A blackboard in the airport manager's office shows flights from Athens, Madrid, Brussels, Paris, Istanbul, Milan, Canterbury, Bristol, and London.
This is Daisy The Diesel's first appearance since the Season#4 episode "Bull's-Eyes" (this film was a decade released after the episode) and her last appearance 'til around a decade later.
This is the sequel to Thomas and The Magic Railroad.
Originally, in the dream sequence when James has a nightmare that he's turned into a circus attraction, he was going to have the red clown-like nose that he had in the Season#3 episode "Buzz Buzz".
This movie marks Lady and Derek's final appearances in the show.