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Casey Jr's Mail Run is the second episode of the original first season of The Railways of Crotoonia. It premiered as part of the MilanToon the Halls marathon on December 22nd, 2017.

Plot[]

Casey Jr is delivering a load of coal and diesel to the Dream Fleet Rail Co.'s yard in Cliffstone Junction when he and Big Old Rusty hear a burst of steam from the engine sheds. Tracy's electrically heated boiler is suffering from overheating after extensive work, which means she will have to go to the Kahlville Works for repairs; this will mean her end of the nightly mail runs will be held up. Casey Jr offers to help the broken down little engine by doing her mail run, which is agreed on by Mrs. C. Ella and Mrs. Carla.

After delivering his cars to Grofflen Harbour , Casey Jr returns to the sheds for a power nap before heading off to the Mail Depot that evening. He's greeted by Edward as Mrs. Carla explains that he'll be working from the mountain branch lines and will complete his journey at Gridinia Bay Junction, where Johnny and an engine from Pinewood Island will collect the rest of his mail from there. Casey goes into a panic, revealing his fear of running through the mountains in the dark; Edward calms him down a bit by saying if he treats it like he's going down the mainline, then it should be better. He then heads off to do his end of the mail run.

Once loaded and ready for departure, Casey Jr makes his way up the mountain lines. At a steep incline, he chants to himself "I think I can, I think I can" before finally reaching the top. He then proceeds to race down the hill at top speed, before grinding himself to a halt when he sees he's running straight towards Old Puffer Pete, who is hurrying along the intersection near the branch line. Old Puffer Pete forgives him though, as he comments his first time with late-night runs were difficult, before heading off back to the Freight Depot. Casey, however, notices there's a crate loaded on his last flatbed; the crate turns out to be an order of paving stone that were meant to go to Gridinia Bay Docks for shipping to the UK. Casey then decides, as he's going to Gridinia Bay anyway, he can take it for him, which Puffer Pete approves.

After hurrying to complete his run, he makes it to the Bay in record time, dropping off his freight cars at the Junction and delivering the crate to the docks before the ship sets sail for Europe. Later that morning, Big Tim hurries up with a message from Sir Allen Featherington, who has offered him a fully-paid vacation to Boston for the weekend. He's a little too late however, as Casey Jr is already well and truly fast asleep.

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Voice Cast[]

Music[]

  • It Was the Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown - David Benoit and Vince Guaraldi ["Casey Junior is a small tender engine..."]
  • Lay All Your Love On Me - ABBA (covered by Dominic Cooper & Amanda Seyfried) [Tracy's boiler is overheated]
  • It Was the Best Birthday Ever, Charlie Brown - David Benoit and Vince Guaraldi [Casey Junior gets ready for his new job]
  • Country Blues - Silent Partner [Casey Junior first sets off with the mail]
  • Theme from "The Chipmunk Adventure" - Randy Edelman and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [Casey Junior speeds through his job]
    • Dudley the Dragon Theme Song - Glenn Schellenberg [Alternate theme used in scene for compilations]
  • Ending Ditty (Peter Sam and the Refreshment Lady) - Mike O'Donnell and Junior Campbell ["But he didn't get an answer..."]
  • The Pink Panther (1993) Ending - Henry Mancini and Eddie Arkin [Credits]

Trivia[]

  • This marks the first 10-minute episode of The Railways of Crotoonia.
  • The episode was first developed as a subplot to the first attempt at a pilot episode entitled Night Run; the subplot became this episode, while the main plot made it into another scrapped episode entitled Cold Wheels.
    • Diesel 10 and Cerberus would have been the focus of the episode.
    • A subplot with Toby, Humphrey, and Knuckles would have also been involved.
  • Some changes were made to the script when the episode went into production:
    • Emily would have had a full speaking line in the episode: "Casey Jr, look out!"
    • Casey Junior stopping at Vernstead Halt instead of a montage of deliveries.
    • Landon and Emery Elizabeth, the drivers of Casey Junior in Soeren Hermansen's earlier project, Casey Junior and Friends, would have appeared at the end of the episode, but were scrapped for story reasons.
    • Sir Allen Featherington himself giving the reward, with Emery and Liz commenting on the occassion. This was replaced with Big Tim delivering the news due to the delayed production of the episode.
  • The episode was originally due to premiere in November 2017, but college interfering pushed it to a Christmas-weekend release.
  • This episode explains Tracy's lack of a tender or bunker by revealing that she has an electrically heated boiler.

Goofs[]

  • Although Big Old Rusty speaks, his name doesn't appear in the credits.

Video[]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_AjepjLHOc

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