WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:17.000 Ranger Bill, Warrior of the Woodland! 00:17.000 --> 00:20.000 Ranger Bill, Warrior of the Woodland! 00:20.000 --> 00:24.000 Struggling against extreme odds, traveling dangerous trails, 00:24.000 --> 00:27.000 showing rare courage in the face of disaster. 00:27.000 --> 00:34.000 In the air, 00:34.000 --> 00:41.000 on horseback, 00:41.000 --> 00:52.000 or in a screaming squad car. 00:52.000 --> 01:02.000 Ranger Bill, his mind alert, a ready smile, unswerving, loyal to his mission. 01:02.000 --> 01:13.000 And all this in exchange for the satisfaction and pride of a job well done. 01:13.000 --> 01:24.000 Hello there boys and girls, this is Ranger Bill. 01:24.000 --> 01:27.000 That's a sound you may never have heard before. 01:27.000 --> 01:32.000 One of the most mournful, lonesome, and yet friendly sounds in the whole world. 01:32.000 --> 01:34.000 It's a locomotive whistle. 01:34.000 --> 01:39.000 The old-fashioned kind that was part of a coal-burning steam engine. 01:39.000 --> 01:43.000 There are a few in active service here and there, but for the most part, 01:43.000 --> 01:48.000 they've been replaced by modern electric or diesel engines. 01:48.000 --> 01:52.000 There was always something exciting and romantic about those old locomotives, 01:52.000 --> 01:57.000 huffing and puffing, blowing off steam, then whistling for the crossings. 01:57.000 --> 02:01.000 Did you know that the locomotive had more to do with the expansion of our country 02:01.000 --> 02:03.000 than any other one thing? 02:03.000 --> 02:08.000 Well it did, opening up new territory as fast as the tracks were laid. 02:08.000 --> 02:13.000 Today I'm going to tell you a strange tale about one of the last of those old locomotives. 02:13.000 --> 02:19.000 I call it the Runaway Railroad. 02:19.000 --> 02:31.000 Well there it is. 02:31.000 --> 02:38.000 We've climbed uphill and downed Dale for ten days to get here, 02:38.000 --> 02:42.000 and now all there is to see is a bunch of old falling down shacks and shanties. 02:42.000 --> 02:46.000 This is a ghost town, ragweed, end of the line. 02:46.000 --> 02:48.000 Who lives there? 02:48.000 --> 02:51.000 Nobody, nobody except you and me, and we just moved in. 02:51.000 --> 02:54.000 You just moved in, I'm moving out. 02:54.000 --> 02:57.000 You planning to walk back where we came from? It's a long way. 02:57.000 --> 03:00.000 Walk? I forgot that. 03:00.000 --> 03:03.000 You old time railroad boomers hate to walk. 03:03.000 --> 03:07.000 Stick around with me and you'll ride back in style. 03:07.000 --> 03:08.000 How you figure? 03:08.000 --> 03:14.000 Told you I had a surprise for you. Come along. 03:14.000 --> 03:19.000 There's a sign that says hotel in another general store, 03:19.000 --> 03:26.000 and there's one that says barber shop, but nobody around anywhere. 03:26.000 --> 03:27.000 Makes me uneasy. 03:27.000 --> 03:33.000 Forget it. A couple of hard-bitten railroaders like us aren't spooked by a ghost town. 03:33.000 --> 03:35.000 Now wait till I smash this old rusty padlock. 03:35.000 --> 03:40.000 Hey, what's in here? This is the only big building in the whole town. 03:40.000 --> 03:43.000 You'll see. 03:43.000 --> 03:54.000 There. Now help me open up these big doors. 03:54.000 --> 03:56.000 Why, why, it's a... 03:56.000 --> 03:58.000 It's a railroad, that's what it is. 03:58.000 --> 04:03.000 A locomotive, a coal tender, a combination baggage car and day coach. 04:03.000 --> 04:08.000 All that's left of the old rim rock, rawhide and ragweed railroad. 04:08.000 --> 04:12.000 Yeah, the old R, R and R. 04:12.000 --> 04:17.000 I've heard about it all my life, and I've been a railroader for 40 years. 04:17.000 --> 04:22.000 The three R's is what they called it. The railroad without a single mile of level track. 04:22.000 --> 04:23.000 Right. 