The Port Ogden Rail Chronicles

**The Port Ogden Rail Chronicles** (formerly titled **Rails of Port Ogden**) is a Trainz web series created by AllosaurFan. It centered around Rhyon, a grumpy steam locomotive forced to deal with a roster of intellectually inferior or overwhelming engines.

The first Trainz series by AllosaurFan to enter production, the series was developed from something influenced by *Rails of Highland Valley* into a cartoon made in homage to the classic Warner Bros animated shorts. AllosaurFan disliked where the series was going and controversially cancelled it in early 2021. Some elements were reused in Engines of Galston Rails, which also stars the majority of the original voice cast.

In June 2021, Mr3801Fan 26 began a project finish the episodes for a Vimeo release. In 2021, the plan was changed to have the episodes released on YouTube.

## Premise

The series follows Rhyon, an ex-D&RGW mountain type who works for the Port Ogden and Northern Railroad. He looks at the world in a rather cynical view, in sharp contrast to most of his goofy and energetic collogues.

## Voice Cast

* ahatbears as Rhyon
* NSWSteamFan as Mitchel
* Frog\_princess766 as Georgia
* TheN&WClassA1218 as Conner, Mr. Evans, Jeff
* Benthetrainkid as Sheldon, Mr. Brown, Ben
* Mike Studioz as Byron, Matthew, Steven, Mr. Thompson
* Atlantic Coast Railfanner as Cabott
* ETS2Fanatic4581 as Umit
* Noodle Gaming as Lachlan
* 2026 Productions as Ryan

Mr3801Fan 26 originally voiced Ryhon (then named Ryan after himself), but turned away, finding his voice acting subpar. NMW Productions also originally voiced all of Mike Studioz roles, excluding Matthew as he wasn't created yet. However, he quit the series after losing interest.

## History

Development of the series goes back to 2018, when he initially developed the concept of *Ironbark Rail Stories*. While creating the concept for the series, he planned on developing a spin-off called *Southern California Rail Stories*. Said series would've been set on an imaginary railroad hinted to be based on AllosaurFan's, then known as Mr3801Fan 26's, childhood imagination. NSWSteamFan took some influence for some of the characters for *Tales on the Thompson and Western*. Although the series was cancelled as Mr3801Fan 26 wasn't satisfied with it, some of the characters like Austin and Jeff were reused in The Port Ogden Rail Chronicles.

Development began again when Mr3801Fan 26 was inspired to create a Trainz series along the lines of NSWSteamFan's *Tales on the Thompson and Western*. Although he was never a fan of *Rails of Highland Valley* or it's copies, he found the new episodes of Tales on Harrison Rails surprisingly good. These episodes were the inspiration for the series. While creating the series, he looked over the flaws of *Rails of Highland Valley* and it's copies and wrote some fixes for them, most notably removing the TTS voices.

### Generation 1

Production began in mid 2019 when Mr3801Fan 26 created a test intro. It was met with a mildly positive reaction in the comments and he immediately had a complete cast. The series was officially titled Rails of Port Ogden.

### Generation 2

Mr3801Fan 26, having just rewatched *Full Bucketniers*, reworked it from a 1990s shortline to a 1950s mix of class I railroads. The main cast was also changed.

Episode 1 was finished and was met with a decent feedback in the comments. Episode 2 however was a major disaster. Although some people called decent and palatable, Mr3801Fan 26 absolutely hated the final result, calling it "a Tidewater Chronicles fanfic gone wrong". Just as a Halloween special entered production, the series was put on the verge of cancellation.

### Generation 3

Eventually, Mr3801Fan 26 decided to give the series another chance, and rebooted it again. This time, however, he made some major changes to it, most notably the change of the title to the Port Ogden Rail Chronicles. He also went for a less Rails of Highland Valley style and decided a more Looney Tunes style of story writing as it suited the premise of talking trains.

Initially, the Halloween special was set to be the premiere, but it missed the target release date. So he decided to premiere the series with a Christmas special, which is a retelling of A Christmas Carol and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

The COPPA situation was a major blow the series. Mr3801Fan 26 briefly abandoned YouTube due to the risks of keeping his old videos up. He wiped his channel clean until March, when he revived it.

The special resumed production until April, when the series was officially cancelled again, in favor of Rail Tales, which is currently on hiatus.

