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Linus is a small 2-4-0 English-American Steam Locomotive that works at the Trailway Railroad in the Western United States in the late 1890s with his engineer and good friend Henry (Linus and Henry).
Jul 26, 2023 · The Brave Locomotive is a 2023 musical short film about a fearless little train and his engineer in the Old West. It features 1940s flair, hidden references, and a remote team of artists.
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- Animation, Short
- Andrew Chesworth
- 2023-07-26
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- Andrew Chesworth
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Linus is the titular protagonist of the 2023 musical short film The Brave Locomotive. He is a sentient blue 2-4-0 American steam tender locomotive.
Linus is shown to be a cheerful train, enjoying spending time with his best friend and engineer Henry McCloud and being cautious not running over a tortoise. After Samson took his place in transporting people as to modernize the train traffic by the Baron Von Kapital, Linus fell into depression, reluctantly working as a lumberyard train, forced to work by a abusive driver.
Once he saw Samson, his engineer and the others in danger, he decided to do the right thing by breaking free from his abusive driver by sawing the chains and at full speed driving towards the broken bridge in spite of a hole in his boiler by the guard shooting him. After moving the passenger carts away he sacrificed himself by letting Henry and the Baron's daughter fill him maximum with coal until he exploded by overheating and dragging the bigger Samson.
Being a train, he can travel at great speed depending how much coal he is loaded with. He also require no driver to operate him at times.
•He's mainly inspired by Thomas and Casey Jr in design, he has the blue color of the former and overall appearance of the latter. The difference is he got larger eyes and no nose.
•His face is 2D animated while the rest of him is 2D and CGI mixed.
Nov 14, 2023 · Watch a 7-minute musical tale of a fearless little train and his engineer in the Old West. The Brave Locomotive is an Oscar-qualified short film by the animator of Zootopia, Moana, and Klaus.
Jan 27, 2024 · The angler explains what happens to one of his old friends to Linus, Linus decides to go back and try to convince Henry to work with him again.
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The Brave Locomotive is a six-minute film inspired by 1940s animation and the Andrews Sisters. It was created by Andrew Chesworth and Tom Hambleton and completed in 2023 after being shelved in 2011.
