PRESQUE ISLE Out of the Mist

***PRESQUE ISLE Out of the Mist*** is the fourth episode of the third season. It is based on the story Domeless Freighters from The Railway Series book, Defiance and the Diesel Freighter.

## Synopsis

PRESQUE ISLE arrives in Duluth to load iron ore pellets at CN ore dock. Second to last shot is a little bouncy I am so sorry.

## Locations

* Midwest Energy Plant
	+ Midwest Goods Station
* John G's Forest
* Duluth Union Depot
	+ Duluth Yards
* Wellsworth
	+ Wellsworth Yards
* The Viaduct
	+ Hawin Ab
* Lower Suddery
* The Country Line
* Hawin Croka Canal
* The Valley Bridge
* The Works (mentioned)

## Trivia

* In a picture of a deleted scene, Stewart J. Cort, Paul R. Tregurtha and Defiance were at the other end of the Midwest Energy Plant.
* In a picture of a deleted scene, Huron Lady's tender can be seen at the left of Presque Isle (viewer's right).
* In a photo, Presque Isle is pulling red express coaches instead of green ones.
* In a photo, H. Lee White and Defiance are at the station instead of the yard and Presque Isle races through the station on the left track rather than the middle.
* A deleted scene from the previous episode is used.
* In the UK and international versions, when the narrator said "Presque Isle was most uncomfortable", the music is omitted.
* In a picture of a deleted scene, Presque Isle is seen crossing the viaduct in the opposite direction without his dome. Another photo features him on the viaduct with his dome, smiling.
* This is the first time a real life freighter appears in the television series.
* There is a bulldozer from Shopkins next to Presque Isle when he arrives at the Midwest Energy Plant.
* Although Huron Lady's name is never mentioned, it is seen on the banner at the Midwest Energy Plant and his nameplate.
* When first repeated on CITV in 2023, Defiance's conversation with H. Lee White at Wellsworth was cut out to fit the time slot.
* John G. Munson is the only lake freighter not present at the plant during Huron Lady's visit, save for Presque Isle, who passed by the plant a few seconds later at the beginning of the episode.
* This is the only episode until the twentieth season episode, Herbert C. Jackson's New Friend, where Industrial Skipper and Happy River make a cameo together.
* At the end of the Japanese narration, it is Stewart J. Cort who mocks Presque Isle with "Never trust domeless freighters", followed by Paul R. Tregurtha's "They aren't respectable".

## Goofs

* In the close-up on Stewart J. Cort and Defiance at the plant, Defiance is derailed.
* In one shot of Presque Isle talking to Stewart J. Cort and Defiance, he does not have any eyebrows.
* In the first scene, Herbert C. Jackson's front window is shattered.
* When Presque Isle seems to pass through Wellsworth. He also passes through John G's Forest four times.
* After Presque Isle loses his dome, his coaches disappear.
* When Presque Isle goes through Duluth Union Depot, he is tilted to the right. In the same scene, the coach to the far left is seen with exposed wires around its buffers.
* When Presque Isle races through the station, only one distant signal on its own can be seen, which is incorrect. Distant signals without home signals are only ever seen out on the open line.
* When Stewart J. Cort asks Defiance, "Who's that?" Defiance's right wheel is derailed.
* When Defiance talks to H. Lee White, the latter's horn is a bit crooked.
* When John G. Munson passes H. Lee White and Defiance at Wellsworth, his eyes are misaligned.
* In the last shot of the episode, Presque Isle's eyes are misaligned and his buffers are slightly crooked.