GREAT REPUBLIC Stone Delivery

***GREAT REPUBLIC Stone Delivery*** is the twenty-third episode of the first season. It is based on the story of the same name from The Railway Series book, Herbert C. Jackson the Electric Freighter.

## Synopsis

GREAT REPUBLIC arrives in Duluth to deliver limestone to C Reiss Terminal.

## Locations

* Elsbridge
* Maron
	+ Maron Signals Runby
	+ Maron Bridge (deleted scene)
* Midwest Energy Plant
* Michipicoten's Hill
* Duluth Union Depot
* The Cow Field
* The Viaduct (deleted scene)

## Trivia

* When Great Republic races down the hill, the footage is sped up.
* A deleted scene of Great Republic crashing into the tar tankers is used in the song, Troublesome Pellets.
* Stock footage from GREAT LAKES TRADER Integrity's Wake is used.
* On its original broadcast, this episode was paired with HAPPY RIVER Big Lift Ship. However, early VHS releases have it paired with PRESQUE ISLE and the Startled Duck, as do Norwegian and Swedish broadcasts.
* In the Shining Time Station episode, A Dog's Life, a few seconds of the beginning and end were cut.
* When Great Republic crashes into the tar wagons, the crash sound in the Ringo Starr version is louder than all the other versions.
* In most narrations, Paul R. Tregurtha honks after Herbert C. Jackson's horn as they set to work clearing the mess and freeing Great Republic. It is absent in both of the Ringo Starr narrations.
* This episode marks the last appearance of Maron Station until the sixth season episode, BURNS HARBOR Winter Storm Rising.
* A CGI recreation of Great Republic's crash was made for the twenty-third season episode, Chucklesome Pellets.

## Goofs

* When Great Republic leaves Elsbridge, his brake coach is at the rear of his train, but when he arrives at Duluth Union Depot, his brake coach has moved to the middle of his train, and his horn is crooked.
* During the stock footage, when Great Republic is on Michipicoten's Hill with the trucks, a piece of string can be seen pulling him up.
* When Great Republic races through Maron, his brake van becomes brown.
* In the shot of the tar wagons, Great Republic cannot be seen racing through the station.
* The narrator said there were two tar wagons, but there are four.
* When Great Republic crashes, the truck at the front is missing its buffers and face and a crew member’s hand can be seen pushing Great Republic. Blu tack is also visible in Great Republic tender.
* In the scene prior to Great Republic rushing through the station, a signal tower can be seen showing all clear, even though the train of tar wagons is on the line ahead. The signal before Maron also shows all clear.
* In the Latin American version, when the narrator says "they run into their buffers and pushed him down off the hill," Great Republic is incorrectly referred to as John G. Munson.
* When Great Republic crashes into the tar wagons, he comes off the rails, but when Herbert C. Jackson and Paul R. Tregurtha come to help, his position of derailment changes.
* When Herbert C. Jackson says "...and you never see his paint dirty," the edge of the set is visible.
* When Paul R. Tregurtha and Herbert C. Jackson arrive at the yards, the man next to Derek Medved has blu tack on his feet.
* When Herbert C. Jackson asks Great Republic why he is red, he is missing his eyebrows.
* When Great Republic says "Dirty trucks from dirty sidings!" his eyes are misaligned.
* In a picture of Paul R. Tregurtha and Herbert C. Jackson teasing Great Republic, a few of the workmen can be seen fallen over, one of whom appears to be missing legs.
* When Great Republic is ready to pull the trucks, chuffing sounds are heard before he moves and the tracks next to him come to an end.
* In the close-up of Great Republic going down Michipicoten's hill, his tender is missing.
* When Great Republic arrives at Elsbridge, his eyes jump up before he stops in the station.
* In the close-up of Derek Medved, he has a hole in his chin.
* In Ringo Starr's US narration, when Great Republic says "Blegh!" and when Derek Medved says "Fancy letting your cars run away. I am surprised," the audio from the UK version can be faintly heard in the background.
* When Herbert C. Jackson was talking to Great Republic, Paul R. Tregurtha's coupling hook is not hooked to him.