The Great Locomotive Chase Page #5

- Sorry, Pops.

- Who do you think you are?

Think you own the whole rail road?

Take your hat off to Andrews.

He got us past the big one.

Yeah.

You don't seem very happy about it.

When I was a little boy, my father

locked me in a closet for 14 hours.

I always obeyed him after that,

but I never liked him much.

You're not going to side with him?

No, it's like Pittenger said.

I'm still a soldier.

General Mitchell should've

put someone in command.

- He put Andrews.

- I mean, a soldier to give proper orders.

Like Ross here, or Pittenger, or Knight.

I got so used to taking orders,

I feel kinda lost without 'em.

Andrews said to forget

we'd ever been soldiers.

He'd better pray we don't.

Pull around that bend and stop.

We've gotta cut the wire again.

[train whistle]

They've gone! They got away!

Come on, men!

- Why'd you let those Yankees get away?

- Yankees?

- I thought they was Beauregard's men.

- I told you!

- They're Yankee spies. How many?

- Four.

Try to get a message

to every station up the line, quick.

They're probably

cutting wires right now.

Stephens! Did Pete Bracken

bring in his express freight?

Not yet. They're both extras.

- The Yankees may run into them.

- They know the schedule.

Come on, boys!

Pile on!

[train whistle]

Bracken's freight!

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- Here's your coffee, Mr. Bracken.

- Thank you, Henry.

Henry!

Put it in reverse, Pete.

What you men doing here?

Where's your train, Mr. Fuller?

Yankees got it. Back into Adairsville.

We'll drop these cars off at a sidin'.

- Bring her back, we'll explain later.

- Watch my signals, now.

[train whistle]

Yankees stole our train.

Come on!

- My name is Cox.

- I'm Alonso Martin.

- How can we help?

- Pass wood to the fireman.

- We can do that.

- There may be fighting later on.

I reckon we can do that, too.

Those Yankees still have to pass

the Morning Express from Chattanooga.

If she's running on time,

she should be in Calhoun now.

She won't stop Andrews. He talked his way

past three trains at Kingston.

He talked me onto a sidin'.

He'll try to persuade them they've got a

clear track below, and we'll run into her.

What do you want me to do,

run her at half speed?

No. Open her up.

I'll watch the track for you.

Keep that whistle going! Let 'em know we're

on their tail so they won't rip up track!

[train whistle]

- When did those Yankees pull outta here?

- Yankees? What Yankees?

Powder-train Yankees. They stole

the General at Big Shanty.

- When'd they leave?

- Ten minutes ago.

Grab all the men and guns you can find

and follow us. We're gonna run 'em down.

- Your telegraph working?

- No, but there's the operator from Dalton.

Come on here, slim.

- Why aren't you up at Dalton's?

- Got a dispatch saying the wire was dead,

So I rode the express down

to find the break and fix it.

Yankees have been cutting the wire.

Come on.

I want you to take down a telegram

to General Ledbetter in Chattanooga.

When we get to Dalton,

we'll drop you off so you can send it.

"My train was captured by Federal spies

making for Chattanooga,"

"Possibly hoping to burn

bridges behind them."

"If I do not capture them,"

"Try to head them off."

"Signed, William A. Fuller."

It's the last time we're

gonna have to do this, boys.

- Get one end free, we'll do the rest.

- Now you're using your head.

Shimmy up there, monkey boy.

When we get this one up, we'll have left

broken track for every train south of us,

And clear road ahead

all the way into Chattanooga.

- No more Kingston, sir?

- What was the matter with Kingston?

I've been in tight places, but that's the first

time I've been a live corpse in a coffin!

That's all behind us now.

[train whistle]

- Who are they?

- Must be that express train.

- Shall we wreck her?

- They might wreck us.

They wouldn't be coming like that

without a force on board.

Knight, how about it?

We've got as good a locomotive

as ever need to be.

With clear track ahead, it'll outrun

anything we've passed yet.

Then let her go.

Give her every ounce of steam she's got.

Put that rail on board!

Lively!

[train whistle]

Knock the ends out of all the cars, boys.

Make a walkway all the way through.

[banging]

[train whistle]

[train whistle]

[train whistle]

[train whistle]

Stop her when we're well past the trestle,

Then reverse and run at half speed

as soon as I give you the signal.

Boys! Bring your coats!

We're gonna drop that car.

- Buff um?

- Yes?

Pull the pin.

[Andrews] Push her back!

[Andrews] Push her back!

Aren't we gonna stop and see the fun, sir?

All I want to see is the first bridge over

the Chicamauga going up in flames.

Reverse! Reverse!

Come on!

Tell Pete Bracken we'll do another

flying switch at the first siding.

[train bells]

Dalton. Way ahead of time.

We gotta take on wood and water.

Not here.

Stop at the first tank beyond town.

- Watch my Sunday suit!

- Been raining up here.

Might've been, but it's cleared up nice.

- Shall we rip up track?

- Nope.

Let's get a wood line going.

Mr. Scott?

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[telegraph operator] "My train was captured

by Federal spies making for Chattanooga",

"Possibly hoping to burn

the bridges behind them."

"If I do not capture them, try to head

them off. Signed, William A. Fuller."

So that's why Mitchell hasn't attacked me!

He wants to be sure those bridges are out.

Acknowledge and send this message back.

"Direct to Dalton operator to call Colonel

Allen's regiment to engage the Yankees."

The line to Dalton's gone dead!

Then call Ringgold, and tell him to send

cavalry down the track to cut them off.

They're more than half water-logged.

Probably those bridges are, too.

[train whistle]

Back on board, boys!

Uncouple that last car.

- Think it'll stop 'em?

- No, but it'll slow 'em down.

We'll stop them further up the track.

[Andrews] Wilson! Hop on.

This is no time to think about food!

I'm not! I'm thinking of a hot, quick fire

to help that wet wood!

[Andrews] Bring it around.

This oughta be a good place.

Watch your fingers.

Dig it out a little bit in here.

[train whistle]

Run at half speed.

This time, we're gonna see what happens.

- Reverse!

- Reverse!

Won't anything stop that train?

We will.

How long is that tunnel?

Through the top of the hill.

Mr. Andrews, we want to stop

and have it outwith them.

That's right.

- We can ambush them inside that tunnel.

- How?

- Send this boxcar back to smash into 'em.

- They might just push it out again.

Then reverse our engine

and send it back, too. How about it?

Well, how about it?

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- What are we slowing for?

- I ordered them to stop.

We don't want to go in there blind.

And give the Yankees time

to burn a bridge?

They're not burning any bridge,

they're tearing up track.

- They won't have time if we crowd 'em.

- Throwing our lives away won't help.

You boys jump off.

Get down, Pete, I'll take her.

I'll fire for you, Mr. Fuller.

Open her up, Pete. If we're going to glory,

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