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00:04:30Get us out of here, smokestack.
00:04:32I'm gonna send Johnson a telegram that'll melt the wires.
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00:05:10I'll tell you this then, General.
00:05:12It'll be impossible to finish the line by March
00:05:14unless you furnish me with a military guard
00:05:16to protect my construction crews.
00:05:18We're not at war, Mr. Johnson.
00:05:20That's why we can't send uniformed soldiers
00:05:22into a border state like Kansas at this time.
00:05:24Those who are tearing up my tracks
00:05:26and frightening my construction crews into quitting
00:05:28ought to know the United States Army's back
00:05:30in the Kansas Pacific.
00:05:31If they did...
00:05:32They might very possibly start shooting.
00:05:34The first shot is what starts wars, sir.
00:05:36And our object is to finish this railroad first
00:05:38so we can supply our entire system of frontier posts
00:05:41with men and equipment
00:05:43before a possible armed invasion from the south.
00:05:46All right, General.
00:05:48Even if you won't furnish troops, I'll try to get started again.
00:05:50Excuse me, sir.
00:05:54Get Captain Nelson to come in, please, Sergeant.
00:05:58Who's Captain Nelson?
00:06:00He's an Army engineer, Mr. Johnson.
00:06:02One of the best men we've got.
00:06:04I'm going to lend him to you.
00:06:06What do I need him for?
00:06:08I've got a construction boss now
00:06:10who's as good a railroad manager you can find anywhere.
00:06:12Nelson won't interfere with him,
00:06:14but he'll get your railroad built if anybody can.
00:06:16Well, I don't see how.
00:06:18General, I've told you we need at least a troop of soldiers,
00:06:20and you assign me one man.
00:06:22I've never built anything bigger than a footbridge.
00:06:24The Kansas Pacific is a military project,
00:06:26Mr. Johnson.
00:06:28Come in.
00:06:35Captain Nelson reporting as ordered, sir.
00:06:37At ease, Captain. Nice to see you again.
00:06:39Thank you, sir.
00:06:41This is Mr. Sherman Johnson, Captain Nelson.
00:06:43How do you do?
00:06:45How do you do, sir?
00:06:47Naturally, the captain will handle this assignment
00:06:49wearing civilian clothes, Mr. Johnson.
00:06:51I'll be your employees as a civilian engineer.
00:06:55All right, General.
00:06:57Now let's get busy.
00:07:01First,
00:07:03you've gone this far.
00:07:05Is that correct?
00:07:07That's right. The end of track is 14 miles
00:07:09west of Rockwood, Kansas.
00:07:11We stopped construction there six weeks ago.
00:07:13We haven't moved an inch since.
00:07:21That's right, General.
00:07:23We haven't moved an inch since.
00:07:25We haven't moved an inch since.
00:07:27We haven't moved an inch since.
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00:07:59Are you going to drink that coffee
00:08:01or you're just going to stir it until it evaporates?
00:08:03Oh I'm sorry, Dad.
00:08:08Fine lunch, Mrs. Barber.
00:08:10Thanks, Gus.
00:08:12Where are you going?
00:08:14Outside. I think I'll polish up the engine a bit.
00:08:16Again? What do you want to do? Wear it out?
00:08:18Well, then, I think I'll chop some cooking wood for Miss Barber.
00:08:21That'll be fine, Gus. Thanks.
00:08:23You're welcome.
00:08:34Someday I'm going to take a 10-pound sledge to that pipe,
00:08:38and I hope it's in your ugly face when I do.
00:08:41I've been waiting for you to try that for 22 years now,
00:08:44you miserable Irish pool cat.
00:08:47You're fired.
00:08:48You can't fire me. I quit two hours ago.
00:08:52And now that you two have finished your conversation for the day,
00:08:55why don't you play a little chess for a change?
00:08:57Cheers. I'll help you with the dishes.
00:09:16Casey never calls before noon. I wonder...
00:09:19Nah, Casey's probably just as lonely and wants to chat.
00:09:23Yeah, couldn't be anything important.
00:09:46Telegram just arrived at the Rockwood office. It's for you, Dad, from Washington.
00:09:54Washington? I don't know anybody in Washington.
00:09:56What do you want him to do, send it back?
00:09:58Oh, tell Casey to open it up and read it to me. I mean, send it to me.
00:10:03I already have.
00:10:05Hire the biggest crew possible and start laying track immediately.
00:10:09Smokestack, this is it!
00:10:12Well, this is what we've been waiting for!
00:10:13Wait, there's more.
00:10:16So...
00:10:45What?
00:10:46What?
00:10:48Barbara, you must have made a mistake.
00:10:50No, Dad, I wish I had.
00:10:52He can't do that to me.
00:10:54Why, I've been putting down track for 20 years
00:10:56without having any construction engineer telling me how.
00:11:00I ain't gonna stand for it.
00:11:02What have I been telling you all these weeks, Dad?
00:11:04This job's been a headache since the beginning.
00:11:06And Johnson knew it when he sent you out here.
00:11:08You're right. He just don't need me anymore.
00:11:10So instead of coming right out and firing me, he put somebody else in charge.
00:11:14I think you're both wrong.
00:11:16You're still a boss, Cal.
00:11:18This engineer will probably just supervise a little.
00:11:21Then when he sees how well things are going, he'll...
00:11:23They won't be going well.
00:11:25They haven't gone well since the day you started the Kansas Pacific.
00:11:28Oh, Dad, you belong back east.
00:11:30Where you can have a decent place to live and a little comfort.
