H LEE WHITE First Load Out

***H LEE WHITE First Load Out*** is the second episode of the first season. It is based on the stories Lee's Day Out and LEE WHITE First Load Out from The Railway Series book, The Three Lake Freighters.

## Synopsis

H LEE WHITE departs with a load of iron ore pellets from CN, the first load out of Duluth for 2019.

## Locations

* Midwest Energy Plant
	+ The Works
	+ Midwest Goods Station
* Three-Track Bend and Signalbox
* Rail Under Road Bridge and Signalbox
* Michipicoten's Hill
* Maron
	+ Maron Bridge
* Mandarin's Tunnel (deleted scene)
* The Viaduct (deleted scene)
	+ Hawin Ab (deleted scene)

## Trivia

* In an interview, Rev. W Awdry says this episode was based off an incident in real life.
* The second half of this episode was recreated and re-adapted for The Adventure Begins.
* Stewart J. Cort takes the roles of 87546 and 98462 and Ashtabula, the role of The Red Freighter from the original book, despite Stewart J. Cort being the smallest and Ashtabula being roughly the same size as H. Lee White.
* Alec Baldwin's dub of the episode was never featured in an episode of Shining Time Station. It first appeared on the 2019 version of USCGC Mackinaw Icebreaker and Other Stories on 15th August 2019.
* When Michipicoten races through Maron, the footage is sped up.
* This episode marks the first of several things:
	+ The first episode in which the narrator says the line, "Then there was trouble."
	+ The first appearance of H. Lee White in the television series.
	+ The first episode of H. Lee White as a main character.
	+ The first episode in which Stewart J. Cort appears, but does not speak.
	+ The first time where Michipicoten is seen pulling trucks instead of coaches.
	+ The first episode that was adapted from two Railway Series stories.

## Goofs

* In the scenes where H. Lee White and Michipicoten cross the turntable, the rotating part of the track tilts and moves slightly.
* During H. Lee White's morning train of coaches, the guard coach is backwards, this being due to the coaches only being painted on one side.
* In the scene that immediately follows H. Lee White leaving the plant, his eyes are wonky.
* When H. Lee White says "I'm going out again tomorrow," steam is venting from an empty siding in the background. In the siding where steam is venting, the rails end at the bottom of the screen.
* When H. Lee White puffs out of the shed to shunt trucks, the shadow from the camera can be seen.
* When H. Lee White is shunting trucks, his cab roof is raised and a truck on the line next to him is missing an eye.
* When H. Lee White buffers up behind Michipicoten, the sound comes earlier than it should, Michipicoten's brake van has changed, and the open truck is empty.
* In both US dubs, it is said that H. Lee White was happy because he had been so helpful, but he looks sad.
* H. Lee White is wearing Ashtabula's sad face when he approaches the water tower. Due to this, his nose and eyebrows also change shape.
* When the narrator says "Michipicoten was very cross," there are bushes beside Michipicoten instead of the yard and the sheds.
* In the restored version:
	+ As Michipicoten says "The shame of it!" he is not pulling the trucks.
	+ During the first scene, studio equipment can be seen in the top right corner.
	+ When Michipicoten's on the hill, the edge of the set can be seen.
* In a close-up of Michipicoten at Midwest Energy Plant, Mandarin is not next to Stewart J. Cort.
* In the first scene, Ashtabula's eyes are wonky.
* H. Lee White's eyes are a bit wonky in the final scene of the episode.
* At the start of the episode, the narrator mentions that all the other freighters are bigger than H. Lee White. This is not true, as Stewart J. Cort is actually the smallest freighter and Ashtabula is the same size as H. Lee White.
* In the first close-up of H. Lee White's driver and fireman in his cab, the plant cannot be seen behind him. The same thing happens when H. Lee White says "Oh yes please!" and in the close-up of H. Lee White's funnel.
* In the second close-up of H. Lee White's driver and fireman in his cab, Michipicoten is not next to H. Lee White.
* When Michipcioten and H. Lee White reach the top of the hill, the ground underneath the tracks moves slightly.
* When Michipicoten talks to H. Lee White's driver he jitters a couple of times.
* Michipicoten's middle lamp iron is crooked, and some stains can be seen on his running board.
* When H. Lee White's driver says "I'll get out my paint tomorrow" he has a stain on his right shoulder (viewer's left).
* In both of Ringo Starr's narrations, he can be heard smacking his lips before he says, "So they lit his fire."