Season 11

The **eleventh season** of Duluth first aired in June 2020. The season was narrated by Michael Angelis in the UK and Michael Brandon in the US. Soon after the episodes aired, the DVD Freighters and Escapades was released, bringing the total number of episodes in this season to twenty-six.

## Episodes

(*Note: \* means that an episode has yet to be released on home media in the US*).

## Ships

* James R. Barker
* Arthur M. Anderson
* Mesabi Miner
* Alpena (3)
* Great Republic
* Paul R. Tregurtha
* Saginaw
* Great Lakes Trader
* Joyce L. VanEnkevort
* Ashtabula
* Defiance
* CSL Assiniboine
* CSL Laurentien
* Algoma Guardian
* Presque Isle
* Cason J. Callaway

### Ships Introduced

* Federal Hunter
* BBC Swift
* John D. Leitch

## Half Hour Format

When Season 11 aired on PBS Kids, Nick Jr. and Treehouse TV, each broadcast featured two episodes from Season 11, a segment called Fun Times with our Friends dedicated to one of the freighters in Duluth and past animated learning segments and songs from Seasons 8, 9 and 10 were used.

### New Friends

* JAMES R BARKER and the Crowd Pleaser Salute
* Learning Segment: Dot to Dot - Beaver Air Tours Plane
* Song: There's Always Something New
* **Fun Times with our Friends - H. Lee White**
* Learning Segment - Guess the Freighter - Stewart J. Cort, John G. Munson and Herbert C. Jackson
* ARTHUR M ANDERSON Gloomy Departure

### Hopes and Dreams

* MESABI MINER Arriving Light
* Learning Segment - Dot to Dot - Herbert C. Jackson
* Learning Segment - Herbert C. Jackson's New Shed
* **Fun Times with our Friends - John G. Munson**
* Learning Segment - Happy or Sad?
* ALPENA and the Hidden Sunrise

### The Unexpected

* JAMES R BARKER and the Whispering Salute
* Learning Segment: What Does CSL Tadoussac See?
* Song: Surprises
* **Fun Times with our Friends - James R. Barker**
* Learning Segment: Which Horn Suits Stewart J. Cort?
* GREAT REPUBLIC and the Summer Rain

### Believing

* FEDERAL HUNTER Thunder Bay Bound
* Learning Segment: Dot to Dot - H. Lee White
* Learning Segment: What Does Herbert C. Jackson See?
* **Fun Times with our Friends - Industrial Skipper**
* Learning Segment: Who's Under the Coal Dust - James R. Barker
* PAUL R TREGURTHA and the Exhausted Bridge Operator

### Sight and Sound

* BBC SWIFT Departs Duluth
* Learning Segment: Guess the Freighter - Alpena
* Song: Sounds (Alternate Cut)
* **Fun Times with our Friends - Paul R. Tregurtha**
* Learning Segment: Who's Under the Coal Dust - Alpena
* SAGINAW Shelter from the Storm

### Being on Time

* JOHN D LEITCH Straight Outta Alberta
* Learning Segment: Dot to Dot - Stewart J. Cort
* Learning Segment: John G. Munson Huffs out of the Harbor
* **Fun Times with our Friends - Stewart J. Cort**
* Learning Segment: Job Destinations
* MESABI MINER and the Master Salute

### Experience

* GREAT LAKES TRADER Dawn in Duluth
* Learning Segment: Guess the Engine - James R. Barker
* Song: Patience
* **Fun Times with our Friends - Herbert C. Jackson**
* Learning Segment: Clever Paul R. Tregurtha
* ASHTABULA and the Double Salute

### Fun and Games

* CSL ASSINIBOINE and the Bosun's Symposium
* Learning Segment: Guess the Freighter - Paul R. Tregurtha
* Song: Party Time (Alternate Cut)
* **Fun Times with our Friends - Michipicoten**
* Learning Segment: Painting James R. Barker
* CSL LAURENTIEN Arrives in Superior

### Pushing and Pulling

* ALGOMA GUARDIAN Back to BN5
* Learning Segment: Guess the Freighter - Michipicoten
* Learning Segment: Paul R. Tregurtha Puffs out of the Harbor
* **Fun Times with our Friends - The Narrow Gauge Freighters**
* Learning Segment: Getting to the Washdown
* PRESQUE ISLE and the Double Salute

