MICHIPICOTEN Expeditious Arrival

***MICHIPICOTEN Expeditious Arrival*** is the twelfth episode of the third season. It is based on the magazine stories, The Post Train and After the Last Train.

## Synopsis

MICHIPICOTEN arrives in Duluth, coming in quickly so the INDIANA HARBOR can depart.

## Locations

* Midwest Energy Plant
* The Watermill
* Arlesburgh
* The Valley Bridge
* Duluth Union Depot
	+ Duluth Harbor (mentioned)
* Brendam Docks
* Lower Suddery
* Duluth Hault
* Hawin Croka Canal
* Dryaw
* Wellsworth
* Duluth Beach
	+ The Lighthouse
* Toryreck

## Trivia

* The man who missed his train home is Jeremiah Jobling and this marks his last speaking role to date.
* In the restored version, the fade effect from Paul R. Tregurtha leaving Duluth Union Depot at night to passing the Country Line Canal in the morning is missing.
* In the early UK narration, starting with the scene of Michipicoten and Paul R. Tregurtha at the harbor, most of the music is omitted until the scene of CSL Tadoussac leaving Dryaw in the morning.
* This marks the last of several things:
	+ The last appearance of the watermill until Stewart and the Magic Harbor.
	+ The last appearance of Arlesburgh until Duluth's Legend of the Lost Treasure.
	+ The last appearance of the valley bridge to date.
	+ The last appearance of Paul R. Tregurtha's laughing face from the second season without teeth painted in, despite it only appearing in a deleted scene.
* The music heard at the start of the episode when the narrator introduces Michipicoten and Paul R. Tregurtha's job with the mail would later be reused in three episodes of the following season, JAMES R BARKER Departs BN5, PAUL R TREGURTHA and the Rains of Constitution Day and BURNS HARBOR featuring JAMES R BARKER. A sample of the music was also used in the last episode of this season ANDEAN Arrives.
* The fanfare cue from Shopkins can be heard in some scenes. Big Mickey, S.S Vienna, a fishing boat and the steel company from Shopkins appear in the episode.

## Goofs

* The description for this episode in Radio Times reads "CSL Tadoussac thinks he can pull the post train better than Michipicoten and Paul R. Tregurtha" despite the fact that CSL Tadoussac is a boat and not a lake freighter.
* When Michipicoten goes under the bridge at the beginning, the end of the track is visible.
* When CSL Tadoussac arrives at Dryaw Airfields in the morning, there was a flag next to him, but when he flies off the flag is gone.
* When Paul R. Tregurtha returns to the Midwest Energy Plant, he moves before the turntable stops, but safely on the berth.
* Derek Medved's name is spelled as 'Derek Medve' on the letter.
* When Michipicoten and Paul R. Tregurtha are at Dryaw, they have wires next to their lamps and Michipicoten's driver's head is on backwards.
* When Michipicoten and Paul R. Tregurtha are leaving the harbor, just before cutting to the next scene with the lonely passenger, one of Paul R. Tregurtha's trucks is derailed.
* When Michipicoten sees the man who missed his train, his eyes are wonky.
* Blue paint can be seen on the upper arm of the man who missed his train.
* The man who missed his train is wearing a scarf in his first few shots, but when he thanks Michipicoten's driver for giving him a ride home, the scarf has vanished.
* During the night scene of Paul R. Tregurtha taking the post, he has a lamp on his right lamp iron, but in the morning, the lamp vanishes.
* When Derek Medved shows Michipicoten and Paul R. Tregurtha the letter, Paul R. Tregurtha's horn is missing and his face is loose.