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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: The collisions are engineered by the rival railroad owner who wants to purchase Southwest Pacific.



* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: The collisions are engineered by the rival railroad owner who wants to purchase Southwest Pacific.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: Bruce Harrington uncovers the plot against his father's company just hours before the latter signs it away, and has to race to prevent it from being sold.

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* RaceAgainstTheClock: Bruce Harrington uncovers the plot against his father's company just hours before the latter signs it away, and has to race to prevent it from being sold.sold.
* RailroadPlot: The rival railroad owner drives the stock of Southwest Pacific down through engineered incidents to buy it out at a reduced price and therefore expand his own network.
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%%* RailroadBaron:* RailroadBaron: The rival railroad owner is an expansionist who uses dirty methods, including engineered deaths made to look like accidents, to buy Southwest Pacific at a reduced price.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The rival railroad owner engineers collisions in order to drive the Soutwest Pacific Railroad stock down try and make Mr. Harrington sell out.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The rival railroad owner engineers collisions in order to drive the Soutwest Southwest Pacific Railroad stock down try and make Mr. Harrington sell out.
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* ClearMyName: D.J. "Smokey" Nolan sets out to prove his innocence after being accused of negligence resulting in a train collision.
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''The Phantom Express'' is a 1932 Pre-Code film.

A train engineer ends up having a collision when he thinks he sees an oncoming train, only to discover there was no train, resulting in the deaths of several passengers. Eventually, the son of the railroad company owner investigates, and discovers that a rival railroad company has been engineering collisions to trick his father into selling out.

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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The rival railroad owner engineers collisions in order to drive the Soutwest Pacific Railroad stock down try and make Mr. Harrington sell out.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: The collisions are engineered by the rival railroad owner.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: Bruce Harrington uncovers the plot against his father's company just hours before the latter signs it away, and has to race to prevent it from being sold.

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