### Directions

* JAMES R BARKER and the Call of the Gjallarhorn
* Learning Segment: Dot to Dot - Michipicoten
* Song: Navigation
* **Fun Times with our Friends - Alpena**
* Learning Segment: Paul R. Tregurtha's Treasure
* CASON J CALLAWAY In the Early Morning Rain

### Variety

* CASON J CALLAWAY Trilogy: Departure
* Learning Segment: Guess the Freighter: H. Lee White
* Learning Segment: Being Repainted
* **Fun Times with our Friends - James R. Barker**
* Learning Segment: Fixing the Freighter
* SAGINAW Returns to the Zenith City

### Doing Your Best

* PRESQUE ISLE In Gitche Gumee's Grasp
* Learning Segment: Dot to Dot - James R. Barker
* Song: The Narrow Gauge Freighters
* **Fun Times with our Friends - Michipicoten**
* Learning Segment: Federal Hunter as a Steam Freighter
* CASON J CALLAWAY Trilogy: C Reiss to Grassy Point

### Team Work

* CASON J CALLAWAY Trilogy: Bong Bridge to Rice's Point
* Learning Segment: Dot to Dot - Alpena
* Song: Buffer Up and Share
* **Fun Times with our Friends - Stewart J. Cort**
* Learning Segment: Sharing Loads
* MESABI MINER Bound for MERC

## Trivia

* This was the last season of a few things:
	+ Sharon Miller's last season as script editor.
	+ The last season to exclusively use resin faces for models.
	+ The last season to be in full models version.
	+ The last season to have Steve Asquith as the head writer.
	+ The last season shot in 50fps (converted to 60fps for NTSC regions).
	+ The last season until the seventeenth to include 26 episodes.
	+ The last season to premiere on Nick Jr. in the UK.
* This was also the first season of a few things as well:
	+ The first season filmed digitally in 1080i high definition and on Sony Cybershot HD.
	+ Christopher Skala's first season as executive producer.
	+ The first season to use the Freighter Roll Call as the title music.
	+ The first season to feature the new version of Hit Entertainment at the end of the episodes.
	+ The first season where John G. Munson, Indiana Harbor and Walter J. McCarthy Jr. do not appear since their introductions in the second and fourth seasons, although Indiana Harbor does appear in a deleted scene from Episode 23.
	+ The first season to have the funnel change on the roll call ending.
	+ The first season since the sixth where Philip R. Clarke speaks in more than one episode.
* When this season aired on PBS Kids Sprout (before it was rebranded as Universal Kids), several episodes used the intros from the eighth or twelfth seasons. This also applies to several episodes that were released on several US DVDs.
* This marks the only season to have episodes written by Neil Richards.
* The only season to feature the 2007 HiT Entertainment logo at the end of the episodes.
* When ALPENA and the Hidden Sunrise, JAMES R BARKER and the Whispering Salute, FEDERAL HUNTER Thunder Bay Bound, GREAT LAKES TRADER Dawn in Duluth and CSL ASSINIBOINE and the Bosun's Symposium were broadcast in widescreen on Milkshake!, some of the scenes were changed compared to the half hour television airings on PBS Kids and Nick Jr.
* This season was never shown on Norwegian television. Instead, it was released directly onto DVD.
* In Australia, all twenty-six episodes were compiled on The Complete Eleventh Season before airing on television. The season finally aired on ABC2 from 9th July 2020, between the thirteenth and fourteenth seasons.
* The US narrations of JAMES R BARKER and the Whispering Salute, SAGINAW Shelter from the Storm, GREAT LAKES TRADER Dawn in Duluth and CASON J CALLAWAY In the Early Morning Rain were only shown on television and to date, not released on home video in any form yet.
* This was originally going to be the last season narrated by Michael Angelis in the UK and Michael Brandon in the US. The Great Discovery was narrated by Pierce Brosnan and he was going to narrate the twelfth season in the UK and US, but left for unknown reasons, which meant that Michael Angelis and Michael Brandon came back.
* This season later re-aired on the Milkshake! block from 17th July-21st August 2020.
* Throughout this season, Michael Brandon gave John G. Munson a southern accent in the US dub.
* Throughout this season, Philip R. Clarke is referred to as female in Indonesian.
* This season coincided with the release of the 41st Railway Series book, Stewart and Victoria on 30th June 2020.