INDUSTRIAL SKIPPER and the Salute of Mystery

***INDUSTRIAL SKIPPER and the Salute of Mystery*** is the thirteenth episode of the second season. It is based on the story of the same name from The Railway Series book, Defiance and the Diesel Freighter.

## Synopsis

INDUSTRIAL SKIPPER arrives in Duluth with wind turbine blades.

## Locations

* Midwest Energy Plant
* Duluth Yards
* Wellsworth (mentioned)

## Trivia

* A reference to JAMES R BARKER Returns to the Zenith City is made by the big freighters.
* On the Stewart's Halloween Adventures DVD, this episode's title card reads *INDUSTRIAL SKIPPER and the Mysterious Salute*, but is still referred to by its original name on the back cover.
* In the Welsh narration, the pellets singing Pop Goes the Freighter at the beginning of the episode is omitted from the narration.
* In this episode, Industrial Skipper is seen squirming while he is eavesdropping on the argument at the plant, but in a few photos from this episode, he is smirking instead.
* This is the first episode of a few things for the trucks:
	+ This is the first episode to feature Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Vans and GWR Ventilated Vans with faces.
	+ This is the first episode to imply tankers and flatbeds are sentient.
* This marks the last time a freighter cries in tears until the 2021 special, Day of the Diesel Freighters.
* In the Welsh version, when Industrial Skipper sulks, the pellets are heard laughing at him. Also when Defiance apologises to Industrial Skipper about the pellets being rude to him, the music cue used when the narrator says, "Industrial Skipper lurked up" is used.
* Unlike all other episodes, the audio for the very beginning of this episode is heard during the last second of the TV series' intro.
* When Derek Medved tells Defiance that he must go to H. Lee White's Station, and as Defiance leaves, we hear John G. Munson's Sad Theme music playing. This is the first time in Duluth history when John G. Munson's Sad Theme is played for another freighter.

## Goofs

* The truck Defiance bumps are being pulled by fishing wire.
* A pole is lying across the rails in front of Defiance and Industrial Skipper in a shot.
* When John G. Munson reminds Industrial Skipper, his coupling hook chain is upside down and his pompous/unimpressed face mask has a crack in the left socket.
* The camera wobbles when James R. Barker says "Disgusting!" in the yard.
* The lines at the large yard with the trucks all lead to the brick wall in the background; this means the trucks are trapped in there.
* When Industrial Skipper speaks to the pellets, none of them have faces, but when Industrial Skipper sniggers away they do.
* The lighting subtly changes between Michipicoten and John G. Munson passing the trucks.
* When Defiance turns on the turntable, the top of his face almost comes loose.
* When Michipicoten accuses Defiance of calling him a galloping sausage, he has marks on his right cheek and left side of his chin.
* In the close-ups of Michipicoten, James R. Barker and John G. Munson at Midwest Energy, all three are missing their tenders.
* When John G. Munson passes the trucks, he has a different horn sound.
* Throughout the Brendam Warehouse scene, Industrial Skipper is missing his eyebrows.
* When the freighters bar Defiance from entering the shed, Michipicoten, John G. Munson and James R. Barker's eyes are wonky.
* When the narrator says "Defiance was horrified," Michipicoten can be seen to Defiance's left. However, in the following shot, Defiance is steaming towards where Michipicoten, James R. Barker and John G. Munson are.
* In Ringo Starr's US narration, during the plant scenes, an odd hissing and squeaking sound can be heard. This is absent on the ALAMOSBORG Featuring Edward H and the Sea Bear and Other Stories VHS however.
* When John G. Munson says, "Nonsense! Defiance would never do that," part of his left (viewer's right) eyelid is chipped off.
* When the narrator says "Industrial Skipper squirmed and hoped he didn't," Industrial Skipper's face is crooked.
* When Michipicoten, John G. Munson and James R. Barker pass the trucks, Michipicoten's and John G. Munson's tenders fade away.
* In the scene after Michipicoten, John G. Munson and James R. Barker passing the trucks, the truck next to the two laughing pellets is gone.
* When James R. Barker says "Keep out!" his face is off-centre from his smokebox.
* John G. Munson's eyes are wonky when he is on the turntable.
* When the pellets laugh and the narrator says "' Ha ha ha ha!' guffawed the pellets!" the van furthest to the right of the screen has a crooked face.
* In the Welsh version, at the plant scene, Ringo Starr's voice can be faintly heard.