An engaging early talkie. While in charge of a train, Smokey (J Farrell MacDonald) is forced to make an emergency brake when he thinks there is another train oncoming. The action results in his own train crashing. After an enquiry where it seems there was no other train involved Smokey is left in disgrace. Meanwhile the railway company owner's son Bruce (William Collier Jr) decides to stop his playboy activities and investigate the crash himself, mostly because he has a crush on Smokey's daughter Carolyn (Sally Blane).
Bruce, working undercover, discovers a nefarious scheme using an aeroplane with a light and loud speakers to trick train drivers into thinking another train is on the tracks. The plan is to force the railway owner Harrington (Hobart Bosworth) into selling the company to them...
A fast moving film with some decent (for their day) special effects. The dialogue might be a bit inaudible at times but the film flows very well and has plenty of thrills and spills. The bad guy's plot does stretch credibility a bit but that is a minor criticism.