04:23.000 --> 04:26.000 That rolling stock must be 60 years old. 04:26.000 --> 04:31.000 Wrong, 76 years old. 04:31.000 --> 04:37.000 Well, now that we've had a good look at this here railroad train, what are we going to do about it? 04:37.000 --> 04:56.000 Well, we're going to take it. 04:56.000 --> 05:02.000 Come all you ramblers if you want to hear the story about a brave engineer. 05:02.000 --> 05:09.000 Casey Jones was the rambler's name on a six-edged wheeler, he won his face. 05:09.000 --> 05:13.000 Henry, you don't sing good, but you sure sing loud. 05:13.000 --> 05:15.000 Let's have another verse. 05:15.000 --> 05:16.000 Sure. 05:16.000 --> 05:18.000 Think you can remember the tune? 05:18.000 --> 05:21.000 The call, the call, Casey I'd half-passed for. 05:21.000 --> 05:24.000 He kissed his wife at the station door. 05:24.000 --> 05:30.000 He mounted to the cabin with his orders in his hand and took his farewell journey to the promised land. 05:30.000 --> 05:36.000 Casey Jones and his ungrottled Casey. 05:36.000 --> 05:39.000 Boy, I'm all out of breath. 05:39.000 --> 05:42.000 You don't wonder, you sure were hollering. 05:42.000 --> 05:45.000 I had to holler to drown out that music. 05:45.000 --> 05:48.000 Boy, I sure do like that song though. 05:48.000 --> 05:52.000 You know, I've never seen a locomotive or a railroad like the one Casey drove. 05:52.000 --> 05:54.000 Ain't many left, if any. 05:54.000 --> 05:55.000 I know. 05:55.000 --> 05:58.000 Boy, I sure would like to ride on one. 05:58.000 --> 06:03.000 Boy, smoke billowing out of the stack and steam hissing, those big driving wheels pounding along. 06:03.000 --> 06:05.000 Them days is gone. 06:05.000 --> 06:07.000 Yeah, I suppose. 06:07.000 --> 06:10.000 All we can do is read about them in books. 06:10.000 --> 06:13.000 That ain't the same as seeing them or riding them. 06:13.000 --> 06:18.000 Of course, the ladies in their white summer dresses used to get powerful discombobulated. 06:18.000 --> 06:20.000 Cinders, you know. 06:20.000 --> 06:23.000 The old D.L. and W. had a poem about it. 06:23.000 --> 06:33.000 You see, Phoebe Snow, all set to go upon a trip to Buffalo, all dressed in white, she is a sight upon the road of anthracite. 06:33.000 --> 06:35.000 Good for Phoebe. 06:35.000 --> 06:39.000 Say, what became of all those old locomotives, Stumpy? 06:39.000 --> 06:43.000 Sold for scrap iron, I reckon. 06:43.000 --> 06:46.000 Guess I'll never get a chance to ride on one. 06:46.000 --> 06:47.000 Ain't likely. 06:47.000 --> 06:49.000 Them real old stackers is gone. 06:49.000 --> 06:53.000 If ever I could find one, though, it'd be worth plenty. Sure, plenty. 07:05.000 --> 07:09.000 You off your rocker, an old locomotive like this ain't worth a nickel. 07:09.000 --> 07:12.000 On the contrary, Boomer, I never made more sense in my life. 07:12.000 --> 07:14.000 We're going to steal this locomotive. 07:14.000 --> 07:18.000 Why? And by the way, how? 07:18.000 --> 07:27.000 Why? Because if we can get this train just as she is, down out of these mountains and near the mainline tracks of any modern railroad, I can sell it for plenty. 07:27.000 --> 07:30.000 Sell it? To another crazy man? 07:30.000 --> 07:35.000 John Farmer, that's me. John Farmer keeps his eyes and ears open. 07:35.000 --> 07:39.000 I know two or three multimillionaires that collect these things. 07:39.000 --> 07:49.000 Fact, if we get this rig down to the mainline, I'll just let those gentlemen know it's there and I can name my own price and sell to the highest bidder. 07:49.000 --> 07:51.000 But who owns the railroad? 07:51.000 --> 07:56.000 I suppose the mining company. This was a lead mining town. That's why they built the railroad. 07:56.000 --> 08:00.000 Thirty-seven miles of track, all mountain grading. 