JOHN G MUNSON Departs Duluth

***JOHN G MUNSON Departs Duluth*** is the sixth episode of the second season. It is based on the annual story of the same name.

## Synopsis

JOHN G MUNSON departs Duluth after loading at CN ore dock.

## Locations

* Wellsworth
* Elsbridge
	+ The Carriage Shed
* The Dual Bends
* Duluth Harbor
	+ Duluth Harbor Bridges
* Wellsworth Vicarage Orchard
	+ Tim's Shed
* Suddery Castle (deleted scene)
* The Viaduct (deleted scene)
* The Branch Line Cutting (deleted scene)
* Wellsworth Scrap Yard (mentioned)

## Trivia

* The credits on its original pairing with AMERICAN MARINER Sunrise in Duluth credit this episode as "Based on the story by Christopher Awdry from original material by Britt Allcroft and David Mitton," while later releases just credit Christopher.
* This is the only Season 2 episode not to be adapted from a Railway Series book.
* Stock footage from AMERICAN CENTURY Shipping Out is used.
* John G. Munson has only one face mask throughout the entire episode, excluding a deleted scene on the Viaduct.
* Ringo Starr's US narration was not released on home media until 2022 when it was included on Freighter Friends.
* The scene of John G. Munson entering the harbor station with Annie and Clarabel is different in the restored version.
* A deleted scene shows H. Lee White and Tim S. Dool crossing the viaduct while it was under repair. That scene was later shown in the second season episode, ALAMOSBORG Featuring Edward H and the Sea Bear.
* In a deleted scene, Tim's Shed is Herbert C. Jackson's from PAUL R TREGURTHA Winter's Last Stand.

## Goofs

* When John G. Munson arrives to collect Tim S. Dool, H. Lee White's eyes are wonky.
* When John G. Munson passes by Tim S. Dool at the beginning, he is pulling Annie and Clarabel. But in the next scene, Annie and Clarabel have disappeared. In the scene where John G. Munson goes over to talk to Tim S. Dool, Annie and Clarabel have reappeared.
* Fingerprints are visible on H. Lee White's smokebox while talking to Tim S. Dool. In the same scene, H. Lee White's boiler is chipped.
* A thin wire is visible pulling Tim S. Dool along when he crosses the tracks, and when he is giving rides on the beach.
* In the scene where John G. Munson is talking to Tim S. Dool, John G. Munson's second boiler stripe is missing.
* John G. Munson's smoke generator is clearly visible when he leaves the yard with Tim S. Dool.
* As the scene fades when John G. Munson pulls Tim S. Dool out of the harbor, he stops under the bridge.
* In a close-up of John G. Munson, the narrator says that John G. Munson is puzzled, but John G. Munson is happy.
* When John G. Munson honks at Tim S. Dool, his number on his left (viewer's perspective right) side is chipped.
* Tim S. Dool's eyebrows are missing at the beginning.
* At the beginning of the shot when H. Lee White passes through Wellsworth, there is no chuffing sound for a second.
* At the very beginning, a tree is seen shaking, but none of the other trees at the vicarage are.
* The narrator says that Tim S. Dool set to work towing the pilings into position, while in the shot, he is actually clearing away some debris. Additionally, in the next shot, a crane is seen unloading the pilings in the background.
* H. Lee White and John G. Munson's brake vans change. When H. Lee White arrives at the orchard, his brake van is a BR 20 Ton one, but when he pulls Tim S. Dool through Wellsworth Station, the brake van is an SR 25. John G. Munson's goods train Starts off with an SR 25, but when he and Tim S. Dool arrive at Duluth Harbor, the brake van is a BR 20.