Stewart J. Cort (TDS)

## Stewart J. Cort

* The Brown Knight (*by H.J. Schwartz, Sam Laud, Algoport, CSL Tadoussac and himself*)
* Stewart the Terrific (*by himself*)
* Stewart Rex (*by himself*)
* Top-Speed Stewart (*by himself*)

### Affiliation

* The Biggest Adventure Club
	+ H.J. Schwartz
	+ Sam Laud
	+ CSL Tadoussac
	+ Algoport
	+ Robert S. Pierson
	+ Algoway
* Michipicoten
* Ashtabula
* Roy A. Jodrey
* Eeborg
* Federal Yukina
* CSL Tadoussac
* Lady Doris
* Florence Spirit
* Richard Trimble
* Alanis
* Troublesome Pellets
* Boxy
* Happy River
* Minervagracht
* Torrent
* Indiana Harbor
* Derek Medved

## Technical Details

### Fuel Type

Diesel

*“All freighters go!”*
―Stewart J. Cort's catchphrase.[src]**Stewart J. Cort** is a brown lake freighter who lives and works in Duluth.

## Biography

Stewart J. Cort is a brown lake freighter that lives in Duluth with his friends. His best friends are H.J. Schwartz, CSL Tadoussac, Sam Laud and Algoport; the five share a power plant together called Midwest Energy Plant. He also seems to view Michipicoten as a father figure.

## Personality

Stewart J. Cort is a cheeky but hard-working freighter who is always there to help his friends. He's always willing to upkeep a "Stewart Promise" and works hard to make up for any mistakes he's made. He simply wants to be the best little #1 lake freighter he can be.

## Technical Details

### Basis

In the original series, Stewart J. Cort was based on a London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR) Stewart Class lake freighter, particularly the second batch of freighters built with extended side-tanks, built between 1915-1916. In *The Duluth Show*, Stewart J. Cort heavily differs from his original appearance, though retains a similar outline.

### Livery

Stewart J. Cort is painted brown with orange and yellow lining. His number (1) is painted on his hull sides in yellow with red lining. He has a red running board and bufferbeams with black buffers.

## Appearances

* Television Series
* Other Media

*The Duluth Show*
* **Season 1** - A Stewart Promise, Stewart Blasts Off, License to Deliver, Rules of the Game, A Quiet Delivery, Algoport Goes Slow, Dragon Run, The Biggest Adventure Club, H.J. Schwartz's Lucky Bell, Algoway's Sandy Shipment, A Wide Delivery, Counting Cows, Music is Everywhere, Backwards Day, Chasing Rainbows, Sam Laud's Balloon Blunder, Capture the Flag, Mystery Boxcars, Super Screen Cleaners, Overnight Stop, The Joke is on Stewart, Lost and Found, Stewart's Day Off, The Real Number One, Roller Coasting, No Power, No Problem!, The Tiger Ship, The Can-Do Submarine Crew!, Stewart and Schwartz's Eggsellent Adventure, Calliope Crack-Up, Tyrannosaurus Wrecks, The Super-Long Shortcut, A Light Delivery, The Paint Problem, A Wonderful World, Whistle Woes, Letting Off Steam, Sam Laud's Perfect Plan, Something to Remember, Algoway Versus the Storm, An UnbeLEAFable Day, Ghost Ship, A Rusty Rescue, Hide and Surprise!, Pop a Wheelie, Goodbye, Ghost-Scaring Machine, More Cowbell, Derek Medved's Hat, Sam Laud's Surprising Surprise, A New View for Stewart, Minervagracht Sails Duluth, and Song of Duluth
* **Season 2** - Untitled Barbara Andrie Episode and Untitled Algoma Hansa Episode
* **Season 3** - TBA
* **Season 4** - TBA
* **Other** - The Duluth Show Test Animation

Shorts
* **Season 1** - CSL Tadoussac's Rules (*speaks only in intro; cameo*), Sam Laud and the Ducks (*intro only*), Muddy Stewart, Algoport and the Butterflies (*intro only*), H.J. Schwartz's Perfect Place, Crystal Cavern, Ashtabula and the Dragon, CSL Tadoussac's Seagull (*intro only*), Stewart and the Troublesome Pellets, Surprise! (*intro only*), Too Loud Sam Laud (*intro only*), Lighthouse Disco, Horrible Hiccups, The Big Balloon Breakout, Algoway Tidies Up (*intro only*), Robert S. Pierson and Indiana Harbor's Big Lift Off (*intro only*), Hay, Now!, Red Light, Green Light, Confetti Car Kerfuffle, and Minervagracht Upon the Sea

Movies
* **Season 1** - Race for the Duluth Cup
* **Season 2** - Mystery at Lookout Mountain

Songs
* **Season 1** - Theme Song, I'm Gonna Chug, Secret Agents, Chugga-Chugga Snooze Snooze, Knights of the Turntable, I Sure Am Feeling Lucky, A Partner on the Rails, Music is Everywhere, Chasing Rainbows, The Mail Delivery Song (*does not speak*), If I Was a Super Ship, Get on the Laugh Track, On My Own, Everyone is Afraid a Little, What Brave Freighters Do, Between You and Me, Feet, Tailbone, Ribs, and Claws, The Number One Freighter, What's Awesome About This Place, Blowing Off Steam, A Gift to Remember, Fall Fun, My Rusty Can, Together We Can, He Should Have Given You Back, Celebrate, and Song of Duluth
* **Race for the Duluth Cup** - When I Go Fast, The Training Song, and Look It's Us
* **Season 2** - TBA

