Summary
In the waning days of the silent epoch, Casey Jones, Jr., portrayed with kinetic vigor by Lige Conley, assumes the role of the president's confidant within the bustling corridors of a railroad empire. Tasked with expediting the notoriously tardy Speed‑Ball Express destined for Celeryville, Casey orchestrates a symphony of logistics, aligning timetables, dispatching engineers, and coaxing the iron leviathan into a punctual rhythm. The narrative crescendo arrives when Mexican Pete, a flamboyant marauder flanked by his ragtag banditos, commandeers the locomotive mid‑journey, shattering the sanctity of the train’s safe and plunging the crew into a vortex of peril and intrigue. As the locomotive barrels toward its destination, Casey must navigate treacherous terrain—both literal and moral—balancing his allegiance to corporate authority against a burgeoning empathy for the outlaws' desperate motives. The film unfurls as a study in motion, where the clatter of wheels becomes a metronome for ethical conflict, and each stolen ledger page reverberates with the echo of a nation’s restless pursuit of progress.
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Casey Jones, Jr. (Lige Conley), assistant to the president of the railroad, is sent to speed up the Speed-Ball Express, Celeryville's month-late arrival. Casey has things going reasonably well, until Mexican Pete and his banditos board the train and steal the safe.
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