08:00.000 --> 08:07.000 We're about four miles higher than Rimrock, which is the town at the other end of the line, where it joins with the big railroads. 08:07.000 --> 08:09.000 But the company owns it. 08:09.000 --> 08:11.000 Ah, they've forgotten about it. 08:11.000 --> 08:21.000 Now look, we're both railroaders. We'll tinker with this locomotive, get her to running, take a look at the track and zoom down the mountain slick as a whistle. 08:33.000 --> 08:35.000 Here morning mail, Bill. Only one letter. 08:35.000 --> 08:39.000 Oh, thanks, Ray. Well, New York Postmark. 08:39.000 --> 08:45.000 Probably some tourist complaining because the bears in the national park area aren't as big as the ones he expected. 08:48.000 --> 08:50.000 Ah, that's a funny one. 08:50.000 --> 08:51.000 Funny how? 08:51.000 --> 08:57.000 This letter, it's from some man back east. And the letterhead looks as though he was a big railroad executive. 08:57.000 --> 09:08.000 He says, I understand there will shortly be an antique locomotive up for sale in your territory. As a collector, I would appreciate having an opportunity to present a bid. 09:08.000 --> 09:12.000 Would be glad to wire you $5,000 as an option if... 09:12.000 --> 09:14.000 Maybe a joke. 09:14.000 --> 09:24.000 No, I don't think so. I've heard of this man. He does buy old trains as collector's items. But we don't have any old locomotives lying around loose, do we? 09:24.000 --> 09:27.000 All diesel now. Iron horse gone for good. 09:27.000 --> 09:31.000 Sure. I'll drop him a line and tell him he must be mistaken. 09:31.000 --> 09:33.000 You remember old 3Rs? 09:33.000 --> 09:40.000 Yeah. That tooted his last toot about 1910, I guess. The lead mines were finished. It was finished. 09:40.000 --> 09:44.000 Quite a railroad in this day, though. Steepest gradient of any line in this country. 09:44.000 --> 09:46.000 Ah, need good break. 09:46.000 --> 09:47.000 I'll say. 09:47.000 --> 09:49.000 A railroad may be what rich men want. 09:49.000 --> 09:57.000 Oh, the old 3Rs has either been junked or scrapped, Grey Wolf, for just plain rusted away to dust long before this. 10:10.000 --> 10:13.000 I can't believe it. Hardly a speck of rust on it. 10:13.000 --> 10:20.000 It's this dry mountain air. No moisture, no humidity. We'll have this stacker moving in a couple of days. 10:20.000 --> 10:24.000 Well, as long as the beans and bacon hold out, I suppose we're okay. 10:24.000 --> 10:26.000 Hand me that spanner. 10:26.000 --> 10:28.000 Right. 10:30.000 --> 10:32.000 Boy, they don't seem to leak now. 10:32.000 --> 10:33.000 How much steam you got on? 10:33.000 --> 10:38.000 Full head. Even left us a storage bin full of coal. 10:38.000 --> 10:39.000 Faultful of them, was it not? 10:39.000 --> 10:43.000 Yep. Only one thing worries me, though. 10:43.000 --> 10:44.000 What's that? 10:44.000 --> 10:49.000 Them rails. How do we know they're still there and not rusted out? 10:49.000 --> 10:54.000 I walked the whole 37 miles of track before I teamed up with you. 10:54.000 --> 10:58.000 I carried a butterfly net, let on I was a knapsulist. 10:58.000 --> 11:02.000 Those tracks are quite adequate. Little wobbly here and there, but they'll hold. 11:02.000 --> 11:05.000 I thought you hired me as a fireman. 11:05.000 --> 11:11.000 I did. This is a two-man job. I can't take this traveling foundry down those mountains all by myself. 11:11.000 --> 11:16.000 I need you to do a coal and help with the breaking. You scared, boomer? 11:16.000 --> 11:20.000 No, I ain't scared of any stretch of track that was ever built. 11:20.000 --> 11:24.000 It's just that, well, I don't like this stealing idea. 11:24.000 --> 11:25.000 I told you. 11:25.000 --> 11:32.000 I know what you told me. A boomer wanders around and does any kind of a job there is on a railroad, but, well, stealing... 11:32.000 --> 11:34.000 Hand me that Stilson wrench. 