00:11:32You've certainly earned it after 20 years of building railroads.
00:11:35And you won't have any trouble getting work back there.
00:11:38I should have listened to you in the first place.
00:11:40The sooner we can get packed, the sooner we can leave.
00:11:44Well, go on, Smokestack. Get ready.
00:11:47In the first place, I got nothing to get ready.
00:11:50And in the second place, I'm not leaving.
00:11:52What?
00:11:57I said I'm not leaving.
00:11:59I've worked for Sherman Johnson just as long as you have, Cal.
00:12:02I think he's a smart man and a fair boss.
00:12:05And I'm sure he has good reasons for any decisions he makes.
00:12:09Besides, well, it's not just my nature to quit something.
00:12:13It's the nature of the night stock.
00:12:15Smokestack, you and I have been together for over 20 years.
00:12:18Oh, I can get all the work I want back east.
00:12:20You know that.
00:12:21But, well, it just won't seem right if you don't come along.
00:12:27I'll miss you, Cal.
00:12:28You too, Barbara.
00:12:31Daddy's just trying to get you to change your mind.
00:12:34He'll come with us.
00:12:35No, I'm serious.
00:12:38I've never quit yet.
00:12:39And come to think of it, Cal, you never have either.
00:12:41Ah, this is different.
00:12:42Sure, it's different.
00:12:44The country's about ready to bust wide open.
00:12:46And a line like the Kansas Pacific might help to hold it together.
00:12:49And you want to quit just because they're sending a construction engineer out.
00:12:54He's probably some kid just out of college
00:12:56who thinks you can build a railroad with a slide rule.
00:12:59Well, he'll need all the help he can get.
00:13:02So I'll stick around.
00:13:07He's got a point.
00:13:09Johnson must have some reason.
00:13:11It does look like they might have a war.
00:13:13Dad, don't you start talking about the war too.
00:13:16What's the sense in worrying about something that'll probably never happen?
00:13:19Well, if we worry enough, maybe it won't happen.
00:13:23You're staying.
00:13:24I guess old Smokestack's right this time.
00:13:27We've handled these diploma boys before, you know.
00:13:30He'll learn soon enough to stay out of our way.
00:13:33Well, all right.
00:13:35But you've got to promise me one thing.
00:13:37If this man turns out to be impossible, we're leaving.
00:13:40I'm not going to let anyone push you around.
00:13:42Have you ever seen anybody push me around and get away with it?
00:13:47Besides you and your mother.
00:13:54Smokestack!
00:13:57Get that pan of tin warmed up and take us into town.
00:14:04You heard him, guys.
00:14:05Fire up.
00:14:06We're going back to work.
00:14:10Hang it away, Smokestack!
00:14:40Good afternoon.
00:15:06Fill out the application.
00:15:07We'll let you know.
00:15:08Your bulletin board says no construction until further notice.
00:15:11That'll all be changed when the boss gets here.
00:15:13It should be changed now.
00:15:15I understand track layers are hard to get.
00:15:20Mister, do you want a job or don't you?
00:15:22I've got a job.
00:15:23My name's John Nelson.
00:15:26John Nelson.
00:15:27Name sounds familiar.
00:15:29I knew some Nelsons in Providence, but they all had red hair.
00:15:34Different Nelsons, I expect.
00:15:36I'm sure they are.
00:15:37I'm the new construction engineer.
00:15:41Oh, I see.
00:15:43You must be the man that Mr. Johnson telegraphed about.
00:15:46That's right.
00:15:49Have a chair.
00:15:52Where will I find Mr. Bruce?
00:15:54Oh, he'll be along any minute.
00:15:55You'll hear the engine.
00:15:57Thanks.
00:15:58He's figuring out making some changes around here, I expect.
00:16:01Very possibly.
00:16:02Telegraph operators are even harder to find than track layers.
00:16:06I'll remember that.
00:16:32After you.
00:16:34After you, sir.
00:16:43What do you men want?
00:16:44I'll tell you what we don't want.
00:16:45You and your rebel friends.
00:16:47I've told you before, Corbin, I live in this town and I'm going to stay here.
00:17:32What's going on here, Casey?
00:17:56I don't know, but your new construction engineer is right in the middle of it.
00:18:02Oh...
00:18:08Don't look like he's using the slide rule now, does it?
00:18:22Thanks.
00:18:23I'm Bill Quintro.
00:18:24You're welcome, my name's...
00:18:25Oh, hello, Barbara.
00:18:26Nice to see you.
00:18:27This is Mr. Bruce and Ms. Barbara Bruce.
00:18:30Mr. Nelson, your new construction engineer.
00:18:32Well, how are you?
00:18:33How do you do, sir?
00:18:34What's this all about?
00:18:35Just an ordinary fight, Mr. Bruce.
00:18:37I saw Mr. Quantrill get jumped by three men
00:18:40and figured the odds were a little heavy.
00:18:42What was it all about?
00:18:43Few local citizens think the town of Rockwood
00:18:45might be better off if I live somewhere else.
00:18:48Corbin!
00:18:52Are you all right?
00:18:53Yeah, I'm all right.
00:18:55But if he's your new construction engineer,
00:18:56when you go back to work on that railroad of yours,
00:18:59you'll go back without me.
00:19:01One of your men, Mr. Bruce?
00:19:03He was.
00:19:04Probably the best gang boss I had.
00:19:06Feelings are running a little strong in Kansas
00:19:09these days, Nelson.
00:19:10I'm from the South, and I've made no secret
00:19:12where my sympathies lie.
