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Johnnie Gray, a train engineer, has two loves in his life: his sweetheart, Annabelle Lee, and his locomotive, The General.
When the [[The American Civil War|Civil War]] breaks out, Johnnie attempts to enlist into the Confederate Army, but is refused because he is more valuable as an engineer. [[Poor Communication Kills|Johnnie isn't told this, so Annabelle and her family believe him to be a coward]]. Annabelle refuses to talk to Johnnie again until he is in uniform. When Johnnie's train is stolen by Union soldiers whilst the passengers are having dinner (except for Annabelle, who had
[[Hilarity Ensues]]. This 1926 silent film is less of an outright comedy than many of [[Buster Keaton]]'s other works and has several dramatic elements. At the time it was considered a flop, but ended up being [[Vindicated by History]] and is now considered one of the best silent films ever made.
Based off an [[wikipedia:Great Locomotive Chase|actual historical event]].
Watch it [[{{PAGENAME}}/Source|here, on this very wiki.]]
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* [[The American Civil War]]
* [[Badass]]: Johnnie Gray is just an engineer, but manages to do more damage to the Union than the Confederate forces do by the end of the film.
* [[BFG]]: The Texas is pulling a flatcar carrying a mortar similar to [
* [[Bound and Gagged]]: The Union spies tie Annabelle up and gag her when they steal the train and find her in the baggage car.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Another engine, called the Columbia, appears as a USMRR train during the second chase. Not only does it frequently rear-end the Texas, but the rear of its train gets derailed by cannon fire. Also, the Union generals who ride on its flatcar get drenched from the water tower and jolted around as the train stops and starts.
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* [[Everything's Worse with Bears]]: At one point, Johnnie and Annabelle are lost in the middle of the night in a forest they don't know while a storm rages. And then they bump into a bear.
* [[Exact Eavesdropping]]: Johnny ends up hiding under a table the Union generals sit around while discussing the coming campaign, and not only hears their plans but sees Annabelle through a convenient hole in the tablecloth.
* [[Handcar Pursuit]]
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: The Union general after the bridge collapses.
* [[I Am Not Shazam]]: The "General" is [[wikipedia:The General chr(28)locomotivechr(29)|the locomotive]], not Buster Keaton's character. In fact,
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Johnnie Gray" is a combination of nicknames for Confederate soldiers -- Johnny Reb and Grayback.
* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]: How Johnnie Gray kills the Union sniper at the end. Granted, he did it completely by accident...
* [[Trash the Set]]: Yes, they did burn down the bridge as the Texas was crossing it. The wreckage sat there until the Second World War.
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