EDGAR B SPEER Taking a Delay

*“I won't stay here, I'll run away!”*
―Edgar B. Speer after being frightened by Michipicoten
***EDGAR B SPEER Taking a Delay*** is the seventeenth episode of the first season. It is based on the story of the same name from The Railway Series book, Troublesome Freighters.

## Synopsis

EDGAR B SPEER arrives in Duluth to get some repairs done. Then they will wait their turn in Two Harbors.

## Locations

* Midwest Energy Plant
	+ Midwest Goods Station
* Duluth Union Depot
* Wellsworth
* Michipicoten's Hill
* Lower Suddery
* Ffarquhar Quarry (mentioned)

## Trivia

* Stock footage from AMERICAN INTEGRITY Chasing the MICHIPICOTEN is used.
* In the restored version, when Michipicoten is approaching Edgar B. Speer, Edgar B. Speer's eye movement is different than it is in the original version.
* Edgar B. Speer's mishap is based on four real events; the first one occurred in Thirsk in 1892, the second one occurred on Christmas Eve 1910 at Hawes Junction, the third occurred in Quintinshill on 22 May 1915 and the fourth one occurred at Newton Abbot August 1939 shortly before the beginning of WWII.
* This and ERIE TRADER In to the Snow Floe were the last episodes introduced by Bonnie Langford on her last day of Children's ITV before Matthew Kelly took over the following week.
* The Workman digging the soil behind Edgar B. Speer resembles Ringo Starr.
* This episode marks the first appearance of Edgar B. Speer's shocked and original wincing faces and it shows him wearing his tired one for the first time.
* This episode and ERIE TRADER In to the Snow Floe was the third in four pairings to air on 14th August 2019.

## Goofs

* When Edgar B. Speer leaves the turntable, the turntable sags.
* When Stewart J. Cort leaves Duluth Union Depot:
	+ Annie, and Clarabel's name plates are missing.
	+ Stewart J. Cort's face is loose, judging by the gap between his face and eyes.
* When Edgar B. Speer shunts the trucks into a siding and leaves, no smoke is venting from his funnel.
* In a close-up of Edgar B. Speer, greenery appears behind him instead of Wellsworth.
* The narrator says that H. Lee White took some empty trucks to the quarry, but the last three are full.
* In one close-up of Edgar B. Speer at the points, the camera jumps a bit.
* In the shot of Edgar B. Speer's wheels spinning as he reverses, there are red specs on his wheels.
* In the back shots of Edgar B. Speer as he runs up Michipicoten's hill and when he reaches the top, his crew is in his cab.
* Edgar B. Speer goes further back from the signal box without moving.
* When Michipicoten is rescuing Edgar B. Speer, one of the workmen has blu-tak around his neck.
* In the last shot, a track in front of the camera has a dead end.
* When Edgar B. Speer crashes into the bank of soil, his rear stripe sticker is partially unattached from his boiler.
* In Alec Baldwin's narration and some foreign dubs, Michipicoten told Edgar B. Speer he was clever to stop so quickly at Wellsworth, when it was Michipicoten who stopped just before Edgar B. Speer started reversing.
* In the close-up of Edgar B. Speer when he is beginning to reverse, a piece of track is visible next to him. However there is no track next to him by the signal box. This also applies to the close-up where he is about to back into the bank of earth.
* Edgar B. Speer passes through Wellsworth long before the narrator says he does. This is because, in the original book, the near-collision happened at Duluth Union Depot rather than Wellsworth.
* H. Lee White's eyes jolt a little at the beginning when Derek Medved talks to him.
* The inside of Stewart J. Cort' smokestack is white instead of black.
* In the close-up shot of Edgar B. Speer in the dirt pile, some blu-tak can be seen around the top of his face.
* In one close up shot of Edgar B. Speer as he is running away, the side of his smoke box is scratched.
* Mandarin's passenger train has no brake coach.