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Because of having to make an emergency brake in order not to hit a
train coming directly at it, engeneer Nolan (J.Farrell MacDonald)
derails express 101, which is killing many a passenger. That wouldn't be
the worst part though wouldn't the other train have disappeared into
thin air (thus called the Phantom Express). The stocks of the
railroad company plummett & everyone is baffled, but soon Bruce
(William Collier jr) - son of railroad boss Harrington (Hobart Bosworth)
& actually a skirt-chasing playboy with a sudden change of heart -
wants to take up the investigations about what really happened. In order
to do that he goes incognito, taking up work at Nolan's workplace &
ebven finding accomodations in his home - which comes in quite handy
since he has already fallen for Nolan's beautiful daughter Carolyn
(Sally Blane). But soon, Nolan i8s fired by the company in a desperate
attempt to clear their name, Carolyn is abducted by the gangsters &
old man Harrington, Bruce's father, has only until midnight to present
the real culpriots of the wreck, otherwise he is forced to sell. Of
course Bruce can free Carolyn just in time & solve the mystery of
the Phantom Express. But when a wild storm bordering a natural
desaster destroys all means of communication between him & his
father, all this seems to add up to naught ... until Nolan steps into
the ring again, taking Bruce through wind & rain on his trusted
engine. Bruce now reveals the secret of the Phantom Express (it was
actually an aeroplane with a headlight & an amplifier for
trainsounds flying just above the rails on moonless nights) & the
men who are behind it - exactly the businessmenn who want to buy
Harrington's railroad. So-so B-railroad-thriller, a little
bit heavy on dialogues, which are just mediocre, especially in the first
half, & the action taking off a little too late to make this one
really exciting. The miniature-train-actionscenes, especially in the
storm during the finale, are pretty amazing though.
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