11:34.000 --> 11:35.000 Here. 11:35.000 --> 11:39.000 You just shovel that coal next week and let me do the worrying. 11:39.000 --> 11:42.000 When you cook supper tonight, be sure to use dry wood. 11:42.000 --> 11:46.000 Dry wood, you understand? I don't want any smoke. 11:58.000 --> 12:01.000 My grandfather told me his father tell him. 12:01.000 --> 12:06.000 When iron horse first come, so many buffaloes, sometime train have to stop. 12:06.000 --> 12:08.000 That buffalo go by. 12:08.000 --> 12:10.000 Maybe the buffalo were bigger then. 12:10.000 --> 12:13.000 No, buffalo same size, but many more. 12:13.000 --> 12:16.000 Well, boy, the engineer must have had a dangerous job. 12:16.000 --> 12:21.000 That's right, Henry. Sometimes Indians shoot arrow at locomotive. Try to stop train with arrow. 12:21.000 --> 12:23.000 But the trains kept going. 12:23.000 --> 12:28.000 Say, Grey Wolf, are there any old trains still running? Around here, I mean? 12:28.000 --> 12:34.000 No, all gone. Last old train around here called Three R's. 12:34.000 --> 12:37.000 Three R's? Reading, writing and arithmetic? 12:37.000 --> 12:41.000 No. Rimrock, rawhide and ragweed. 12:41.000 --> 12:42.000 Hey. 12:42.000 --> 12:48.000 Train run from mining town of ragweed, we up in mountains, down through town of rawhide to town of rimrock, 12:48.000 --> 12:54.000 where railroad stop and join big railroad. All winding track, all steep, Grey. 12:54.000 --> 12:58.000 Must have been fun to write on that. 12:58.000 --> 12:59.000 You're right, Henry. 12:59.000 --> 13:02.000 But you said that the Three R's isn't in existence anymore. 13:02.000 --> 13:04.000 All finish. 13:04.000 --> 13:07.000 Well, where did they keep the train when they weren't using it? 13:07.000 --> 13:09.000 Railroad yards up at rawhide, I think. 13:09.000 --> 13:12.000 Do you suppose it's still there? 13:12.000 --> 13:17.000 Mining company on railroad tracks, town behind everything. 13:17.000 --> 13:22.000 Mine were out, company go up a new mine some place else. 13:22.000 --> 13:25.000 Ragweed only goes town now, nobody live there. 13:25.000 --> 13:27.000 How far is it from here? 13:27.000 --> 13:32.000 Well, maybe one day, two day hike across mountain, all uphill. 13:32.000 --> 13:37.000 Oh, just the same. I think I'll ask Bill if he'll let me hike over there. 13:37.000 --> 13:40.000 I'd at least like to see an old train like that. 13:40.000 --> 13:42.000 All you find is rusty tracks. 13:42.000 --> 13:59.000 Probably. But if there is a locomotive there, I ought to be able to find it. 13:59.000 --> 14:01.000 You got the grease cups all packed? 14:01.000 --> 14:02.000 Sure. 14:02.000 --> 14:05.000 Looks like in another day or so, we'll be ready to roll. 14:05.000 --> 14:09.000 You got a nice hit of steam up. I can see you kept it busy while I was gone. 14:09.000 --> 14:11.000 Nothing else to do. 14:11.000 --> 14:15.000 I got those letters mailed, those rich dents, airmail specials. 14:15.000 --> 14:21.000 They'll be waiting for us at Rimrock, and we can make a deal and be on our way before anybody knows what's up. 14:21.000 --> 14:25.000 Anybody get suspicious when you walk into rawhide? 14:25.000 --> 14:30.000 No, I took that butterfly net along. I think I'm just another goofy naturalist. 14:30.000 --> 14:36.000 I did one thing while you were gone. 14:36.000 --> 14:37.000 What? 14:37.000 --> 14:47.000 Well, it seemed like to me if we were going to run this train, we might as well run it right, so I fixed the whistle. 14:47.000 --> 14:51.000 No harm in that. We might want to shoo a stray cow off the track. 14:51.000 --> 14:53.000 Want to hear it? 14:53.000 --> 15:15.000 Go ahead. 15:15.000 --> 15:19.000 Sure you can go, Henry. You're old enough to take care of yourself in the mountains. 15:19.000 --> 15:24.000 Follow the trails, read your map frequently, and if you strike cross country, use your compass. 