One of those “ You’ll never see this again” cartoons, definitely. With it’s water coloured, paint backgrounds and great, smooth animation, this was a great piece of work and remains my number 1 animation. It, really should be mentioned in animation circles, really. Just the visual style of it is so perfect! Effort was put into this and it actually shows a moral in it’s story!, “unlike some new Disney movies” Never give up on the things you want to do the most, don’t stope nor stop. Stand tall and strong with courage and faith, never doubt yourself on things that seem hard, even if it it kills you, just like John Luther Jones (Casey Jones).
This cartoon is based on a true story. The wreck of Ol' 97. Unfortunately it has a much sadder ending IRL. The engineer of Ol' 97 pushed the train too hard and over steamed it. He was scalded and cooked alive by the escaping steam and intense heat from the firebox. The train went overspeed and derailed, they found what was left of him in the wreckage with his hand still on the throttle. Brave man who absolutely refused to be late!
Did you see that?!😱😱Johnny, No. 2, an American Standard 4-4-0 tender engine plowing through two tunnels (one which exploded since the last one didn't), passing a five-mile sign causing it and the tracks to melt.
@@aimarismahalilvagrant Did you see that?! Johnny, No. 2, an American Standard 4-4-0 tender engine plowing through two tunnels (one which exploded since the last one didn't), passing a five-mile sign causing it and the tracks to melt.
Casey runs his engine well past his mechanical limits, plowing through two tunnels (one which exploded since the last one didn't), passing a five-mile sign causing it and the tracks to melt.
The real story of Casey Jones is much more complicated (naturally) and at least somewhat heroic. It wasn't about mail, Casey was running a passenger train. And while he was going a bit too fast due to previous delays, he saved lives with his sacrifice. What's more, according to a friend and biographer of Casey, the events (though commedically exaggerated here) of the damsel tied to the tracks relate to a real event where a group of kids darted in front of the train Casey was working on. It was going at a slow crawl at the time so he could do a little oil and maintenence along the side of the train, but when a young girl froze on the tracks Casy shouted at the staff to reverse and shouted at her to move. When she didn't he darted to the front of the train, leaping onto the 'cowcatcher' to scoop her up to safety. Casey was an extremely punctual individaul, and on that day events had put him well behind schedual, so it's possible he was going too fast to make up time. The early morning fog obscured the view and he was coming around a long slow bend in the track. His fireman Simeon T. Webb spotted the back end of a train that had stalled onto a side rail. Casey's train was going 75MPH at the time and when Webb warned him Casey threw the train into reverse, pulled with all his strength on the whistle, and ordered Webb to jump for his life. Webb lept about 300 feet before impact. Casey in his dedication to save lives slowed the train from 75MPH to about 35-40MPH by staying hard on the airbreaks and reversed throttle all the way to impact. His actions saved the lives of everyone else aboard the train and those near the stalled train. Casey's was the only death in the collission. Popular rumor was even when his body was pulled from the wreckage his hands still clutched the whistle cord and the break handle.
@@aimarismahalilvagrant plowing through two tunnels (one which exploded since the last one didn't), passing a five-mile sign causing it and the tracks to melt.
This Disney cartoon is a prequel to Dumbo, as it is about the father train (Casey Jones) of Casey Jr Circus Train. The King's Men are the singers to this Disney cartoon.
No, this cartoon was made after 50 years later of the Casey Jones railroad crash in April of 1900, (this cartoon was made in 1950) and in a cartoonish way tells the tales of how he worked for his life on the Illinois Central Rail Road, not some cringe father son tale like how you described.
I wonder where they got the idea that Casey drove a 4-4-0 since the real engine he drove where he met his end, the Illinois Central No. 382, was a 4-6-0. (Yes I know it’s a cartoon, I just find it a rather odd choice since I doubt they couldn’t have animated the engine having 6 drivers.)
@@WartenPresei382 was never a F-14. The F-14's were Southern's thing. You mightve been mistakend for another wreck 4-6-0 which was indeed a southern f-14 numbered 1102.
