# Casey Jones

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-jones/500316>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [June 19, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-jones/500316 "2009-06-19T18:46:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-jones/500316/41 "2009-08-19T06:54:06Z")

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> [@DesertDog](#):
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> In the movie _The Train_, when Burt Lancaster was running a locomotive light that was attacked by a hostile aircraft, he opened the throttle wide to run for a handy tunnel ahead, then used the above technique to (barely) keep from popping out the other end.

Looked on YouTube, and [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GUzTJCumuE&NR=1) is the scene I was talking about. _The Train_: Railroads, Burt Lancaster, and Nazis. What’s not to like?

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/casey-jones/500316/42 "2009-08-19T14:54:06Z")

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Cool - thanks! Casey would be proud.

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