Walt Disney - The Brave Engineer - 1950

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.

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.

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.

John Luthor Jones, Casey to his friends, was probably the greatest engineer of his time. He was a wizard on the throttle and could play a symphony on the whistle. His dedication to his duty and getting to his destination on schedule is still admired to this day.

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.

Interesting Fact: Casey Jones was a real person. An engineer who saved a passenger train he was driving from a disastrous crash by manning his engine and putting on the brakes even though it still ended up ramming a cargo train ahead on the track. The crash killed him, but the passengers onboard survived with minor injuries.

Whats really sad about this cartoon is that the ending isn't how the story really ends. This cartoon was based on the real Casey Jones's death. Because he didn't leave his train he saved the lives of everyone on the both trians except for himself. Story has it he was found still clotching the whistle cord and brake. A stretcher was brought from a baggage car and crewmen of the other trains carried his body to the depot, a half-mile away. This man was, no IS A TRUE HERO! RIP Casey Jones!

I remember watching this on the American legend's video this was my favorite one out of the four

I love this cartoon. The 'Curses! Foiled again!" made me laugh :)

I remember this from my childhood! This one and the Paul Bunyan one always seemed to belong together in my little head.

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!"

A cartoon that testifies to Walt Disney's non-anorakish interest in railways. A cartoon that also contains the message that persistence pays off.

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.

That's some serious TF2 Engineer level repairing skills there

1:18 "THEY'RE OFF!" Dat adult joke though. XD

Casey's accident: Happened at night during a storm. It was a rear end collision with a doubleheader of freight. Also, he died in the accident.

Egad! This is a fun cartoon. Jerry Colonna gives a pretty funny delivery here. I imagine if they made this today, an additional danger Casey would face would be a car or truck on a railroad crossing, either stalled or just trying to beat the train!

5:10 engineer bro goin’ over the speed limit 💀

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.

Whats real amazing is that the wreak happen in 1900 and this short was made in 1950, almost exactly 50 years after it happened, props to Disney for their timing