Tom Forman

Helen Holmes

William Brunton

Billy and Tom are rivals for the hand of Rose, the waitress at the railroad lunch counter. They are both up for examination for engineer and it is tacitly understood that Rose will favor the one who first gets his engine. Matters ...

J.P. McGowan

The Substitute Engineer

This railroad story is notable chiefly for its attempt to portray in considerable detail the work of a train dispatcher. Undoubtedly it will have more interest for railroad men than for others. The development lags, although at the end there is a good situation built up. - The Moving Picture World, August 30, 1913

Billy and Tom are rivals for the hand of Rose, the waitress at the railroad lunch counter. They are both up for examination for engineer and it is tacitly understood that Rose will favor the one who first gets his engine. Matters are precipitated when Billy receives notice of his appointment and Tom learns that he has failed. Tom, in a rage, attacks Billy, but is pulled away by the bystanders. Billy hastens to inform Rose of his success. Later when the engineer of Number Six is taken ill, Billy is called upon to substitute. Tom sees a train order instructing Number Six to wait at Belmont until eleven fifty for Number Seventy-Three. Here is his opportunity for revenge. While Billy puts on his overalls Tom steals his watch and sets it ten minutes ahead. As he replaces it Rose discovers him, but does not suspect what he is doing at the time. Later Number Six crashes toward Seventy-Three at a terrific speed. A terrible wreck is imminent. Two tramps see a suitcase drop from a touring car. They open it and to their disgust find nothing but a few inexpensive articles and a pair of field glasses. While gazing through the glasses curiously they see the two trains approaching. They dash frantically in opposite directions and flag the trains just in time to prevent a collision. At the station a message from the Belmont operator tells of the impending tragedy. Tom's peculiar actions and Rose's suspicious lead to his apprehension and arrest.

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