The Brave Locomotive | Storyboard Version

The rough animatic version of "The Brave Locomotive" featuring the original storyboards and music recordings from 2008-2009 and post-Patreon revisions from 2020-2021.

In this Old West musical tale with 1940s flair, a fearless little train and his engineer confront obsolescence as bigger, faster, and more automated machines take center stage.

Oscar-qualified for the 96th Academy Awards by winning Best Animation at LA Shorts International Film Festival.

0:00 - Opening Titles
0:13 - Linus and Henry
1:40 - The Baron's Proposal
2:12 - What Becomes of Linus
3:15 - Samson Assumes
4:00 - Linus to the Rescue
5:18 - Train Heaven Finale
6:20 - End Credits ("The Brave Locomotive")

©2008-2023
Andrew Chesworth Productions

[achesworth]

A first look and producton update for the wooden train toys of Linus and Samson for our Patreon supporters! We're SO excited about these! We're self-financing their production, so every Patreon follower helps! Thank you so much! #TheBraveLocomotive

[achesworth]

By popular request, releases of the instrumental version and the full color script are in the works! Thanks for watching, everyone!

[genreproductions]

The fact this very video released on Starlight Express’ 40 year anniversary.

[mrthomtrainthing]

I remember seeing some of these on patreon
Really neat to see them in action all together

[calebc.]

I love that in the 7:09 concept art Samson looks relieved or happy to see Linus, great behind the scenes character growth.

[Ceotoneb]

3:22 you can see the veins on the pistons on samson

[ewelinak]

The fact that Samson looked way more beefy and that Linus is a dang 4-4-0 is crazy

[SwordsArt]

I like how this version still has the WIP version of Linus and Henry’s song from 8 years ago.

[ThefriendyDiesel]

its super cool too see the storyboard for the brave locomotive

Thanks for showing this Andrew

[ivanthevaluable]

It's heartwarming to hear the original version of the theme song again after all these years!

[LBSC]

I like the remains of the old bridge that Linus used to use beneath the new wooden bridge

[Idonthaveaname-utep]

2:26. Nooo he’s crying :(

0:44 getting coal thrown at you must hurt

[Strasburg_]

This is extremely cool. Love to see the process

[easykeysy]

I can’t get over how impressive this whole this is.

[mixvm]

The Brave Locomotive | Sing-Along Version

[sericsmith]

I remember already watching both the final version AND the pencil test, with one of my comments getting hearted by this channel (that was before I made the mistake of editing it). Didn't think much of the fact that there's gonna be a storyboard version too, let alone an instrumental one! Thanks for this upload! It surely is a blessing to be subscribed to this channel.

[rafidhiyaulhaq]

finding out that Linus was meant to be a 4-4-0 shocks me

[alecmueller]

This takes me back. It was so cool to watch this take off after so many years.

[TheOklahomaHotrail]

An absolute masterpiece! Can't wait for more cartoons!

[MelonPlays.]

Bro samson is now giant in this one!! 2:06