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  • The Railroad Engineer (1912)
  • Short | 10 min | Short, Thriller
The Railroad Engineer (1912)
Short | 10 min | Short, Thriller
Tom Benson, the engineer of the Nightingale, is the pride of the station and John Butler, the dispatcher, freely gave his consent that Tom should woo his daughter May. So they were engaged. One day at the end of his run he sees one of his ...See moreTom Benson, the engineer of the Nightingale, is the pride of the station and John Butler, the dispatcher, freely gave his consent that Tom should woo his daughter May. So they were engaged. One day at the end of his run he sees one of his frequent passengers, a flip drummer, flirting with his sweetheart May, who likes the city man's attention. That night at a barn dance Tom is much neglected by his sweetheart, and Dick Thompson, the drummer, gets most of May's dances. Next day the dispatcher's daughter takes her accustomed walk along the track to see Tom's train pass. She is joined by Thompson and he suggests that they sit down in the shade under a trestle. During the flirtation, Thompson carelessly throws a cigarette stub behind him which alights among the dry brushwood, which takes fire and blazes up towards the structure. There is no way of stopping the fire and the train is due at the viaduct. May implores Thompson to walk the trestle and flag the train, but he is terror stricken and runs off in the opposite direction. May looks after him in disgust and starts herself to flag the train. She catches her foot in one of the ties, falls and sprains her ankle. She then calls for her little sister to flag the train, but the little one gets terrified at the approaching engine and stands panic-stricken on the track. Tom sees her, but he cannot stop the engine on the down grade, he climbs around the engine down to the cow-catcher and picks up the child from the track. This brings about a reconciliation of the sweethearts, and May resolves that it is better to give herself to a heroic man than to a nerveless masher. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Siegmund Lubin
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Updated May 20, 1912
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May 20, 1912 (United States)

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Tom Benson - the Railroad Engineer Tom Benson - the Railroad Engineer   See fewer
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