Based on the ballad of Casey Jones, this cartoon profiles a devoted, ruthless mail train engineer who strives to keep time in the face of extreme obstacles, from rain and damsels in distress to bandits and brown cows.
According to the wiki article, Casey was speeding along at 75 MPH when his companion spotted the stopped train ahead while they were going a 1.5 mile curve in the track. When his friend shouted there was something on the track Casey ordered him to jump. Casey threw the engine into reverse and engaged the air breaks, and amazingly because he held his post he slowed the train from 75 to 35 before impact.
More like 100 mph casey wanted to be on time but they was a freight train parken with the brake van on the main line the fireman said to casey"oh my god" casey slamed on the brakes and kept it on and his other hand yanking the whistle till casey was strucked in the throat and died but this hand didn't let go maracisly noone eles died after casey death was heared a song was made in his honour called ballards of casey jones
While Casey was heading down the tracks his engine ran over a torpedo that made the loud boom his firemen Webb saw the lights on the rear of the train and he said to Casey oh my lord there is something on the mainline
@@myspot8579 he was the engineer for mobil and Ohio which is now gulf Mobil and Ohio after that he worked for Illinois central railroad he worked with passenger trains and freight trains his first locomotive he drove was 638 a 2-8-0
March 14th is Casey Jones Birthday. He was born on this day in 1847. His dramatic death, trying to stop his train and save lives, made him a hero; he was immortalized in a popular ballad sung by his friend Wallace Saunders, an African-American engine wiper for the IC.
Jonathan Luther "John" "Casey" Jones (March 14, 1863 - April 30, 1900) was an American railroad engineer from Jackson, Tennessee, who worked for the Illinois Central Railroad (IC). As a boy, Jonathan Luther Jones lived near Cayce, Kentucky, where he acquired the nickname of "Cayce," which he chose to spell as "Casey." On April 30, 1900, he alone was killed when his passenger train, the Cannonball Express, collided with a stalled freight train at Vaughan, Mississippi, on a foggy and rainy night.
For Those that don't know the Story: John Luther "Casey" Jones was engineer of the "Cannonball Express" passenger train. One night during a thunderstorm, another train, ahead of Jones on the track broke down and stopped. Jones tried to stop, and blew his whistle not only as a warning to the other train, but his own passengers. He told the men with him to jump out, but he stayed on the brakes. He slowed his train enough, that when they hit, only he was killed, all his passengers lived.
I still sing parts of this from time to time. No one ever knows what I'm talking about. "Plowin' through the water! Caasseeeeyyyy Jooooooonnneess! Plowin' through the mud!"
You're not alone: "Come on ya rounders if ya wanna hear, the story all about a brave engineer! Casey Jones was the rounders name, on the six eight wheeler he rode to fame!"
Out of the junction on the fly, Casey had that look in his eye, The brakeman knew by the engine's moans, The man at the throttle was Casey Jones! Casey Joooooooooo~nes! (Eeeeeeeeee~GAD!!!)
Still hum, "the rain was coming down in 5-6 weeks, the railroad track looked like the bed of a creek. It slowed him down to a 10 mile gate, and it made the western mail exactly 8 hours late."
A child of the late 1950s my mum spent all the house money she had to buy for me this magnificant mix of a cappella voices and music. It remains close to my heart to this day. Be sure to point out to your kids the animation bit where the 'switcher' has to direct the trains on the tracks where they are going...yet another industry, and its jobs, lost to the digital age.
Casey Jones was a real person, but an also interesting thing is the girl tied on the tracks was loosely based of a real near accident. Except it was a little girl who froze in fear as she was on the tracks right as Casey was coming after her friends darted across the track. Casey then ran to the cowcatcher and caught the girl in his hands. Another thing that happened in real life was the crash at the end, except it was a head on collision, but rather two freight trains facing each other tried getting on the same siding, Casey told everyone on board including his fireman, Sam Webbs, to jump while he applied the brakes and blow the whistle, nothing worked and there crash ending up killing him, he was the only death in the crash. His heroism and effort to be on time no matter what the cause was made him an American hero and legend.
Alex-Zander Browne He dies in the accident, but not without saving everyone else on the other train (as it had passengers). He held down the break to slow the collision and the handle for the whistle to warn about his approach. He even told his Fireman (the guy who maintains the engine by shoving either coal or water in the firebox) to jump off their own train to save himself. Casey Jones was the only one to die in the accident.
5:25 I find it soo interesting how the boiler, being soo overloaded and overheating, doesn't explode. It just bulges and expands, while throbbing, and bursting it's ribbing off. It looked soo pent up with pressure, but instead it just deflated..
1:41 Note the name W. Kimball. He was a Disney animator who gave Walt the idea of having his own live steam layout around his yard. Ward Kimball also had a full size steam locomotive at his house.
@@jasobres Not to disparage the King's Men, but I can't find much on em, and they sound pretty similar. Not saying you're wrong, just that's the closest comparison I could find.
One of the other engineers on the roster was "W. Kimball", or Ward Kimball. He was one of Disney's best-known animators, and was also quite the railfan.
This was back when Disney cartons made for kids could still make adults laugh, not groan. Also, kinda interesting how they ended this with a happy ending. If I remember right, Casey died.
Even after 17 years, I can still remember the first time I watched this video and I thought it was brilliant then as much as I do now. I honestly believe that this helped to direct my life into the railroad.
That part where Casey climbed up on top of the cab with the shovel to paddle the train would probably be something I would do. A great cartoon in tribute to the greatest engineer in the history of the world.
As soon as you hear the "IT'S A MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORNIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!" You realize you just started watching one of the best shorts evar! EEEGAAAAAD!
But, but, but Casey Jones worked for the Illinois Central and was bound for New Orleans, when he rear ended a freight train at Vaughan, Mississippi. Two freights had been see-sawing in order to let three passenger trains through, as I recall. Casey's was the last one.
The reason he's seen as a hero is because he ordered his fireman to jump, while he tried to stop his train, and amazingly he was the only one killed in the accident
The best part is the two steamers double heddin' the hill, pullin their guts out. Disney was an avid rail enthusiast. "Hey Casey here comes a freight"!! "Don't worry Ned, we won't be late"!
That's alright. I was only joking anyways.^^ I think, honestly, that 1950 km/h makes more sense as, as you put it, it matched the year this short was made in.
I was born on 2003, and this was on Disney Channel when I was 6 - 10 Years old. Old disney cartoons that where made during the 1950's 60s? where all aired. Thanks so much Disney for making my childhood the best ever. And also at Cartoon Network, All the Old Tom and Jerry episodes where Aired aswell.
This brings back happy memories! My little brother and I would watch American Heroes all the time and we would act all of the stories! Casey Jones was my brother's favorite!
Probably the most quotable Disney short. Here are my favorites: "Nice day... wasn't it?" "Fresh! Homogenized. Pasteurized. Polarized!" "What do you know? She-mail!" (40 years before e-mail) "He who wrecks a train on a hillside is not on the level." "Going down!" "Not in condition. Smokes too much." XD "Hi ho, Silverware!" "If that's Casey, I'm a Rhode Island rooster. Well, cock-a-doodle-doo!" "Next time, take the train!"
Headcanon: in the "The Brave Engineer" we see what Aladdin's Genie is up to a thousand years after being freed. THINK ABOUT IT. They have a vague similarity in appearance and mannerisms, and both Casey and his train are ever so slightly more "cartoonish" than anyone else they interact with.
I’m so glad I can rewatch this from my childhood what Ana amazing picture. Weirdly enough I hear the (gotta be on schedule beat in my head when at work some days)