00:19:14I see.
00:19:15Good day, Barbara.
00:19:17Gentlemen.
00:19:26Come on.
00:19:47They're hiring construction hands again, Bill.
00:19:49Looks like the whole town's signing up.
00:19:50Starts out that way every time until we get busy.
00:19:53Max, you and Stone and Moray, go and get yourselves
00:19:56some jobs on the railroad.
00:19:57You too, Janice.
00:19:59Don't bunch up.
00:19:59Go in one at a time.
00:20:00Right.
00:20:01I'll go in and sign up.
00:20:02Say, who's this new fella Nelson they've got?
00:20:05I don't know anything about him yet.
00:20:06Except that he's a construction engineer.
00:20:09All you boys who get jobs, keep your eyes on him.
00:20:11I got a feeling he might give us a little trouble.
00:20:14We can give him more than he gives us.
00:20:16I wouldn't be surprised if we can.
00:20:18But don't be too obvious about it, any of you.
00:20:21That stunt you pulled last month,
00:20:23shooting up Bruce and his men, wasn't such a smart idea.
00:20:26Why not?
00:20:27Because that kind of foolishness
00:20:28is likely to stir up more trouble than we want.
00:20:31First thing you know, they'll send troops here.
00:20:33Good.
00:20:34Yankee uniforms will make nice targets.
00:20:37It isn't our job to start the war, men.
00:20:40We're here to stop that train, or at least to delay it.
00:20:44The longer we keep the Yankees from reaching
00:20:45their western forts by rail, the more time
00:20:47we'll give the Confederacy to get ready.
00:20:50What we're doing is important.
00:20:52Very important.
00:20:54And don't any of you forget it.
00:20:56I'll tell you when it's time to start shooting.
00:20:58Until that time, you'll have to follow orders.
00:21:02Are there any arguments?
00:21:06No arguments, boss.
00:21:07I guess some of us are just a little eager.
00:21:10There'll be plenty of action for all of us
00:21:11before long, maybe even more than we want.
00:21:15Good luck, boys.
00:21:16I'll see you here tomorrow night.
00:21:17Right.
00:21:18Come on.
00:21:22Let's go.
00:21:23Let's go.
00:21:23Let's go.
00:21:52Come on, sign at the bottom.
00:21:55See you at 7 in the morning.
00:21:56Next.
00:21:57Fill it out, sign at the bottom.
00:22:07There doesn't seem to be any problem hiring men.
00:22:09Why should there be?
00:22:10The pay is good, and so is the food.
00:22:12It's never hard to get plenty of men.
00:22:13Trick is to keep them.
00:22:15Why don't you rest for a while, Mr. Bruce?
00:22:17I'll take over for you.
00:22:18Suit yourself.
00:22:23Do it out, and sign it.
00:22:34Joe Farley.
00:22:35All right, be here at 7 tomorrow morning.
00:22:38Uh, just a minute, Joe.
00:22:40You look like a man who's done a little hunting and trapping.
00:22:43Am I right?
00:22:44Yeah, that's right.
00:22:46You own a good rifle?
00:22:47Sure do.
00:22:48I've got a gun.
00:22:49I've got a gun.
00:22:50I've got a gun.
00:22:50I've got a gun.
00:22:51You own a good rifle?
00:22:53Sure.
00:22:54I'd like you to bring it with you tomorrow morning.
00:22:56Well, mister, there's nothing but a few jackrabbits
00:22:58out on the prairie.
00:22:59I want you to be a railroad guard, Joe.
00:23:01Sort of a policeman.
00:23:03Pay's the same.
00:23:04All right?
00:23:05Yes, sir.
00:23:06Sounds like a good idea to me.
00:23:07Be glad to do it.
00:23:09And if any of your friends have good rifles
00:23:10and know how to handle them, why, tell them to see me.
00:23:13Right, sir.
00:23:14What's the idea of that?
00:23:16It's for the protection of the railroad.
00:23:18They're entitled to it, especially in these times.
00:23:20How many of these armed guards you figuring on hiring?
00:23:23As many as we need.
00:23:2440 or 50 if we have to.
00:23:26You realize how much this is going to cost the company?
00:23:28We'll have to provide horses, cartridges, food,
00:23:30besides their pay.
00:23:32That's not our worry.
00:23:33We're here to build a railroad.
00:23:35All right, you men.
00:23:36Form another line around here.
00:23:37We don't want to hang around here all day.
00:23:39All right.
00:23:40All right.
00:23:40All right.
00:23:41All right.
00:23:42All right.
00:23:43We don't want to hang around here all day.
00:23:47Fill it out and sign it.
00:24:14All right.
00:24:15Get your backs in.
00:24:44Good morning, Barbara.
00:24:45Nice day.
00:24:46I hadn't noticed, Mr. Nelson.
00:24:48Oh, you should.
00:24:49Sunshine and pretty girls go together.
00:24:51You don't say.
00:25:13Sorry, Fred.
00:25:14Why don't you watch those big clumsy feet of yours?
00:25:16I didn't do it on purpose.
00:25:18Get your hands off me.
00:25:20All right, get back to work.
00:25:22Stay out of the way.
00:25:23Let's go.
00:25:28Just a minute.
00:25:35Get out.
00:25:37You're through.
00:25:38Now listen, Nelson, that's no way to build a railroad.
00:25:40You can't fire a man just for stumbling.
00:25:42He didn't stumble.
00:25:43That was deliberate.
00:25:44You're crazy.
