I saw this when I was under 5yo and this is the only episode I remember any details of. The locomotive being accused of starting fires. Memory is a strange thing.
Alan because of his father new everyone in Hollywood and had a famous seafood restaurant and was a all-around good sport and was well liked by everyone.
You know, I even thought as a preschooler that he had a funny way of stopping a train. I'll bet it didn't do the rails any good, either. The show was being aired in Britain in the late 1960s and was one of my favourites, and that's when I watched it originally. I never saw it again until last week! Great plots, eh? Every single episode seems to involve some scuzzball trying to pull something nefarious. Perhaps that was considered a winning formula by American television executives in the 1950s.
@@JohnDavies-cn3ro In current times, that is certainly true, but I'm afraid no country is immune. It's a shame what's happened to England too, with such a dignified history.
"I'd like to know what's locked in that doohickey!" - Wallie (at 5:59). This is very interesting, as the word "doohickey" is first attested in 1914, years after Casey Jones died.
Interestingly |Dub Taylor went on to play an engine driver in the James Stewart film "Shenandoah". Wally must have got promoted - and does anyone know (a) what other films/tv series he appeared in? or indeed, the rest of the cast?
No. The series took place as if the crash never happened. But, in the episode that had Morgan's Marauders he did crash the train on secret orders from Midwest & Centrals president Nathaniel Carter
Have to admit I cringed at every stop that was made! So hard on drive wheels of loco. Supposed to stop slowly & evenly minimizing wear & tear on equipment. Great series!
