Movie: A Boy at the Throttle

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Helen Gibson
Helen Gibson

Helen

Franklyn Hall
Franklyn Hall

Odell - Engineer

Clarence Burton
Clarence Burton

Layson - Station Agent

Clement Graw
Clement Graw

Pinture - Fireman

Tom Trent
Tom Trent

Bobbie Layson - the Boy at the Throttle

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    Climbing into a cab of a freight engine, Bobbie Layson, the son of a station pulls the throttle open. The alarm goes out and Helen, stationed at Lone Point, is ordered to derail the runaway and thus prevent it from running head-on into the approaching passenger train. Fearing for his son's life, Layson phones Helen

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    1915-12-25

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