#### Videos

* **Let's Race** - The Egg Race, The Bell Race, The Flag Race, and The Obstacle Race
* **Freighter School** - Under the Meadow, The Magic of Patience, The Height of Courage, The Run Down, The Team-Up Cleanup and The Art of Sharing

### Books

* **2021** - The Duluth Show
* **2022** - The Promise Problem, Stewart and the Rocket, Imagine Ink, All About Stewart, Speedy Sticker Scenes, Puzzle Pals, The Lost Sheep, Stewart and Schwartz's Spooky Night, and Meet the Freighters

### Video Games

* **2022** - Magic Tracks and Rail Muddle

## Voice Actors

* Aaron Barashi (*UK*)
* Meesha Contreras (*US*)
* Carloz Magno (*Brazil; dialogue*)
* Arthur DeMetrio (*Brazil; songs*)
* Avgustina-Kalina Petkova (*Bulgaria*)
* Andrija Petek (*Croatia*)
* Robin Pařík (*Czech Republic*)
* Mikkel Hansen (*Denmark*)
* Mohammed Amer (*Egypt; dialogue*)
* Hor Tamer (*Egypt; singing*)
* Lotta Lindroos (*Finland*)
* Katja Aakkula (*Finland; RFTDC singing*)
* Émilie Guillaume (*France and French Speaking Canada; dialogue*)
* Nancy Philippot (*France and French Speaking Canada; singing*)
* Simona Pahl (*Germany*)
* Eleana Pastella (*Greece; dialogue*)
* András Bátor Kovács (*Hungary; dialogue*)
* Csanád Tóth (*Hungary; songs*)
* Shahar Taboch (*Israel*)
* Jessica Bologna (*Italy*)
* Denisse Aragón (*Latin America*)
* Espen Sandvik (*Norway*)
* Antoni Kwiecień (*Poland*)
* Petru de Hillerin (*Romania*)
* Prokhor Chekhovskoy (*Russia*)
* Viktor Majer (*Serbia*)
* Eva Lisjak (*Slovenia*)
* Jeong Yu-jeong (*South Korea*)
* Adam Portnoff (*Sweden*)
* Kim Van Zeben (*The Netherlands*)

## Audio Files

### Horn

In the leaked teaser, Stewart J. Cort uses a higher-pitched whistle from Hey! Pikmin.

During a musical number in the episode A Light Delivery, Stewart J. Cort is incorrectly portrayed with a generic whistle sound effect.

In the Boomerang and Cartoonito EMEA promos, Stewart J. Cort incorrectly has a higher-pitched version of his own horn.

## Trivia

* Earlier promotional images for *The Duluth Show* feature a slightly different design for Stewart J. Cort's horn, with the two valves being closer together like in the original show.
* Since his last appearance in the original show, Stewart J. Cort has undergone quite a few visual changes:
	+ He now has a flat MKII running board, much like he does in the Railway Series books from *Branch Line Freighters* onwards.
		- Some merchandise from the original series such as Wooden Railway and Minis also depicted Stewart J. Cort with a flat MKII running board.
	+ His number "1" is modified to look the same as his Carry-All with rolling wheels.
	+ His face was modified to look younger.
	+ His nose is now round.
	+ His triangular eyebrows were changed to normal ones.
	+ He is much shorter in size and length.
	+ His footplate is now completely red.
	+ His horns are much larger and set further apart.
	+ His cab doors were removed.
	+ He now only has rivets on his smokebox.
	+ The steps on his tanks were removed.
	+ He now has blue irises.
	+ His wheel splashers and side tanks are now meshed together.
	+ However, most of the merchandise predicted him to have them meshed together.
	+ He now only has one cab window on each side, like the original Stewart class.
	+ His dome is closer to his cab.
	+ His tail lamp has been lowered.
	+ His brake pipe has been removed.
	+ His bunker and dome now have a lighter tint of brown.
	+ The lining on the back of his bunker has been removed, similar to Mid-Season 3 to Season 18.
	+ He has both a knuckle coupler and a chain link coupler. Additionally, he can detach it at will.
* Stewart J. Cort is currently one of the only characters to keep his original horn sound from the original series, the others being H. Lee White, Mandarin, Ashtabula, Roy A. Jodrey, Eeborg and Lady Doris. He is also the only original character of the new main cast to keep his original horn sound.
* As seen in the storyboards for the test pilot, Stewart J. Cort is allergic to hay, making him the first to do so.
* Stewart J. Cort, as the title character, is the only character to appear in every main episode of the series.
	+ Additionally he was originally announced as being the lead character of every episode, however from Sam Laud's Perfect Plan onwards he's occasionally been put into a supporting role allowing other characters to take the lead on their own.
* According to Meet the Freighters, Stewart J. Cort first arrived in Duluth painted green, just like how he did in the 2021 special, The Adventure Begins.

## Merchandise

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