00:25:45Why would I want to see this man?
00:25:46You know why better than I do.
00:25:47Now get out of here.
00:25:48I'll throw you out.
00:26:05Take a good look at this man, and if any of you
00:26:06see him around, let me know.
00:26:09Take a good look at this man, and if any of you
00:26:11see him around here again, shoot him.
00:26:15If anybody else has any idea about holding up
00:26:17construction, he can leave now.
00:26:23That was nice work, Gus.
00:26:25You saved the man's life by thinking fast.
00:26:33Hey, Nelson.
00:26:36A lot of things like that have been happening around here.
00:26:38I figured it was just bad luck.
00:26:40Some of it probably was, but not this time.
00:26:43I'm sorry to have overruled your orders.
00:26:45I didn't mean to do that.
00:26:47Oh, you didn't?
00:26:48No.
00:26:49You're the construction boss.
00:26:50I'm just an engineer.
00:26:56Whatever he is, we should have had somebody
00:26:58like him around here a long time ago.
00:27:006 times 9 is 54.
00:27:036 times 3 is 18.
00:27:05And 5 is 22.
00:27:0723.
00:27:0823.
00:27:09That's what I said.
00:27:10Now, 6 times 1 is 6, plus 2 is 8.
00:27:15That's 834 more ties we'll need by the end of the week,
00:27:19provided nobody quits.
00:27:20Well, it's fired by our new construction engineer.
00:27:22Oh, he was right about that.
00:27:24I'm sure he'll be back by the end of the week.
00:27:27Well, it's fired by our new construction engineer.
00:27:29Oh, he was right about firing that son of the day, Barbara.
00:27:32If we can weed out the troublemakers,
00:27:34maybe things will improve around here.
00:27:36Well, it seems to me there must be an easier way
00:27:38of doing it than half killing them.
00:27:40Now, look.
00:27:41Even though you were brought up in a railroad car,
00:27:43there are some things about this business
00:27:45you don't understand.
00:27:46I understand it when I see someone try to take away
00:27:48your job, and that's exactly what he's doing.
00:27:50Oh, no, he isn't.
00:27:51Now, if you'll just listen to me a minute.
00:27:53Come on in.
00:27:58Good evening.
00:27:59Hello, Nelson.
00:28:00I'd like to talk with you if you're not busy.
00:28:02Sure, sit down.
00:28:03Barbara, maybe Mr. Nelson would like a cup of coffee.
00:28:06Oh, I sure would.
00:28:17Thank you, Barbara.
00:28:18You're very welcome.
00:28:23Well, I had an idea today, and I'd
00:28:26like to try it out on you.
00:28:28I think that if we rigged a couple of simple derricks,
00:28:30using block and tackles, why, we could
00:28:32save quite a lot of manpower.
00:28:34Setting the rails in place, you mean?
00:28:36Yes, sir.
00:28:37I've noticed that it takes five or six men
00:28:39to move each rail from the siding to the roadbed.
00:28:41This way, one man could provide the lifting power.
00:28:44Another could guide the rails, and that
00:28:46would leave four or five men free to work on the roadbed.
00:28:49Well, that's a good idea.
00:28:51Well, I don't see why it wouldn't work.
00:28:53I'll tell Smokestack and Gus to figure out
00:28:55making a trip to town, get you whatever you need.
00:28:57They can pick up our other stuff at the same time.
00:29:02Well, that's fine.
00:29:04I fooled you, didn't I, young fellow?
00:29:06You thought I was going to give you an argument, didn't you?
00:29:08Yes, sir, I did.
00:29:09And if I had, what would you have done?
00:29:12Well, I don't know exactly.
00:29:14I do.
00:29:15You'd have built them anyway.
00:29:17I told you today, Mr. Bruce, I'm not
00:29:20I told you today, Mr. Bruce, I'm not here to fight with you.
00:29:22I just want to get this line across Kansas
00:29:24as fast as possible, that's all.
00:29:26Well, I'll admit I didn't like the idea
00:29:28of old man Johnson sending somebody out here to take over.
00:29:32But he sent the right man.
00:29:34We'll get along.
00:29:36I'm sure we will, sir.
00:29:38We'll get along even better if you quit calling me sir.
00:29:41This ain't the army, you know.
00:29:50You'll dictate a list of the things you need, Mr. Nelson.
00:29:52You'll dictate a list of the things you need, Mr. Nelson.
00:29:54I'll telegraph Casey and have them ready with our order.
00:29:56Oh, well, all right.
00:29:58Well, let's see.
00:29:59I'll need a dozen two-by-fours eight feet long,
00:30:02a dozen lengths of two-by-twelve planking ten feet long,
00:30:06a hundred feet of one-inch rope.
00:30:08a hundred feet of one-inch rope.
00:30:10Let's see, I can get all the chain I need around here,
00:30:12and if I need any more wood, I'll use ties.
00:30:14I guess that's all.
00:30:16Very well.
00:30:17I'd like to talk to you for a moment, fireman.
00:30:19I just want to say that I'm glad to be here,
00:30:21working with you and your father,
00:30:23and I hope you'll get over your resentment of me quickly.
00:30:25and I hope you'll get over your resentment of me quickly.
00:30:27What makes you think we'll resent you, Mr. Nelson?
00:30:29I can understand why you might,
00:30:31but I'm not here to take your father's job from him.
00:30:33He realizes that, I'm sure.
00:30:35We have the same goal,
00:30:37to get the Kansas Pacific built as soon as we can.
