Rhyon Stays Home

**Rhyon Stays Home** is the second episode of Season 1.

## Plot

One morning, Mr. Brown is giving out the days work orders as usual. However, he notices that Rhyon is coughing. Realizing that he must be sick, he orders Ben to take him to the workshops for an inspection. Rhyon keeps insisting that he's fine, but the chief mechanic discovers that his crew forgot to drain his boiler. with the leftover water insider freezing his tubes and damaging his system. He is forced to stay at the workshops and a reluctant Conner is ordered to do his work.

Rhyon is left alone at the workshops, with only his engineer and some passing engines like Georgia to keep him company. After three hours, he decides to leave the roundhouse the get his work done. His engineer runs after him in an attempt to stop him before he accidentally damages himself.

Later, Conner gives his train back to Rhyon, who attempts to pull it. Along the way, he struggles while his stack emits dark smoke and sparks. At a steep hill, his engineer warns him that his train has caught fire. This finally convinces Rhyon to stop while his engineer phones for the fire department.

At the scene, Mr. Evans scolds Rhyon for his reckless behavior. He also gives Conner more work to do in the summer while Rhyon is away, much to his chagrin.

## Characters

* Rhyon
* Rhyon's Engineer
* Mr. Evans
* Conner
* Mr. Brown
* Chief Mechanic
* Georgia
* Cabott
* Ben
* Mitchel
* Byron
* Umit *(does not speak)*
* Gwen *(does not speak)*
* Lachlan *(cameo)*
* Ryan *(extended cut only)*
* Steven *(extended cut only)*
* NKP S-2 #759 *(mentioned in extended cut)*

## Locations

* Port Ogden, AZ
* Acme, AZ
* SevenSeven, NM
* Port VanDenH, CO *(extended cut only)*
* Jefferson, CO *(extended cut only)*

## Trivia

### Fun Facts

* It was intended to serve as the premiere of the series.
* A day when AllosaurFan stayed home from school afterward getting sick served as the inspiration for the episode.
* An extended version features three deleted scenes:
	+ There was supposed to be a scene where Conner spreads a rumor about Rhyon fibbing. This explains Conner's "I knew it" line at the end, which was intended to be an ironic callback to said scene.
	+ The excess smoke from Rhyon's stack was supposed to clog Cabott and Georgia's smokeboxes and make them sick too. AllosaurFan removed that ending as he felt it was too ridiculous.

### Cultural References

* Rhyon's line "I think I can" is a reference to the *The Little Engine That Could*.
* Rhyon’s line “I’m out the shed, try and stop me” is a reference to *Knokov and Loqwalitee*.

### Continuity

* Rhyon is supposed to pull a coal train to Salt Lake City, even though Byron usually handles the long distance trains. Byron was probably also ill, though not to the same extent as Rhyon.
* Ryan is once again leased to Mr. Evans as Sheldon was away at Laramie.

## Goofs

* On the unofficial VHS cover, Rhyon appears to be heading to Sundermeyer, when he should be heading to Newcastle.
* When Rhyon says "What does it take to bring out your negative side?", a Discord update can be heard. This happens again when he says "I'm getting my work done if it kills me".
* Georgia's brief fit is mostly inaudible.
* When Conner departs Jefferson in the extended version, the signal shows that he's been diverted into the station instead of the mainline.

## Media

The Port Ogden Rail Chronicles- Rhyon Stays HomeThe Port Ogden Rail Chronicles- Rhyon Stays Home -EXTENDED CUT-