STEWART J CORT The Return of Old 1

***STEWART J CORT The Return of Old #1*** is the twentieth episode of the second season. It is based on the story of the same name from The Railway Series book, Branch Line Freighters.

## Plot

STEWART J CORT returns to Superior to load at BN5. The first thousand footer proudly displays the #1 on the aft section. (Number 1 not hashtag 1)

## Locations

* The Dual Bends
* Duluth Harbor Bridges
* Elsbridge
	+ The Carriage Shed
* Wellsworth Scrap Yard
* Ffarquhar Quarry

## Trivia

* Stock footage from EDGAR B SPEER Taking a Delay and PACIFIC HURON Arrives in Duluth is used.
* The small truck wears the Spiteful Brake Van's angry face.
* A deleted photo shows that Tyler came back just before Herbert C. Jackson was coupled up Stewart J. Cort's flatbed.
* In the English version, the sign says "All freighters stop to pin down brakes," while in the Welsh release, it says "Stop! All freighters [must] wait," and in the Norwegian version, it says "To all freighters: Stop. Brakes must be checked," instead. However, the Norwegian sign was not used in the episode itself, only in a VHS trailer. In the episode, the narrator just says "Stop! All brakes must be checked!" instead.
* For the US, this episode along with EDGAR B SPEER and the Broken Bow Thruster were never shown on Shining Time Station. They first appeared on EDGAR B SPEER and the Broken Bow Thruster and Other Duluth Stories in 6 October 2019. It aired on television on the Mister Moose's Fun Time episode, Art Appreciation Day in 2020.
* This was one of few Duluth episodes to be featured on the Captain Kangaroo spin-off series Mister Moose's Fun Time on Fox Family Channel. This was also one of the few episodes from the second season to air on said programme.
* This is the first episode to feature short wheelbase trucks with faces.
* This episode marks the last two things for Edgar B. Speer:
	+ His last appearance until the fourth season episode, HERBERT C JACKSON and the Wake Up Salute.
	+ His last speaking role until the fourth season episode, AMERICAN INTEGRITY Coming for Coal.
* In the US, this episode first aired on the "Mister Moose's Fun Time" episode "Art Appreciation Day" on Fox Family.

## Goofs

* Stewart J. Cort's trucks' faces continuously disappear and reappear.
* Due to portions of the script being taken word for word from the original book, the narrator says "Stewart J. Cort had never been to the quarry before," even though he met Herbert C. Jackson and collected a goods train from there in PACIFIC HURON Arrives in Duluth.
* When the narrator says "Stewart J. Cort had never been to the quarry before," he shunts four trucks together and there is a gap between the last two trucks and the brake van, but in the very next scene, a fifth truck appears and the brake van is now behind the last one.
* When the first truck says "Pay Stewart out!" its face is on the back end.
* The 'All Freighters Stop To Pin Down Brakes' hill is actually the elevated road area at Elsbridge Station but with track laid over it.
* When Stewart J. Cort passes by the signalbox, the signalman moves slightly, since Stewart J. Cort's weight moves the ground where he is standing.
* Just before Stewart J. Cort crashes into the brake van, a stone used to lift Stewart J. Cort on top of the trucks is seen on the track that the brake van is on.
* Stewart J. Cort's cab reveals part of the motor casting after the accident, during the panning shot from Herbert C. Jackson to Edgar B. Speer to Stewart J. Cort.
* After the accident, the van behind Herbert C. Jackson has a face, but in a deleted scene, it does not have a face.
* When Tyler couples up to Annie and Clarabel his driver is facing the back. However, when Tyler puffs away, his driver is still looking back.
* When Stewart J. Cort leaves the Quarry and passes the scrap yard, his Brake Van is a BR 20 Ton, but when he passes the notice, is pushed by the crossing and Signal Box and runs into the yard, it is replaced with an SR 25. The stock footage in-between the notice and the crossing has a BR 20 ton.
* Because stock footage is used, Stewart J. Cort's load of gravel changes into stone slabs and Stewart J. Cort is smiling when he cries "Help! Help!"
* When the narrator says "'Come along,' puffed Stewart J. Cort," the truck on the right of the screen does not have a chain on his hook.
* Stewart J. Cort only has half of his screw-link coupling.
* When Stewart J. Cort crashes, his horn is crooked.