00:30:39to get the Kansas Pacific built as soon as we can.
00:30:41And to make yourself a reputation as a brilliant young engineer.
00:30:43That's not true.
00:30:45I'm not a career man, I'm an engineer trying to do a job.
00:30:47And I'll need all the help I can get.
00:30:49If my work isn't satisfactory...
00:30:51I'm not talking about your work.
00:30:53Look, I've tried every way I know how to make friends with you.
00:30:55Look, I've tried every way I know how to make friends with you.
00:30:57You're not making it very easy for me.
00:30:59I'm sorry, Mr. Nelson.
00:31:01It isn't that I dislike you personally.
00:31:03Good.
00:31:05But I can't very well feel friendly towards someone
00:31:07the company has sent out to replace my father.
00:31:09And that's obviously why you're here.
00:31:11He's too good a railroad man to let it interfere with his work.
00:31:13But I can see how it's hurt him.
00:31:15And I don't like it.
00:31:17Frankly, I'm doing everything I can
00:31:19to persuade him to leave here
00:31:21and go back where he'll be appreciated.
00:31:23But he's appreciated here, believe me.
00:31:25I wish I could, Mr. Nelson.
00:31:27You will.
00:31:29Someday you'll understand that.
00:31:31And I hope it's soon.
00:31:33Because then you and I can be friends.
00:31:35And I'd like that very much.
00:31:45Evening, Mr. Nelson.
00:31:47Good evening, Joe.
00:31:49I was just fixing to send some of the boys out in night guard.
00:31:51Four on, four off, all right?
00:31:53Yeah, that's fine.
00:31:55The way you talk,
00:31:57you must have had some kind of military service.
00:31:59Yes, sir. Under Winfield Scott, the Texas campaign.
00:32:01You've been to the saddle all day, Joe.
00:32:03Lend me your horse, and I'll post the night sentry.
00:32:05Yes, sir.
00:32:08Go tell the cook to keep a big pot of coffee here.
00:32:10Yes, sir. All night.
00:32:16You know,
00:32:18that fella Nelson don't talk like a railroad man.
00:32:20You know something else?
00:32:22I never seen a construction engineer
00:32:24ride a horse like that, either.
00:32:26Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
00:32:28Yeah, but I ain't gonna lie to you.
00:32:30I've never seen a construction engineer
00:32:32ride a horse like that, either.
00:32:34Are you thinking what I'm thinking?
00:32:36Yeah, but I ain't talking about it.
00:32:38And neither are you.
00:32:41Good night, Joe.
00:32:43Good night.
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00:33:28Following supplies needed.
00:33:30850 ties, 150 rails,
00:33:3225 cases dynamite,
00:33:34200 feet fuse, 10 sledges with extra handles,
00:33:3612 2x4s, 8 feet long.
00:33:3812 planks, 2x12, 10 feet long,
00:33:40100 feet rope, 1 inch.
00:33:42Thanks, Casey.
00:33:44The only thing that sounds good
00:33:46is the 25 cases of dynamite.
00:33:48That's a lot of stuff they're ordering.
00:33:50Sounds like it's almost worth wrecking
00:33:52that train to get rid of.
00:33:54No, I've got other plans for that train
00:33:56when the time comes.
00:33:58What you said, Janice, makes a little sense.
00:34:00That dynamite does sound interesting.
00:34:02The only way I'd be interested in it
00:34:04would be if Nelson was sitting on it
00:34:06and I had a match.
00:34:08Never mind Nelson.
00:34:10If we can stop this line without bloodshed,
00:34:12that's what we're going to do.
00:34:14Is that understood?
00:34:16All right, just so long as we stop it.
00:34:18Good. How about that dynamite?
00:34:20They'll pick it up with the engine
00:34:22probably in the morning.
00:34:24When they bring it in and get it unloaded,
00:34:26you'll be riding around, Janice,
00:34:28and this is what I want you to do.
00:34:30All right.
00:34:44Well?
00:34:46Jan, we're doing fine.
00:34:48We ought to be able to keep this place up
00:34:50for a few more days,
00:34:52at least until we get into the rocky country,
00:34:54and even that shouldn't be too bad.
00:34:56We won't have to tunnel.
00:34:58If we stay in the right-of-way north a little,
00:35:00we can take advantage of the terrain.
00:35:02There's a natural pass right here
00:35:04that won't require too much blasting.
00:35:06Well, that's good.
00:35:08So that's where you've been all morning.
00:35:10Right.
00:35:12Well, Jan, I want to give you a little advice.
00:35:14Sure, Cal. What is it?
00:35:16Well, if I was you, I wouldn't go riding around
00:35:18all over this country without sidearms, at least.
00:35:22Maybe you're right. Thanks.
00:35:24Now, it looks like this little northern swing
00:35:26you got laid out is going to take more ties
00:35:28and rails than I got figured.
00:35:30Yeah, these two curves here
00:35:32will run three-eighths of a mile
00:35:34more than a straightaway.
00:35:36At 660 rails to the mile,
00:35:38we'll need, uh,
00:35:40248 more rails.
00:35:42All right, I'll take care of it.
00:35:44There's old Smokestack right on time.
00:35:46He always gets here
00:35:48just before we run out of supplies.
00:36:14Where have you been?
00:36:16We've been waiting for hours.
00:36:18Quit yapping at me and get your fool dynamite
00:36:20off my train. It's making me nervous.
00:36:22Ah.
00:36:26You three men,
00:36:28over here.
00:36:32Unload this dynamite.
00:36:36Put it on that flat car over there.