### Generation 4

As of October 2020, Mr3801Fan 26 is considering reviving the series yet again. This time, he renamed most of the characters and dropped George, Austin, Jim, Lyle, and everyone else he felt was pointless. He is currently reworking the script of Ryan's Christmas Carol.

#### Cancellation

In early 2021, Mr3801Fan 26 announced that the series would end at seven episodes, with the concluding episode titled *Port Ogden Fallout*. The finale in question was a parody of of the controversial *Thomas & Friends* fanfiction *Sodor Fallout* and portrayed a fictional Soviet missile attack on Port Ogden, killing off all the characters and ending the series on a dark and depressing note.

The decision to end the series by killing off the characters instantly brought backlash, mainly from the voice cast. ahatbears stopped talking to Mr3801Fan 26 following the announcement, criticising the episode for being unoriginal and unnecessarily depressing. NSWSteamFan expressed his desire to write a fanfiction that rewrites the ending. 2026 Productions described the idea of ending the series by killing off the characters as “questionable”. Benthetrainkid, although not as critical, called the scenario similar to the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; Mr3801Fan 26 denied that the similarities were intentional.

The outrage from the cast led to the entire series being cancelled, with only a few scenes rendered. This decision was criticised by TheN&WClassA1218, who had recorded all the lines for the seven episodes.

### Revival

Shortly after Engines Of Galston Rails began production, Mr3801Fan 26 gave NSWSteamFan permission to make a movie adaptation of the series. The film is expected to be a complete reboot, as Mr3801Fan 26, who will be creative consultant, announced changes to improve the original series. These changes include removing Byron, renaming Conner to Cody, changing the setting to the 1960s, toning down Sheldon's anger abilities, and removing the faces on the trains. NSWSteamFan will be director of the film. However, the film has been cancelled due to creative difficulties.

The first episode of *The Port Ogden Rail Chronicles* was eventually released on the 16th of August, 2021.

## Trivia

* Generation 1 is the only generation of the series that never went into production, although an intro was created.
* The hate AllosaurFan gave the series has led to massive negative attention toward him from the Trainz community, with many calling his actions unjustified and pessimistic. Mr3801Fan 26 keeps insisting that no one would've liked the series anyway and that he had every right to cancel it. However, he later regretted his actions and apologized to the fans.
* Several screenshots of the G3 draft of *Ryan's Christmas Carol* have been found:
	+ An opening scene of Ryan yelling at a choir at the station and being told off by Mitchell and Georgia, followed by the opening titles accompanied by a slideshow.
	+ A scene of Ryan again yelling at a choir at the station and then storming off, just as Nicholas and Umit meet up with Georgia and Mitchell. As this scene is unfinished, several errors are present. These include Ryan still being next to Georgia after he leaves and Mitchell lacking a face in some shots.
	+ A scene of Sheldon annoying Nicholas with a temper tantrum while Jeff falls victim to one of George's pranks.
	+ There was a scene of the other Ryan falling victim to another of George's pranks and being mocked by Jim. This scene was finished, but is now lost.
	+ An epilogue scene of Sheldon throwing another tantrum, all while Jeff scolds him and Ryan, Georgia and Mitchell watch on in horror.

## Scripts

* Episode 1: Rhyon Stays Home
* Episode 3: No More Mr. Nice Guy
* Episode 4: Look Ma, I Have The Right-Of-Way
* Episode 5: Conner, It's Just A Logo
* Special: Rhyon's Christmas Carol

## Gallery

### Screenshots

#### Generation 4

Rhyon Stays HomeConner's Bad DayConner, Its Jus A Logo!!!
### Promotional Material

#### Generation 1

RyanMitchellGeorgiaSheldonNicholasSteveUmitKalebConnor
#### Generation 2

Nicholas's BirthdayRyanByronConnorCabottGwenSheldonBenjaminNicholasUmitSteveLachlan

#### Generation 3

Neutral RyanContent RyanHappy MitchellSad MitchellTerrified MitchellHappy GeorgiaSad GeorgiaAngry Georgia
#### Generation 4

Rhyon's Christmas CarolRhyonMitchelGeorgiaByronConnerCabottSheldonGwenBenRyan (I know, I hate being here too)StevenJeffUmitLachlan