What happens
On a snowy night, passengers aboard the fast mail train Old 97 are heading from Monroe, Virginia toward Danville. The train's engineer, Joe Brody, is determined to bring it in on time, and his fireman, Tom Cheater, and mail clerk, Mr. Clovis, each have their own reasons to want to reach Danville on schedule. Meanwhile, two escaped prisoners have hidden near the tracks in Monroe, planning to board the train. Frank Lovejoy stars in this Suspense episode, broadcast by CBS on March 17, 1952. The story is based on the historical wreck of the Old 97 and presented with song.
Aboard the Old 97 fast mail train traveling from Monroe, Virginia toward Danville, Virginia, in the early 1900s
Characters: Joe Brody, Tom Cheater, Mr. Clovis, Mr. Elkins, Clint, Honey Boy
Listen for: Joe Brody's determination to make up lost time, and the two escaped prisoners who board the train at Monroe
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.