00:36:38Put it on that flat car over there.
00:37:08Put it on that flat car over there.
00:37:38Put it on that flat car over there.
00:38:08Put it on that flat car over there.
00:38:14Let go of me.
00:38:16Bringing on the job, huh?
00:38:38Let go of me.
00:38:40There's nothing we can do for him, men.
00:39:08There's nothing we can do for him, men. Let's get back to work.
00:39:12We got track delay, men.
00:39:14Not me, mister. I'm through.
00:39:16Let's get going. I'll see to it
00:39:18that nothing like this happens again.
00:39:20How you gonna do that?
00:39:22From now on, we'll keep the dynamite well away from the tracks.
00:39:24Take the rest of the day off, boys,
00:39:26and we'll take a fresh start tomorrow morning.
00:39:28Wait a minute.
00:39:30No matter where you put that stuff, it can always go up.
00:39:32Anytime.
00:39:34I'm scared, mister, and I admit it.
00:39:36Me too.
00:39:38Well, I'm staying.
00:39:40They pay good wages around here,
00:39:42and I need the work.
00:39:44I need it too, but I need to keep breathing more.
00:39:46I've had enough.
00:39:56We're in trouble, John.
00:39:58Yeah, I know it.
00:40:00I could have sworn I heard a gunshot just before that stuff blew.
00:40:06Let's go.
00:40:08Let's go.
00:40:34No accident.
00:40:36No, and I think that fight was stage two.
00:40:38We'll soon find out. I'll make one of those monkeys talk about it.
00:40:40Ah, they've had plenty of time to get away by now.
00:40:42Well, what's next?
00:40:44There isn't much more we can do,
00:40:46except wait until tomorrow morning
00:40:48and find out how many men we still got working for us.
00:40:50What about the men who did this?
00:40:52That's a good question, Cal, but I got a better one.
00:40:54What about the man behind them?
00:40:56Who do you mean?
00:40:58I wish I knew, but there's somebody, somebody
00:41:00who's determined to keep this line from going through.
00:41:02This has all been organized.
00:41:04I'm impressed. I'm sure of it.
00:41:06Today we had our first death.
00:41:08Looks like we're already in the war everybody keeps talking about.
00:41:10Yeah, this is worse than war.
00:41:12In a war, at least you know you're fighting.
00:41:18And while they were trying to figure out what hit them,
00:41:20Max and I lit out.
00:41:22It all worked out just the way you figured it would.
00:41:24And the construction gang didn't need much pushing to quit, either.
00:41:26Now they got less than half the men they started with.
00:41:28Good.
00:41:30You know, we didn't get all that dynamite.
00:41:32What do you mean?
00:41:34There's still a couple of cases in the tool tent.
00:41:36It'd be a shame to let that go to waste, Bill.
00:41:38I'd kind of like to see that locomotive of theirs in pieces.
00:41:50Hello, John.
00:41:52Hal, good evening, Barbara.
00:41:54Payroll's being delivered tomorrow morning.
00:41:56Well, we better take the train in town tonight, then,
00:41:58and bring the payroll back with us tomorrow.
00:42:00Tonight? What for?
00:42:02I want to take Barbara into Rockwood and leave her there.
00:42:04What did you say?
00:42:06You and Casey can switch jobs.
00:42:08I can't have you stay out here any longer.
00:42:10It's much too dangerous.
00:42:12I've only stayed here as long as I have
00:42:14because of my father, Mr. Nelson.
00:42:16But if you've decided to send me away, I'm through.
00:42:18I quit.
00:42:20What about you, Dad?
00:42:22Oh, Barbara, you just don't understand.
00:42:24Oh, yes, I do.
00:42:26Maybe Mr. Nelson has convinced you that he only wants to help you,
00:42:28but I know better.
00:42:30Don't you see? He wants us to quit.
00:42:32Well, let's let him have what he wants.
00:42:34We'll go back even.
00:42:36No, I'm going to stay, Barbara, because I'm needed,
00:42:38and so are you.
00:42:40We've got to finish this line before the war begins.
00:42:42War? Why does everyone keep talking...
00:42:44Listen to me, Barbara.
00:42:46Maybe there's going to be a war, and maybe there isn't,
00:42:48but we've got to be ready for it.
00:42:50The Kansas Pacific is the United States Army Project,
00:42:52a military line serving the Western Forts.
00:42:54Army Project?
00:42:56When...
00:42:58When the Army sent him out to take over.
00:43:00I'm sorry I didn't tell you about it before, but I couldn't.
00:43:02I don't know how your father found out about it,
00:43:04but that doesn't matter now.
00:43:06I just guessed.
00:43:08The important thing is that I... that we need you.
00:43:10I didn't realize.
00:43:12I thought the war talk was just talk.
00:43:14I hope it is just talk.
00:43:16So do I.
00:43:18I...
00:43:20I'll help him.
00:43:22Of course I will.
00:43:24Of course I will.
00:43:32Good night, Carol.
00:43:34Good night, John.
00:43:44John.
00:43:50Couldn't I stay here and help just as well?
00:43:52That's the nicest thing I've heard since I arrived in Kansas.
00:43:54You mean I can't stay?
00:43:56No, I mean you finally stopped calling me Mr. Nelson.
00:44:02Please, John, let me stay.
00:44:04It's too dangerous, Barbara.
00:44:06I can't take a chance on anything happening to you.
00:44:10Good night.
00:44:12Good night, John.
00:44:22Good night.
00:44:52Good night.