15:24.000 --> 15:25.000 I will. 15:25.000 --> 15:30.000 It's good weather now. Little dry, but pleasant days and cool nights. 15:30.000 --> 15:33.000 Be sure and put out your campfire thoroughly. 15:33.000 --> 15:34.000 Okay. 15:34.000 --> 15:39.000 Don't eat any berries. You can't identify as edible. And be sure and allow yourself plenty of rest every night. 15:39.000 --> 15:40.000 I will. 15:40.000 --> 15:45.000 Don't be disappointed if you don't find any old locomotivator, as Stumpy calls it. 15:45.000 --> 15:48.000 And we'll expect you back in about five days. 15:48.000 --> 15:51.000 Oh, one other thing, Henry. Have a good time. 15:51.000 --> 16:03.000 I will. 16:03.000 --> 16:09.000 Explain to me again how them there brakes work. It'll make me feel better going down them there hills. 16:09.000 --> 16:15.000 Nothing but curves and switchbacks and bends and turns and every inch of it downgrade. 16:15.000 --> 16:18.000 Well, you see these big curved pieces of metal? 16:18.000 --> 16:19.000 Uh-huh. 16:19.000 --> 16:26.000 Now, those are the brake shoes. When we want to slow down, we just turn those iron wheels up at the sides of the cab, 16:26.000 --> 16:31.000 and that gradually tightens these shoes, and there's your brakes. Works wonderful. 16:31.000 --> 16:35.000 You mean they did work wonderful the last time this here engine was used, but they must get... 16:35.000 --> 16:36.000 It's a cab. 16:36.000 --> 16:40.000 Yeah. Hello, young man. What do you want? 16:40.000 --> 16:45.000 Well, I heard that maybe there just might be an old locomotive up here, 16:45.000 --> 16:50.000 and since I happen to be interested in old locomotives, I hiked up to see for myself. 16:50.000 --> 16:52.000 Well, go ahead and take a look. 16:52.000 --> 16:58.000 Thanks. I was sure hoping I'd see a locomotive. Everybody kept saying I wouldn't. 16:58.000 --> 17:01.000 This sure is an old timer, isn't it? 17:01.000 --> 17:04.000 Yeah, she's what's called an old stacker. 17:04.000 --> 17:06.000 How long ago was she built? 17:06.000 --> 17:09.000 Oh, maybe 75, 80 years ago. 17:09.000 --> 17:11.000 Do you mind if I climb up in the cab? 17:11.000 --> 17:13.000 Uh, no, no, go ahead. 17:13.000 --> 17:15.000 Thanks. What are we going to do? 17:15.000 --> 17:18.000 It's me. What'd that kid have to come up here for? 17:18.000 --> 17:20.000 I don't suppose he's spying. 17:20.000 --> 17:22.000 Him? No, he's too innocent. 17:22.000 --> 17:25.000 Why, this is awful interesting. 17:25.000 --> 17:29.000 What are you, uh, what are you doing? Getting this thing ready for a museum? 17:29.000 --> 17:31.000 How are you going to get it down from here? 17:31.000 --> 17:34.000 Hey, look, uh, kid, what'd you come up here for? 17:34.000 --> 17:36.000 Just to look for a locomotive. 17:36.000 --> 17:38.000 Is that the only reason you came? 17:38.000 --> 17:40.000 Well, sure. I... 17:40.000 --> 17:42.000 Who came with you? 17:42.000 --> 17:44.000 Nobody. I came alone. 17:44.000 --> 17:46.000 Do your folks know where you are? 17:46.000 --> 17:49.000 Well, sure. My guardian said it was all right for me to come. 17:49.000 --> 17:50.000 Who's he? 17:50.000 --> 17:51.000 Forest Ranger. 17:51.000 --> 17:52.000 The Ranger? 17:51.000 --> 17:53.000 The law. 17:53.000 --> 17:57.000 Well, I guess you men are busy working on that engine, so I'll... 17:57.000 --> 17:59.000 Well, I'll just go on back home. 17:59.000 --> 18:03.000 Yeah, go home and tell the Ranger we're fixing to steal this here train. 18:03.000 --> 18:04.000 Boomer, Boomer. 18:04.000 --> 18:06.000 So long. I ought to be getting back. 18:06.000 --> 18:08.000 I'll be. 18:09.000 --> 18:10.000 Gotcha. 18:10.000 --> 18:12.000 I tried to run away. 18:12.000 --> 18:14.000 What are you going to do with me? 18:14.000 --> 18:18.000 Well, one thing we're not going to do is to let you go home and spill the beans. 