Season 2 (Pride of the Southern Pacific)

The second season of Pride of the Southern Pacific, the spinoff series to The Stories of Southern Pacific. The first episode aired on July 14, 1998 in the US and Canada. Thirteen episodes were aired from July 1998 to October 1998.

## Production

Filming once again took place at Orland Studios in Orland Park, Illinois from November 1997 to June 1998. All episodes were 15 Minutes in length, except for Special Visitor, The Dockside Fire and Chris’ Chicago Trip, which were 20 Minutes in length (although they were cut down to 15 Minutes for the TV adaptation).

The 20 Minute episodes were only available on VHS/DVD releases. The 15 Minute version of Special Visitor and The Dockside Fire was only available in French/Belgian VHS/DVD releases. The 15-Minute version of Chris’ Chicago Trip was available on DVD releases in Japan.

## Episodes

### 1. Special Visitor

Colin, well known by his nickname “Daylight” or “4449”. Chris is jealous of Colin’s top speed being 110. He then tries to overspend to break his record. However, he jumps a curve and derails. He is temporarily replaced by an old friend that Chris used to work with in the 1930s.

### 3. The Dockside Fire

When a US Navy Munitions Ship arrives at Los Angeles Harbor, General Nicholas comes back bossing everyone again. That night, General Nicholas accidentally sets off an explosive crate that starts a chain reaction that causes a fire. It spreads onto the munitions ship and the ship catches fire and explodes.

### 4. The Trucks/The Lorries

Five new Semi-Trucks arrive and bully the engines. They attempt to steal their jobs. However, all five of them get the taste of their own medicine when they get into accidents and all of them get taken away to be scrapped.

### 5. Mark’s Longest Day

One day, the old harbor at Los Angeles was getting demolished after the Munitions Ship incident months ago. Mark and his sister Addison have to take Iron Ore to the Iron Factory, but Mark nearly hits Westley and accidentally crashes into Addison’s Iron Ore hoppers, but later, Addison has an accident and Mark comes to her help.

### 6. Trapped

John has to take 20 loaded coal hoppers to the Santa Maria Power-plant. He forgets a caboose, so he uses Brandon to be his helper unit. Halfway, the middle of John’s train gets hit by a landslide and cars 4 through 10 have come off the track. Later, Adam Headmaker, the manager of the Munitions Factory and the Southern Pacific engines blow up the landslide.

### 7. Trouble with Twinning

Ethan and Ernest were two twin engines who care for each other. One day, however, they get mad at each other after they crashed into a truck trailer, which led to Ethan derailing. Later, they refuse to work together and Ethan works with Geoff at the Docks. The next day, Ethan falls off a jetty and into the water, and Geoff gets Ernest to help. Ethan and Ernest now like each other again.

### 8. The Runaway Train

Jack and Owen have to pull a freight train that Stewart was assigned to. However, Stewart had a hard time starting up, so he was brought back to Schenectady, New York to be repaired. When the get to the yard, Jack’s driver sets Jack’s throttle onto max, and he falls out of Jack’s Cab. They encounter a series of events until Bernard and Fred finally stop them from causing certain disaster.

### 9. Chris’ Chicago Trip/Chris and Laura

Chris meets AT&SF No.3751. However, they argue about the name of a train from Los Angeles to Chicago. The next day, 3751 derails and Chris takes his passengers. He then goes to Chicago and meets an old friend, who is Laura. While they are chatting, they meet No.6018 again, but 6018 is now called Preston. Preston tries to couple up to his coaches, but he bashes them, causing a wreck. Chris and Gwen then travel back to LA,

### 10. Western Pacific Spy

Leonard, a Southern Pacific (ex-Western Pacific) GS-6 arrives at Los Angeles. The engines are suspicious of him, but after finding out he is escaping scrap, he is officially a member of Southern Pacific.

### 11. Branchline

Expansion in the Santa Maria Branchline is required, and the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific both help expand the line towards Huasna, California for a new quarry. However, this eventually gets disrupted when an avalanche occurs as result from the blasting at the new quarry. No matter what, Mr. Wilson still used Ethan and Ernest to clear the snowdrift. Not only that, but another avalanche has occurred further down the halfway point of the Branchline.

### 12. Stuck!

Ethan and Ernest have to take a maintenance train to Santa Maria, but they get caught in an avalanche, and they get stuck. The Southern Pacific engines are trapped at Santa Maria and all attempts at freeing the twins failed. When Hudson gets Rogue to give him explosives, he and Adam Headmaker arrive at the scene to free the twins, but no only freeing them, but they broke their wheels.