All Aboard Amtrak

**All Aboard Amtrak** was a planned Trainz children's sitcom web series created by Mr3801Fan 26 and NSWSteamFan. Titled after he song of the same name, the series focused on Fred the F40PH, Alectro the AEM-7, Gina the P40DC, Dash the P32-8BWH, Faith the FL9, Eric the E60CH, and Geep the GP40. and their cross-country adventures across the United States of America.

The idea came from a suggestion by Mr3801Fan 26 when he suggested combining his favorite two childhood railroad TV programs; *Thomas & Friends* and *America By Rail*. NSWSteamFan had already been casted to voice Fred. Initially meant for a more adult audience, Mr3801Fan 26 decided to make it for a more family friendly audience.

The series began production in late 2020 as a series to replace *The Port Ogden Rail Chronicles* following it's failure. In early 2021, the series was cancelled due to Mr3801Fan 26 losing interest. However, Fred was reincarnated into a character for Engines Of Galston Rails.

## Premise

The series follows a group of passenger engines who work for Amtrak, a passenger railroad company owned the United States government. The engines are Fred the F40PH, Alectro the AEM-7, Gina the P40DC, Dash the P32-8BWH, Faith the FL9, Eric the E60CH, and Geep the GP40. Their adventures take them across the country from Washington D.C. all the way to San Francisco.

## Cast

* NSWSteamFan as Fred

Mr3801Fan 26 had considered asking various voice actors for the roles of the other characters, including RichmondCityRailfan as Geep and greenmachines777 as Alectro, all their voices Mr3801Fan 26 thought matched the characters perfectly.

In homage to *America By Rail* and *Thomas & Friends*, a narrator was also supposed to tell the story.

## Production

Around early 2021, Mr3801Fan 26 began to grow less and less satisfied with how *The Port Ogden Rail Chronicles* was turning out. He complained that it was too unoriginal and lacked any identity. Some of the cast like ahatbears and NSWSteamFan would defend the series, with the former deeming Mr3801Fan 26’s critiques pessimistic. NSWSteamFan and Mr3801Fan 26 would later use the situation as loose inspiration for “The Hatred”, a fanfiction of *The Amazing World of Gumball*, particularly from a quote from 2026 Productions.

As the series came closer and closer to being cancelled, Mr3801Fan 26 began seeking other concepts to replace the series. After thinking up various ideas, including a *TUGS*-inspired series set on a fictional class I railroad in the 1950s and a buddy series focuses on two steam engines on a narrow gauge heritage railway, he revisited a concept he created when he was a kid. The basic idea was a sitcom about the engines of Amtrak, inspired by *America By Rail*, which Mr3801Fan 26 grew up watching. He decided that the series would be his next big idea and began creating the characters, beginning with a childlike F40PH named Fred. Initially meant for an adult audience, Mr3801Fan 26 redeveloped the series into something more family-friendly. NSWSteamFan was the first voice actor chosen for the role of Fred, as Mr3801Fan 26 wanted him to sound “young for his age”. NSWSteamFan improvised an impression of the title character of *The Amazing World of Gumball*, which Mr3801Fan 26 thought fitted the character perfectly. The series adopted the title *All Aboard Amtrak*, titled after a song featured in some of Amtrak’s commercials from the early 1980s. The series was eventually halted and later cancelled, with Mr3801Fan 26 once again left to begrudgingly focus on *The Port Ogden Rail Chronicles*, which was eventually controversially cancelled itself too.

## Gallery

An early test promo for the series. Back then, it was targeted at a more adult audience.Fred in Engines Of Galston Rails.The map that was supposed to be used in the title cards. Homage to America By Rail is present.