18:18.000 --> 18:20.000 Well, Boomer here let the cat out of the bag. 18:20.000 --> 18:22.000 Now we don't dare let you get away. 18:22.000 --> 18:24.000 You take off his shoes. He won't go far. 18:24.000 --> 18:40.000 He can use you to do some cooking. 18:40.000 --> 18:44.000 Here another letter from the same man who wrote before. 18:44.000 --> 18:48.000 Big railroad man. See, name here on corner of envelope. 18:48.000 --> 18:52.000 Oh, sure. You're the one with the good memory, Graywell. 18:52.000 --> 18:57.000 I answered that first letter, told him I didn't know of any locomotives for sale. 18:57.000 --> 19:00.000 Now let's see what he has to say this time. 19:00.000 --> 19:02.000 Beg to differ. 19:02.000 --> 19:06.000 I've received a letter with definite offer of antique locomotive. 19:06.000 --> 19:10.000 Please investigate. See if offer is genuine. 19:10.000 --> 19:15.000 Locomotive to be on display at railroad siding near town of Rimrock. 19:15.000 --> 19:20.000 Graywell, if he says there's to be a locomotive on sale tomorrow over at Rimrock, 19:20.000 --> 19:23.000 we'd better take a ride over there. 19:23.000 --> 19:35.000 Certainly sounds crazy, but it might be worth looking the situation over. 19:35.000 --> 19:40.000 Now, I've got to keep a level head and try to figure a way out of all this. 19:40.000 --> 19:43.000 I can't get my shoes, that's for sure. 19:43.000 --> 19:47.000 You know, I've got to get word to Bill somehow. 19:47.000 --> 19:53.000 Now let's see. Those two men are over at the shop, not paying attention to me. 19:53.000 --> 19:59.000 That's good. Here I am in the cookhouse cooking their beans and bacon. 19:59.000 --> 20:03.000 Hey, that fire gives me an idea. 20:03.000 --> 20:06.000 Distilled day or up high here. 20:06.000 --> 20:11.000 I need some green branches, the kind that make a lot of smoke when they burn. 20:11.000 --> 20:19.000 Yeah, plenty on these bushes right outside the window here. 20:19.000 --> 20:26.000 Now I'll just stuff them in the stone. 20:26.000 --> 20:31.000 There. Now I'll use a damper to stop and release the smoke. 20:31.000 --> 20:35.000 See if I can send a smoke signal for help. 20:35.000 --> 20:42.000 Now if I can only remember what Grey Wolf taught me, let me see. 20:42.000 --> 20:57.000 One small puff, another small puff, and then... 20:57.000 --> 21:05.000 North, northwest, north, northwest. You've been standing on this porch for five days now. 21:05.000 --> 21:10.000 Every chance you get, stare north, northwest, north, northwest. 21:10.000 --> 21:12.000 What ails you, Grey Wolf? 21:12.000 --> 21:16.000 Henry go that way on the hike. Should come back from the same way. 21:16.000 --> 21:18.000 I watch Henry do back today. 21:18.000 --> 21:19.000 He'll make it. 21:19.000 --> 21:21.000 I watch just the same. 21:21.000 --> 21:23.000 He never got lost yet. 21:23.000 --> 21:26.000 He'll do back today. Should be here now. 21:26.000 --> 21:30.000 Maybe stop to go fishing, maybe just sky-locking. 21:30.000 --> 21:32.000 Henry do back today. 21:32.000 --> 21:37.000 Sure. Well, he got a mighty pretty day for a hike. 21:37.000 --> 21:41.000 Not one single solitary cloud in the sky, nearly one. 21:41.000 --> 21:44.000 Nope. Not a cloud in the sky. 21:44.000 --> 21:50.000 Except for them teeny weeny little ones way, way up there by the top of that mountain. 21:50.000 --> 21:54.000 You see him, Grey Wolf? Straight over northwest. 21:54.000 --> 21:57.000 Hey, what you got an arm for? 21:57.000 --> 22:02.000 They're not clouds. Not smoke signal. It's a... in danger, need help. 22:02.000 --> 22:05.000 Oh! 22:07.000 --> 22:12.000 I hope somebody sees these signals. I've been setting them for over an hour now. 22:12.000 --> 22:17.000 So that's what you're up to, trying to send some sort of message, huh? 22:17.000 --> 22:21.000 Well, I don't think anyone would see it, but I've got to play it safe. 22:21.000 --> 22:25.000 I was going to give you back your shoes just before we took off in the locomotive, 22:25.000 --> 22:30.000 but now that you've pulled this trick, there's only one thing I can do. 22:30.000 --> 22:31.000 What's that? 22:31.000 --> 22:33.000 Take you with us. 22:41.000 --> 22:42.000 Ready, Boomer? 