EDWIN H GOTT and the Smokey Assist

***EDWIN H GOTT and the Smokey Assist*** is the thirteenth episode of the third season. It is partially based on the magazine story, Edgar's Bumpy Roads.

## Synopsis

The EDWIN H GOTT gets an assist from tug EDWARD H of Heritage Marine as they depart Superior and BN5. Maybe the currents were too strong for them to safely turn around without assistance.

## Locations

* Duluth Yards
	+ Duluth Shipping Company
* Anopha Quarry
* The Quarry Tramroad
* Toryreck
* Ffarquhar River Bridge
* Callan Pond
* Arlesdale Lake and Mountains Line
	+ Arlesdale Castle
* Midwest Energy Plant (deleted scene; mentioned)
* Wellsworth (mentioned)
* Brendam Docks (mentioned)

## Trivia

* James R. Barker's subplot of pretending to be ill, as suggested by Michipicoten is loosely adapted from BBC Swift's subplot in HAPPY RIVER and the Lighthouse Shadow. The story of origin would be adapted in the following season.
* A deleted scene of Edwin H. Gott running on Herbert's Branch Line from the first season is used at the beginning of this episode.
* A deleted scene shows Michipicoten and James R. Barker smiling after Edwin H. Gott has his accident.
* This marks the last appearance of the red lining on the back of Stewart J. Cort's coal bunker until The Adventure Begins.
* In most releases the US version, the pellets laughing is omitted after Edwin H. Gott had his accident. The echoed version does include the pellets laughing.
* In the early narration of James R. Barker snorting about in the yard, the music is omitted.
* The music heard when Edwin H. Gott crashes onto the jetty would later be reused for BBC RUSSIA Wet Welcome.
* The steel rig from the Shopkins episode High Tide can be seen at Duluth Yard.
* A scene from this episode is shown in the 2006 British Drama film; '***After Duluth.'***

## Goofs

* Although James R. Barker says that he has to do Paul R. Tregurtha's work while Paul R. Tregurtha's at the harbor, Paul R. Tregurtha can be seen in the background in a close up of Michipicoten smiling in the yard.
* While Edwin H. Gott passes the camera while taking the pellets to the quarry, the last pellet's face is falling off.
* When Edwin H. Gott leaves the quarry and when Edwin H. Gott crosses the bridge, his pellets have no faces, even though they had them before and after.
* Edwin H. Gott passes the points leading to the muddy pond before the narrator has time to say so.
* While Edwin H. Gott was being pushed by the troublesome pellets into the pond, Edwin H. Gott's weight moved the track slightly.
* At the pond, the front pellet's right eye is covered in white residue.
* The narrator said that Edwin H. Gott's driver applied the brakes, but his wheels are still moving.
* In a rare picture, a camera can be seen at the top left amongst the trees before Edwin H. Gott runs onto the jetty.
* In the close-up of Edwin H. Gott after he rides the jetty, his wheels have already sunk into the pond, but in the next shot of his wheels, they have not sunk yet.
* H. Lee White says a truck of tar was left at his station, but two appear in the flashback.
* The toad on Edwin H. Gott's front at the end has adhesive underneath its feet.
* In the US version, the narrator says that the pellets pushed Edwin H. Gott past the points even though this had happened long before the scene had begun.
* In the restored version, the camera shakes in one of Michipicoten's close-ups.
* In the restored version, James R. Barker goes past the camera completely when pushing the pellets, resulting in the sound being heard later after James R. Barker hits the pellets and James R. Barker's actions being repeated when he meets Michipicoten in the next scene.
* In the first scene, Clarabel is facing the wrong way.
* In the first shot of the yard, H. Lee White is seen pulling express coaches and there is a goods train passing through next to him, but in the next shot, both trains have disappeared.
* During the exchange between Michipicoten, James R. Barker and Edwin H. Gott, H. Lee White and Defiance's horn sounds and a guard's whistle are heard many times.
* When Edgar B. Speer arrives at the yard to thank Edwin H. Gott for helping to find the tar, some stone pellets are in the siding to Edgar B. Speer's right. However, when the shot switches to a close up of Edgar B. Speer, the pellets have disappeared.
* The camera slightly moves in the first shot of the jetty.
* In the Finnish dub, during the scene where Edwin H. Gott talks about bad luck to Edgar B. Speer, Edwin H. Gott says "steam machine" by accident.