The Peril of the Rails (1916)

• 75%
• 1916
• Thriller
• J. Gunnis Davis
• Helen Gibson
• Robyn Adair
• Franklyn Hall

Apparent carelessness causes Conductor Lawton and his train crew to be laid off for thirty days. A gang of car thieves, pursued by police, jump aboard a freight, and after a stiff combat, succeed in throwing the crew off the speeding train to the ground. The engine is then allowed to run wild, the thieves not knowing that a passenger train is approaching on the same track. Helen is warned of the danger, and she runs to the camp of the suspended men and asks for their aid. As the train passes the men succeed in boarding it and engage in battle with the thieves. Before they gain control, the passenger train appears around the bend and a collision seems certain. Her plucky exhibition in the face of this danger completes one of the most thrilling episodes in this railroad series.