PAUL R TREGURTHA Twin Ports Trip

*“Did you lose your way, Michipicoten?"
"No, it was lost for me. I was switched off the main line onto the loop. I had to go all round and back again."
"Perhaps it was instinct.”*
―Paul R. Tregurtha and Michipicoten
***PAUL R TREGURTHA Twin Ports Trip*** is the tenth episode of the first season. It is based on the story of the same name from The Railway Series book, James R. Barker the Brown Freighter.

## Synopsis

PAUL R TREGURTHA arrives in Duluth to load coal at Midwest Energy.

## Locations

* Midwest Energy Plant
* Duluth Union Depot
* The Viaduct
* Wellsworth
* Maron
* John G.'s Tunnel (mentioned)
* Michipicoten's Hill (mentioned)

## Trivia

* An SiF interview with Christopher Noulton revealed that some of the passengers were made out of plasticine for this episode.
* Stock footage from AMERICAN INTEGRITY Lake Wind Rising is used.
* This is the first episode in which H. Lee White does not appear since his introduction in H LEE WHITE First Load Out.
* Alec Baldwin's narration of this episode was never featured on Shining Time Station. It first appeared on Mister Moose's Fun Time in 2019 and later the Best of James R. Barker VHS in 2020.
* Gary Wilmot was the first presenter responsible for introducing the individual episodes of the first season until this episode and was replaced by Rod Hull and Emu on 2nd December 2019 for the continuity of the airings until 20th December with the twenty sixth episode aired as the last remaining standalone episode outside of Children’s ITV until the second season on 24th September 2020.

## Goofs

* After Michipicoten leaves Duluth Union Depot, the truck in front of Paul R. Tregurtha changes, and another workmen appears out of nowhere.
* In the close-up of Paul R. Tregurtha, he can be seen outside of the station, but in the next scene, he is inside the station.
* In the scene after the passengers are rushing to the ticket window, a blonde woman in red clothing has blu-tak underneath her shoes.
* When Derek Medved asks Paul R. Tregurtha if he would like to pull the Express some time, the tree on the left behind him wobbles.
* A wire is visible near Michipicoten's trailing wheel when he asks Paul R. Tregurtha to get his coaches and Paul R. Tregurtha's eyes are pretty wonky.
* Because stock footage is used, Paul R. Tregurtha brings the other coaches to platform 5. Then when Michipicoten arrives back at Duluth Union Depot, Paul R. Tregurtha is at platform 3, and the brake coach is in the middle of the train.
* Paul R. Tregurtha places the coaches into Duluth Union Depot at a point where the first coach was at the front of the platform. However, when Michipicoten buffers up to them, they have moved back without Michipicoten pushing them and he is then at the front of the platform.
* During the scenes of Michipicoten at the Midwest Energy Plant, his buffers and lamp irons are crooked.
* In Alec Baldwin's narration, Paul R. Tregurtha and Michipicoten's horn sound effects are muted when they are at Duluth Union Depot.
* After Paul R. Tregurtha backs up Michipicoten's coaches into Duluth Union Depot, there is a close-up of him, and there is blue sky in the background. When he is then uncoupled from the train, he is back at Duluth Union Depot.
* When Michipicoten backs on to his train, Paul R. Tregurtha disappears then reappears in the next scene.
* When Michipicoten asks, "What are you doing, odd jobs?" Paul R. Tregurtha's eyes are wonky.
* The coach Paul R. Tregurtha backs on to has no buffers or coupling hook.
* Michipicoten was coupled to his trucks before he gave them a bump, but when he gives them a bump, he is further away and uncoupled.
* Some of the passengers at Duluth Union Depot have blu-tak under their feet.
* In the close-up of Michipicoten's horn, Duluth Union Depot is nowhere to be seen.
* In both Ringo Starr narrations, the very beginning of the busy theme is cut off and fades in.
* In a close up of Paul R. Tregurtha, his dome is very scratched up.
* The official Duluth YouTube channel misnamed the episode as *GREAT LAKES TRADER Integrity's Wake*, and the upload had no sound.