00:45:22All right, we've got enough.
00:45:52Let's get out of here!
00:46:10Take care of him.
00:46:22Take care of him.
00:46:52Take care of him.
00:47:22Take care of him.
00:47:52Take care of him.
00:48:18Keep your hands where I can see them and open up those saddlebags.
00:48:22Keep your hands where I can see them and open up those saddlebags.
00:48:30Open those saddlebags or I'll put a bullet in them.
00:48:38You've got five seconds.
00:48:40One...
00:48:44Two...
00:48:46Three...
00:48:48Four...
00:48:52Five...
00:48:56Don't.
00:48:58I'll open them.
00:49:12What's the problem here?
00:49:14I want these men arrested.
00:49:16They assaulted a guard and stole that dynamite from the Kansas Pacific.
00:49:18You'll find a third man lying out on the prairie.
00:49:22Let's go.
00:49:40I see a lot of men here have quit working for the railroad after the accident we had today.
00:49:42I see a lot of men here have quit working for the railroad after the accident we had today.
00:49:44Well, I'm offering you extra wages to come back.
00:49:46Well, I'm offering you extra wages to come back.
00:49:48Double pay for every man who stays with the line until we hit the Colorado River.
00:49:50Double pay for every man who stays with the line until we hit the Colorado River.
00:49:52Well, I don't know about the rest of them, Mr. Nelson, but I'll go back to work.
00:49:54Well, I don't know about the rest of them, Mr. Nelson, but I'll go back to work.
00:49:56I like the way you do business.
00:49:58That goes for me, too.
00:50:00Thanks, men.
00:50:02I'll see you all at the job first thing in the morning.
00:50:04Right now, the drinks are on me.
00:50:12Have a drink with me, Nelson. I owe you one.
00:50:14Have a drink with me, Nelson. I owe you one.
00:50:16All right.
00:50:18A ribbon, please, Chuck.
00:50:20Make it two.
00:50:26To your health.
00:50:30Thanks very much.
00:50:32Just offhand, I'd say that you were regarding me with suspicion, my friend.
00:50:36That's a possibility.
00:50:38You don't think I had anything to do with that incident, do you?
00:50:40You don't think I had anything to do with that incident, do you?
00:50:42I hope you didn't, Quantrill.
00:50:44Two men were killed today.
00:50:46One of mine and one of somebody else's.
00:50:50There might have been more than that if you'd fired into that dynamite.
00:50:52Would you have done it?
00:50:56That's going pretty far just to prove simple robbery.
00:51:00You're a dangerous man, Nelson.
00:51:02There are others around who are much more dangerous.
00:51:06Thanks for the drink.
00:51:46No time for this one, get out of sight.
00:52:13No time for this one, get out of sight.
00:52:34What's the matter?
00:52:41Tracks.
00:53:05Look out!
00:53:21Get back, Jeff!
00:53:34Keep shooting, we'll get him.
00:53:59He can't go nowhere.
00:54:04Get down!
00:54:10Can the engine shut those rocks off the track?
00:54:12Might.
00:54:13But we'd be going so slow, when they got by him, they could shoot right into the cab.
00:54:17I'll take care of that.
00:54:19Can you handle the throttle?
00:54:21I'll try.
00:54:30If they get by us, we can't miss.
00:54:33What about the payroll?
00:54:35Never mind that.
00:54:36It's Nelson we're after.
00:54:59I'll take care of it.
00:55:29Cal, here comes the engine, but I don't see Smokestack.
00:55:46Nelson's all alone in the cab.
00:55:47Something must have happened.
00:55:57It's his arm, Cal.
00:55:58What happened, John?
00:55:59Ambush, Gus is dead.
00:56:00I can handle the engine, Mr. Nelson.
00:56:02I'll take Smokestack to a doctor.
00:56:04No, I'll put him in the caboose and telegraph for a doctor.
00:56:06All right.
00:56:07Easy, fellas.
00:56:09Careful now.
00:56:10All right.
00:56:12Easy.
00:56:17This is bad, John.
00:56:19Gus killed, Smokestack hurt.
00:56:23Cal, he's gonna be all right.
00:56:25What's gonna happen next?
00:56:28Nothing, if I can help it.
00:56:30We're gonna double the armed guard right now.
00:56:33Then we're gonna start and lay track again.
00:56:59Oh!
00:57:25Who is it?
00:57:26President Suffer.
00:57:28Get him.
00:57:36Send it over on the desk.
00:57:43Get him up.
00:57:48Get over.
00:57:50Get his gun.
00:58:12Let's move.
00:58:19Let's go.
00:58:47Any trouble?
00:58:48They need a new one now.
00:58:49You had to kill him.
00:58:50Yeah.
00:58:51Some of our men are missing.
00:58:52Westone and Moria.
00:58:53Dead.
00:58:54Nelson killed them.
00:58:57Just a minute, Janice.
00:58:58You'll never get near him now.
00:58:59I'm sure he's put on extra guards.
00:59:00What do you expect us to do?
00:59:01Stand by and let him build that railroad?
00:59:03That's right.
00:59:04We've got enough men to give him a bad time, boss.
00:59:06And we can recruit more without any trouble.
00:59:07We'll do that recruiting, all right.
00:59:09But right now, I have other plans for the Kansas Pacific.
00:59:12Tracks are one thing, but trains running on them are another.
00:59:15What's this all about?
00:59:16Let them spend their money and time building.
00:59:18They've got too many men now for us to stage any kind of an attack.
