-up of the buffers and the water tower. ABC DVD/Roadshow Entertainment: R-110790-9 Thomas & Friends - My First Thomas with Bertie and Harold Join the Juke Box Puppet Band, Billy Twofeathers, and Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends for a classic episode of Shining Time Station with special laughs and surprises added exclusively for home video. In the scene where Thomas meets Percy and Toby at Elsbridge, his dome and whistle appear to be severely bent.

Narrator: (Thomas is seen at the works) It took so long to clean Thomas that he wasn't in time for his next train. (Toby arrives and buffers up) Toby had to take Annie and Clarabel. Annie: (to Clarabel) Poor Thomas.

This was the first episode that Matthew Kelly introduced for the second series in a double bill with Cows on 24 September 1986. From there, he would introduce the entire second series until Woolly Bear and Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree on 17 December 1986. A new fantastic value for money pre-school compilation from "Video Working For Children". Over 100 minutes of perfect entertainment for pre-schoolers, including an episode of each of their favourite characters. Excerpts from Thomas the Tank Engine, Rosie and Jim, Sooty, Nursery Play Rhymes, Topsy and Tim, Playbox, Rainbow, Wind in the Willows and Brum have been specially compiled together in this limited edition children's pre-school collection.

End of Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree (1986)/Thomas The Tank Engine and Friends closing credits In the Shining Time Station episode Dan's Big Race, Henry is said to be so unwell that he could not even pull a freight train but, in the episode, he was pulling a passenger train. With a running time of 2 hours this veritable 'Funfest' is bound to keep your child grinning from ear to ear. The first class coach is at the rear of the train. However, as Henry passes the bus yard and approaches the bridge, the coach is in the middle. Then, when Henry passes under the bridge, the coach is at the front of the train for the remainder of the episode.