
Talkie short
Railroadin'
Synopsis
The gang is playing around the railroad station, and Joe and Chubby's father, an engineer, lectures against the kids playing in such a dangerous area. True to his word, after Joe and Chubby's father leaves, a crazy man starts a train with most of the kids on it, save for Farina who is nearly run over several times. Once Farina manages to climb aboard himself, the kids attempt to stop the runaway locomotive, but have no luck until the engine crashes into a grocery truck. As it turns out, however, the entire incident is revealed to be a dream Farina had as Joe and Chubby's father lectured the kids about rail-yard safety.
Credits
| Role | People | Character | Billed as |
|---|---|---|---|
| editor | H.M. Walker | — | — |
| Cast | Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins | Wheezer | Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins |
| Cast | Joe Cobb | Joe | Joe Cobb |
| Cast | Allen 'Farina' Hoskins | Farina | Allen 'Farina' Hoskins |
| Cast | Mary Ann Jackson | Mary Ann | Mary Ann Jackson |
| Cast | Harry Spear | Harry | Harry Spear |
| Cast | Norman Chaney | Chubby | Norman Chaney |
| Cast | Jean Darling | Jean | Jean Darling |
| Cast | Helen Jerome Eddy | [?] | Helen Jerome Eddy |
| Director | Robert F. McGowan | Director | Robert F. McGowan |
| Writer | Robert A. McGowan | Story | Robert A. McGowan |
| Producer | Robert F. McGowan | Producer | Robert F. McGowan |
| Producer | Hal Roach | Producer | Hal Roach |
| cinematography | F.E. Hershey | Director of Photography | F.E. Hershey |
| cinematography | Art Lloyd | Director of Photography | Art Lloyd |
| editor | Richard C. Currier | Editor | Richard C. Currier |
| sound-engineer | Elmer Raguse | Sound Engineer | Elmer Raguse |
| Cast | Bobby Hutchins | Wheezer | — |
| Cast | Otto Fries | Joe's father | — |
| Cast | Harry Lorraine | Loco Joe | — |
| Cast | Edward Thomas | Ed, engineer | — |
| Cast | Chester Bachman | Engineer | — |
| Cast | Chet Brandenburg | Brakeman | — |
| Cast | Robert Page | Train Engineer | — |
| Cast | Ham Kinsey | Train Engineer | — |
| Cast | Robert F. McGowan | Limited passenger who stumbles | — |
| Cast | Carolyn Chaney | Train passenger | — |
| Cast | Dorothy Hamilton Darling | Train passenger | — |
| Cast | Jack Hill | Grocery truck driver | — |
| Cast | Lyle Tayo | Train passenger | — |
| Cast | Pete | Pete | — |
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