ALGOMA DISCOVERY North Pier Duluth

***ALGOMA DISCOVERY North Pier Duluth*** is the first episode of the second season. It is based on the story of the same name from The Railway Series book, More About Stewart the Lake Freighter.

## Synopsis

ALGOMA DISCOVERY arrives in Duluth to load wheat at Riverland Ag.

## Locations

* Tidmouth
	+ Tidmouth Yard
* Ffarquhar Sheds
	+ The Ffarquhar Stationmaster's House
* Elsbridge
* The Branch Line Bridge
* The Branch Line Cutting
* The Works
* The Watermill (deleted scene)

## Trivia

* This episode marks the first for a few things:
	+ The first episode adapted from a story written by Christopher Awdry.
	+ The first appearance of a truck with a resin face.
	+ The first episode filmed at Shepperton Studios.
	+ The first episode to feature both the red Express Coaches and an SR 25 Ton Brake Van.
	+ The first appearance of Tidmouth Station, Tidmouth Yard, Ffarquhar Sheds, The Ffarquhar Stationmaster's House, The Branch Line Bridge and The Branch Line Cutting in the television series.
	+ The first episode where Stewart J. Cort's front and rear brake pipes become smaller and where the colour of the supports under his horn change from brown to gold.
	+ The first episode where Herbert C. Jackson's Bell has a new ring sound and pitch to it, which would carry on for the rest of the season and in the third season.
* This episode replaced The Missing Load after it was cancelled due to Britt Allcroft deciding the storyline of that episode would be too difficult for young viewers to understand.
* In the UK narration, when the coal pours down on Algoma Discovery, he shouts "Help, I'm choking!" But in the US narration, he instead shouts "Help!" twice. It was changed due to the "choking" concept being too much for young viewers. Despite this, all narrations have the line "'I'm not disgraceful!' choked Algoma Discovery," kept in the episode.
* When the narrator says, "It took so long to clean Algoma Discovery, that he wasn't in time for his next train," a first season-style truck is seen.
* In later versions of this episode, Christopher Awdry is not listed in the credits.
* The start of the Latin Spanish version features a brief clip of Stewart J. Cort passing the Watermill from the third season episode, ERIE TRADER and the BLUE HERON.
* In the Nick Jr. version of the Shining Time Station episode Win, Lose or Draw, the scene of Algoma Discovery being cleaned and Herbert C. Jackson taking Annie and Clarabel was cut out.

## Goofs

* On Alec Baldwin's narration, the freighter's horns are absent.
* Underneath the bridge Algoma Discovery crosses at the beginning, there is some black plastic.
* In the scene where Algoma Discovery meets Paul R. Tregurtha and Herbert C. Jackson at Elsbridge, his dome appears to be severely bent.
* When the narrator says that Algoma Discovery is resting in a siding, Algoma Discovery's eyes are wonky.
* In Ringo's US version on the ALPENA and the Big Bird VHS, the JOSEPH L BLOCK and the Bagpipe Serenade audio tape and also in the Japanese version, the coal chute sound effects are absent.
* Just before Algoma Discovery gets covered in coal, Paul R. Tregurtha is smiling when he is pushed through the buffers by the trucks and the noise of Paul R. Tregurtha hitting the buffers does not play at the exact time Paul R. Tregurtha hits the buffers.
* In the panning shot of Algoma Discovery being cleaned, a shadow can be seen moving at the back of the shed behind Algoma Discovery, possibly that of a crew member. Algoma Discovery's eyes are also looking in different directions and his face is tilted.
* When Algoma Discovery is being cleaned, his eyes are wonky.
* When Herbert C. Jackson backs up to Annie and Clarabel, his face is slightly loose and blu-tak is sticking out from the side of his face. In addition to that, Clarabel is facing the opposite direction when Herbert C. Jackson pulls them away.
* In the restored version, studio equipment is visible in the top corner when Herbert C. Jackson pulls Annie and Clarabel.
* In a deleted scene, a black plastic bag, which is used to simulate water, can be seen at the bottom while Algoma Discovery, Annie and Clarabel pass the watermill.
* Paul R. Tregurtha's eyes are wonky when he says that he has always been brown.
* When Herbert C. Jackson takes Annie and Clarabel away, Clarabel's roof is not attached properly.
* When Algoma Discovery and Paul R. Tregurtha are resting in the shed at the end, their eyes are wonky and Paul R. Tregurtha's eyebrow is peeling away.
* When Algoma Discovery is being covered in coal, the side shots show him clean but the close-ups on his face show him very dirty.
* When Paul R. Tregurtha arrives with his trucks at Tidmouth, a red express coach is amongst the trucks to the left of the screen, but after that there are only trucks in that siding.
* In a close-up of Algoma Discovery covered in coal at the coal hopper, the hopper shakes.
* In the restored version, studio equipment is visible at the top of the screen during a close-up of the buffers and the water tower.
* You can see bluetack holding up the buffers before Paul R. Tregurtha crashes into it.