00:59:21But the minute they put a train on those tracks,
00:59:23we'll blow it off the prairie.
00:59:24With what?
00:59:25With artillery.
00:59:26We'll line up on the tracks from one of those uphill passes
00:59:28where the engine has to slow down and...
00:59:30Are you figuring on stealing some cannons from the Yankee Army?
00:59:32No.
00:59:33Just requisitioning them from the Confederate Army.
00:59:46Oh, Dad, you did it!
01:00:15We sure did.
01:00:21Congratulations, John.
01:00:23Well, the same to you.
01:00:24Somebody ought to be buying a few drinks around here.
01:00:27It isn't every day we finish a railroad, you know.
01:00:29Oh, I almost forgot.
01:00:31There's a telegram for you.
01:00:32There's a train coming in from Kansas City.
01:00:39We're in business, all right.
01:00:42And just in time.
01:00:56The war's very close, isn't it, John?
01:00:58It looks like it might be.
01:01:03All right, boys, on your toes.
01:01:32Stand by.
01:01:45Commence firing.
01:01:47Fire!
01:02:16Fire!
01:02:40We got them, boys.
01:02:45Let's get these guns out of here.
01:03:04Well, it's a place, all right.
01:03:06Did you see any tracks when you came up?
01:03:08No, sir.
01:03:09I figured they covered them up so we couldn't trail them.
01:03:31Is that all, Cal?
01:03:32Yep.
01:03:33Everybody else is afraid of getting shot at with cannons.
01:03:35They won't use artillery on personnel.
01:03:37Trains are their targets.
01:03:38Well, these are the only men I've been able to convince of that.
01:03:42Repairing that track won't be easy, but we'll get it done.
01:03:45Let's go.
01:03:46What about Quancho?
01:03:48We couldn't find him.
01:03:49Nobody around here has seen him for weeks.
01:04:18Well, Stan, how are you?
01:04:45Fine, Cap, Nelson.
01:04:46I'm not much of a secret anymore.
01:04:48What brings you here?
01:04:49Well, since we lost that last train,
01:04:51the general decided not to telegraph about the next one.
01:04:53He sent me to tell you.
01:04:54The next one?
01:04:56We can't risk another train until we locate those guns
01:04:58and put them out of action.
01:04:59We're going to risk it anyway, Captain.
01:05:01You telegraph the general.
01:05:02It would take you a week to repair the damage.
01:05:04The week's up tomorrow.
01:05:05That's when the train's coming through.
01:05:07Ammunition again?
01:05:08And troops.
01:05:10Reinforcements for Kearney and the other western forts.
01:05:12We can't wait any longer, Captain.
01:05:15All right.
01:05:17Joe.
01:05:18Sir?
01:05:19Can you round up a half a dozen men who can ride and shoot?
01:05:21You mean to go out after them cannons there?
01:05:23Yeah.
01:05:24There are a few boys I know that like that.
01:05:25They're not much of a land track in the middle of a prairie,
01:05:27but they ride and shoot real well.
01:05:29Good.
01:05:30Outside of that hill there,
01:05:31there's only one other piece of high ground
01:05:33between Rockwood and the Colorado border
01:05:35that commands the track.
01:05:36If they use those guns again,
01:05:37I figure that's where they'll be.
01:05:39I know the place you mean.
01:05:40You go back to the smokestack and meet me here in the morning.
01:05:42Yes, sir.
01:05:44Stanton, I have an idea.
01:05:46It may not work, but we have to try it.
01:05:48I want you to get back to Kansas City
01:05:50and hold up that troop train and...
01:05:51I can't do that, Captain.
01:05:52Well, what I got on my mind won't take you long to set up.
01:05:55Now, here's the way it works.
01:05:57The track goes down through the prairie...
01:06:15Hold it up!
01:06:17Give your horses a breather, men.
01:06:20We ought to be able to see the pass from that next rise there.
01:06:23We won't get any rest then if those guns...
01:06:31Smokestacks are rolling that train.
01:06:33No wonder they make a lot of noise.
01:06:35I'm sure they're going to make a lot of noise.
01:06:37I'm sure they're going to make a lot of noise.
01:06:39I'm sure they're going to make a lot of noise.
01:06:41I'm sure they're going to make a lot of noise.
01:06:43Smokestacks are rolling that train.
01:06:45No wonder they make such good time. Come on!
01:06:59Take a look.
01:07:13Commence firing!
01:07:44Fire!
01:07:50Get back down!
01:08:13Keep firing! Get the rifles!
01:08:43Fire!
01:09:13Fire!
01:09:43Fire!
01:10:13Fire!
01:10:37Get up!
01:10:44Take care of him.
01:10:52All clear, sir. We got him off.
01:10:54You feel all right, Joe?
01:10:56Sure.
01:10:58Well done.
01:11:00Thank you, sir.
01:11:13Come on.
01:11:15Come on.
01:11:44Sometimes I think I'd rather go off to war
01:11:46Sometimes I think I'd rather go off to war
01:11:48than to hang around here smelling that pipe.
01:11:50than to hang around here smelling that pipe.
01:11:52Shut up.
01:11:54Goodbye, Barbara. I'll be back.
01:11:56Goodbye, Barbara. I'll be back.
01:11:58And I'll be here.
01:12:00Or wherever else they're building this.
01:12:04All aboard!
01:12:06All aboard!
01:12:13All aboard!
01:12:25I hope this thing is over soon
01:12:27so that young fella can come back
01:12:29and help us build that track all the way across the country.
01:12:32He'll be back.
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