22:42.000 --> 22:43.000 Right. 22:43.000 --> 22:47.000 I will be as soon as I tie this more than pipe. 22:47.000 --> 22:50.000 Yeah, all right. You ready with the brake wheel? 22:50.000 --> 22:51.000 All right. 22:51.000 --> 22:54.000 Here we go, down the mountain. 23:02.000 --> 23:06.000 Runs like a breeze. We'll be going downhill in another minute. 23:06.000 --> 23:11.000 Hey, boss, back there. Three men on horseback. They're yelling at us. 23:11.000 --> 23:14.000 Hey, Bill! Grey Wolf, stop him! Bill! Hey, Bill! 23:14.000 --> 23:20.000 He picks them. A locomotive cannot run a horse any day. 23:20.000 --> 23:23.000 We'll be down the hill and gone before they can get started. 23:23.000 --> 23:25.000 Here we go! 23:25.000 --> 23:30.000 Two minutes too late! We're not beaten yet. Henry's on that train, remember? 23:30.000 --> 23:32.000 Looked like he tied there. 23:32.000 --> 23:33.000 Yeah. 23:33.000 --> 23:34.000 What do we do now, Bill? 23:34.000 --> 23:38.000 Well, we can't chase a train along the tracks on horses, but there's one thing we can do. 23:38.000 --> 23:39.000 What's that? 23:39.000 --> 23:42.000 This train has to wind around and around to get down the hill. 23:42.000 --> 23:43.000 What's that? 23:43.000 --> 23:46.000 This is the train that's going to get us down the hill. 23:46.000 --> 23:47.000 What's that? 23:47.000 --> 23:49.000 That's the train that's going to get us down the hill. 23:49.000 --> 23:50.000 What's that? 23:50.000 --> 23:52.000 That's the train that's going to get us down the hill. 23:52.000 --> 23:56.000 What's that? This train has to wind around and around to get down the mountain. 23:56.000 --> 23:58.000 But on horses we can go straight down. 23:58.000 --> 24:00.000 And that's what we'll do to get ahead of the train. 24:00.000 --> 24:02.000 Yes, sir! Let's get going! 24:14.000 --> 24:15.000 How's the coal? 24:15.000 --> 24:16.000 Plenty. 24:16.000 --> 24:17.000 Water and steam? 24:17.000 --> 24:18.000 Okay. 24:18.000 --> 24:19.000 Good. 24:19.000 --> 24:24.000 That posse, those friends of yours, they must be 20 miles behind us by now. 24:33.000 --> 24:35.000 They haven't gotten this far yet. 24:35.000 --> 24:38.000 You see, the rust on those old tracks is undisturbed. 24:38.000 --> 24:40.000 Now throw some brush on that pile, Stumpy. 24:40.000 --> 24:42.000 An old brush pile on tracks? No stop train? 24:42.000 --> 24:43.000 Of course not. 24:43.000 --> 24:45.000 We don't dare erect a real barrier. 24:45.000 --> 24:47.000 We can't run the risk of wrecking the train. 24:47.000 --> 24:52.000 That brush pile is to serve as a warning to let these men know that we mean business and want that train stopped. 24:52.000 --> 24:54.000 Here she comes! 24:54.000 --> 24:55.000 Wave your hats. 24:55.000 --> 24:58.000 See if we can make them come to their senses and stop this train. 25:11.000 --> 25:12.000 No! Watch! 25:12.000 --> 25:14.000 Straight down the mountain this time, all the way. 25:14.000 --> 25:16.000 Down to Rimlock. 25:16.000 --> 25:18.000 We can beat that train there by ten minutes. 25:18.000 --> 25:21.000 Yes sirree! Ride them cowboys! Let's get! 25:34.000 --> 25:37.000 Well boy, we sure made fools out of your pals. 25:37.000 --> 25:44.000 They look mighty silly waving their hats there beside the track, trying to scare us with their little brush pile. 25:44.000 --> 25:46.000 Boss, she's picking up a lot of speed. 25:46.000 --> 25:49.000 No, the grade gets steeper and steeper from here on. 25:49.000 --> 25:51.000 She's going fast. 25:51.000 --> 25:53.000 Now, okay, let's turn those brake wheels. 