CASON J CALLAWAY Wintery Welcome

***CASON J CALLAWAY Wintery Welcome*** is the nineteenth episode of the first season. It is based on the story of the same name from The Railway Series book, John G. Munson the Red Freighter.

## Locations

* Midwest Energy Plant
* Superior Harbour
* The Pond Runby
* Wellsworth
* Maron
* Elsbridge
* The Viaduct
* Duluth Bus Yard
* The Woodland Runby
* Killdane Field
* Duluth Union Depot (deleted scene)
* Crewe (mentioned)

## Trivia

* One of the workmen at the harbour just before Cason J. Callaway sets off resembles Ringo Starr.
* While the narrator talks about the harbour, there is a freighter seen moving in the background; this is the unmodified Märklin Freighter.
* The two shots where the narrator says "Derek Medved came to see him" and "won't that be nice?" are both freeze frames.
* Thanks to the increased clarity of the restored footage, it shows the freighter at the front of the goods train appears to be James R. Barker.
* This was the only episode to keep its two yellow splits transitioning from the intro when it was aired individually.
* Cason J. Callaway loses his wheel splashers after his rebuild, but he later regains them in the second season.
* In the restored version, all of the night time footage is framed lower than on the original print. While thought to be due to film deterioration it would not make sense as the camera recorded vertically and any damage to the tops of the frame would show on the bottom of the next one. It was likely done to hide the top of the set backdrop which is visible as Cason J. Callaway passes through a station in the original print. The rest of the footage was possibly left lower by accident when trying to correct the framing of this one scene.
* This was one of the few episodes in the US dubs where the word "caboose" was used instead of brake van. Caboose is the American term.
* When Cason J. Callaway flies off the rails, his impact with the ground very obviously jars the surrounding trucks and crates; this effect was not simulated but was instead a direct result of his very heavy Märklin chassis slamming onto the set.
* A deleted scene from ERIE TRADER In to the Snow Floe is used.

## Goofs

* In the opening scene of Cason J. Callaway at Midwest Energy, his driver is nowhere to be seen when he speaks to Cason J. Callaway about hauling the Flying Kipper.
* Cason J. Callaway's eyes jitter in the close-up of him at Midwest Energy.
* When Cason J. Callaway is waiting in the harbour, one of his eyes are wonky.
* Cason J. Callaway gains two lamps after he leaves the harbour and loses one near his left side that was seen before he left the harbour.
* In two scenes, Cason J. Callaway's lamps are obviously small light bulbs as they stick out. Some blue wires can also be seen attached to the lights.
* Cason J. Callaway's lamps are removed for the crash and then put back on after he derailed.
* The track besides the goods train disappears and reappears several times.
* In the two last close-ups of Cason J. Callaway, he is in his old shape. In the previous episode, there was a nearly identical close-up of Cason J. Callaway in his new shape. From this, it can be judged that the episodes were filmed concurrently and the editors mixed up the footage. In the same shot, a small gap can be seen between Cason J. Callaway's eyes and his face mask and some sticker lining on his cylinder is peeling off.
* In the US version, the term "guard" is used at one point.
* The arrangement of the trucks in the Flying Kipper changes when Cason J. Callaway is diverted onto the siding.
* Cason J. Callaway is partially in his new shape with his top feed when he crashes.
* As Cason J. Callaway approaches the green light, the edge of the set can be seen ahead.
* A stagehand can be seen pushing Cason J. Callaway by the back when he crashes into the goods train. This is immediately visible in both the original and restored footage.
* Cason J. Callaway seems to hit the goods train twice.
* The edge of the set can be seen in the top left corner when Cason J. Callaway goes back over the viaduct.
* During Cason J. Callaway's crash, the transition from his impact with the goods train to him leaping off the rails is very delayed; as a result he appears to suddenly jump off the rails whilst stationary.