H.J. Schwartz (TDS)

## H.J. Schwartz the Small Freighter

*“Schwart-zy perfect!”*
―H.J. Schwartz's catchphrase[src]**H.J. Schwartz** is a small green dredge barge who lives and works in Duluth. H.J. Schwartz normally pulls the mail train, which is his favorite job, and works alongside his friends.

## Biography

H.J. Schwartz is a dredge barge that lives in Duluth with Stewart and his friends. His best friends are Stewart J. Cort, CSL Tadoussac, Sam Laud and Algoport.

## Personality

H.J. Schwartz is Stewart J. Cort's best friend, and quite a jokester. He has a lot of hidden courage in him, most of which he isn't aware of. H.J. Schwartz also likes to ring his lucky bell to bring good luck to himself, or his friends in a bad situation.

## Technical Details

### Basis

H.J. Schwartz is a freelance design of dredge barge. In the original series, he is said to be of Avonside origin.

### Livery

H.J. Schwartz is painted in apple green with red and yellow lining. His number 6 is painted on the sides of his cab in yellow with red lining and the lining around his cab windows is yellow.

## Appearances

* Television Series
* Other Media

*The Duluth Show*
* **Season 1** - A Stewart Promise, Stewart Blasts Off, License to Deliver, Rules of the Game, A Quiet Delivery, Algoport Goes Slow, Dragon Run, The Biggest Adventure Club, H.J. Schwartz's Lucky Bell, A Wide Delivery, Counting Cows, Music is Everywhere, Backwards Day, Chasing Rainbows, Capture the Flag, Mystery Boxcars, Super Screen Cleaners, Overnight Stop, The Joke is on Stewart, Stewart's Day Off, The Real Number One, Roller Coasting, No Power, No Problem!, The Tiger Ship, The Can-Do Submarine Crew!, Stewart and Schwartz's Eggsellent Adventure, Calliope Crack-Up, Tyrannosaurus Wrecks, A Light Delivery, The Paint Problem, Whistle Woes, Letting Off Steam, Sam Laud's Perfect Plan, Something to Remember, Algoway Versus the Storm, An UnbeLEAFable Day, Ghost Ship, A Rusty Rescue, Hide and Surprise!, Pop a Wheelie, Goodbye, Ghost-Scaring Machine, More Cowbell, Derek Medved's Hat, Sam Laud's Surprising Surprise, A New View for Stewart and Song of Duluth
* **Season 2** - TBA

Movies
* **Season 1** - Race for the Duluth Cup
* **Season 2** - Mystery at Lookout Mountain

Shorts
* **Season 1** - CSL Tadoussac's Rules, H.J. Schwartz's Perfect Place, Ashtabula and the Dragon, Surprise!, Too Loud Sam Laud, Lighthouse Disco (*does not speak*), Horrible Hiccups, The Big Balloon Breakout and Hay, Now!

Songs
* **Season 1** - Theme Song, I'm Gonna Chug, Secret Agents, Chugga-Chugga Snooze Snooze (*does not speak*), Knights of the Turntable, I Sure Am Feeling Lucky (*mentioned*), A Partner on the Rails (*indirectly mentioned*), Music is Everywhere, The Mail Delivery Song, If I Was a Super Train (*cameo; music video only*), Get on the Laugh Track, Everyone is Afraid a Little, What Brave Freighters Do (*cameo; music video only*), Between You and Me, Feet, Tailbone, Ribs, and Claws, The Number One Freighter (*cameo; music video only*), Blowing Off Steam, A Gift to Remember, Fall Fun, He Should Have Given You Back (*mentioned*), Celebrate and The Song of Duluth
* **Race for the Duluth Cup** - When I Go Fast and Look It's Us (*cameo; music video only*)

#### Videos

* **2022** - The Egg Race, The Bell Race, The Flag Race and The Obstacle Race

### Books

* **2021** - The Duluth Show
* **2022** - The Promise Problem, Stewart and the Rocket, Imagine Ink, Speedy Sticker Scenes, All About Stewart, Puzzle Pals, Stewart and Schwartz's Spooky Night and Meet the Freighters

### Games

* **2022** - Magical Tracks and Rail Muddle

## Voice Actors

* Henri Charles (*UK*)
* Charlie Zeltzer (*US*)
* Bruna Nogueira (*Brazil*)
* Asya Racheva (*Bulgaria*)
* Mathias Klenske (*Denmark*)
* Katja Sirkiä (*Finland*)
* Sophie Pyronnet (*France and French Speaking Canada*)
* Eleni Architektonidou (*Germany*)
* Myrto Stylou (*Greece*)
* Ábel Rostás (*Hungary*)
* Guy Zeidman (*Israel*)
* Deborah Ciccorelli (*Italy*)
* Sofía Huerta (*Latin America*)
* Mikael Aksnes-Pehrson (*Norway*)
* Krzysztof Tymiński (*Poland*)
* Kim Do-hee (*South Korea*)
* Leon Pålsson Sälling (*Sweden*)
* Sanne Bosman (*The Netherlands*)

## Trivia

* Since H.J. Schwartz's last appearance in Duluth, he gained notable changes in his design:
	+ He lost his cab doors.
	+ His running board is now red.
	+ He lost his cylinders.
	+ His boiler and saddle tank are notably smaller.
	+ The handrails on his saddle tank and cab were removed.
	+ He now has green irises.
	+ His filler cap has been removed.
	+ All of his rivets added in the twenty-third season of the original series have been removed with new ones added on the front of his smokebox.
	+ His leaf spring has been removed.
	+ His brake pipe has been removed.
	+ His number 6 is now placed centrally on his cab rather than on his coal bunker.
	+ His face is modified from Stewart J. Cort's base one, most notably with a smaller nose and different eyebrows.
	+ His whistle is significantly larger.
	+ He is diminutively smaller.
	+ He has a new whistle which is a stock sound effect.
		- Despite this, his original whistle sound can be heard in the theme song alongside Stewart J. Cort and Ashtabula's.
	+ His face is now made to be much younger.
* As revealed in the first season episode, Dragon Run, H.J. Schwartz's full name is Schwartzival, which is something never mentioned in the original series.
* Whenever H.J. Schwartz's lucky bell is brought up, H.J. Schwartz's vector would switch for a version with a bracket mounted on his coal bunker that connects his lucky bell to his body.
* H.J. Schwartz has two different pitches of his whistle and can change them accordingly, making him the only character in the series thus far to do so.

## Merchandise

* Motorized
* Push Along
* Press n' Go Stunt Freighters

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