25:53.000 --> 25:54.000 Alright. 25:54.000 --> 25:56.000 Now turn your wheel. 25:56.000 --> 25:57.000 I am, I am. 25:57.000 --> 25:59.000 Turn it harder, she's not slowing down. 25:59.000 --> 26:03.000 I'm turning it as hard as I can. 26:03.000 --> 26:04.000 Well turn it harder! 26:04.000 --> 26:06.000 Boss, I can't see. 26:09.000 --> 26:11.000 Look boss, the brakes, they're smashed. 26:11.000 --> 26:15.000 They're going, we ain't got no brakes, we ain't got no brakes. 26:26.000 --> 26:30.000 We made that curve, but we'll never make the next one boss. 26:30.000 --> 26:31.000 Not at this speed. 26:31.000 --> 26:32.000 Shut up. 26:32.000 --> 26:33.000 I'm gonna jump. 26:33.000 --> 26:34.000 At this speed you're crazy. 26:34.000 --> 26:36.000 Oh well, here comes another curve. 26:36.000 --> 26:41.000 I can't look. 26:41.000 --> 26:44.000 Well, we made that one. 26:44.000 --> 26:46.000 But we'll never make the next one. 26:46.000 --> 26:49.000 Here it comes. 27:02.000 --> 27:03.000 Ain't you driving? 27:03.000 --> 27:06.000 Nothing to drive with no brakes, what can I do? 27:06.000 --> 27:08.000 You can pray. 27:08.000 --> 27:09.000 I don't know how. 27:09.000 --> 27:11.000 Pray for me kid. 27:11.000 --> 27:12.000 Me too. 27:12.000 --> 27:17.000 You know what Jesus, if it be your will, guide this train safe down the mountain. 27:17.000 --> 27:19.000 Keep it from being wrecked. 27:19.000 --> 27:21.000 These men have done wrong. 27:21.000 --> 27:23.000 I think they're willing to pay the penalty for their wrong. 27:23.000 --> 27:24.000 Amen. 27:24.000 --> 27:25.000 I say amen too. 27:25.000 --> 27:27.000 So be it, I will, Lord, save us all. 27:27.000 --> 27:29.000 Amen. 27:29.000 --> 27:32.000 You can see the town down there, far below. 27:32.000 --> 27:33.000 Yeah. 27:33.000 --> 27:35.000 I'm going to blow the whistle. 27:35.000 --> 27:36.000 What good will I do? 27:36.000 --> 27:38.000 Well, I can at least blow the alarm. 27:38.000 --> 27:40.000 People can get out of our way. 27:40.000 --> 27:41.000 Yeah. 27:41.000 --> 27:44.000 We're going faster than ever now. 27:44.000 --> 27:47.000 Yeah, yeah, faster than ever. 27:47.000 --> 28:10.000 Blow the whistle. 28:10.000 --> 28:14.000 It's coming on to the main line. 28:14.000 --> 28:17.000 You love to travel, you're mad at our mission. 28:17.000 --> 28:28.000 You love to travel, now here's your help. 28:28.000 --> 28:29.000 Henry. 28:29.000 --> 28:31.000 Oh, oh. 28:31.000 --> 28:32.000 Glad to see you, boy. 28:32.000 --> 28:35.000 I thank the Lord I can see you alive and well. 28:35.000 --> 28:38.000 The Lord brought us down that mountain. 28:38.000 --> 28:39.000 He sure did. 28:39.000 --> 28:41.000 Hey, where are we? 28:41.000 --> 28:43.000 Out on the main line. 28:43.000 --> 28:47.000 When we saw how you were tearing down that mountain, we realized your brakes were gone. 28:47.000 --> 28:51.000 I wired both ways and had the track cleared on the main line. 28:51.000 --> 28:55.000 Set the switch and you had to clear track to coast down until you came to a stop. 28:55.000 --> 28:57.000 You, Ranger Bill. 28:57.000 --> 28:58.000 Yes, I am. 28:58.000 --> 29:03.000 Well, my partner and I here, we want you to take us to the sheriff. 29:03.000 --> 29:17.000 I guess we have something to tell him. 29:17.000 --> 29:18.000 And that's that, boys and girls. 29:18.000 --> 29:25.000 Only God's hand could have brought that runaway train safely down the mountain after the brakes were smashed. 29:25.000 --> 29:28.000 John Farmer and Boomer learned a lesson they'll never forget. 29:28.000 --> 29:36.000 And Henry, well, Henry managed to get his locomotive ride after all, even though it didn't turn out the way he quite expected. 29:36.000 --> 29:39.000 Well, see you next week for more Adventure with... 29:39.000 --> 30:02.000 Ranger Bill!