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- A railroad engineer and his wife try to stop a gang of robbers from holding up their train.
- George Waters, the superintendent of the Overland Ltd., has offered a large reward for the return of an express package that was stolen from the railroad. Special investigator Daniel Lonergan is traveling to Iron Junction to review the situation but is captured by crook Jim McGuire and his two henchmen. McGuire steals Lonergan's identity papers, as well as a statement by one of the thieves revealing that the package is hidden in the turntable at Iron Junction. McGuire decides to impersonate Lonergan and find the stolen money himself, and so leaves the investigator locked in a small room at his henchmen's shack. At Iron Junction, Waters is reprimanded by the manager of Lord's Insurance Co., Stonewall Flint, who tells him that the railroad will have to replace the stolen money if it is not found. Flint threatens to fire Waters if he does not recover the package, but Waters' fiery daughter Helen refuses to be cowed by Flint's shouting. Determined to help her father by keeping an eye on the train yard, Helen joins the "wash-rack chorus" of women who clean the trains. Fireman Jack Strong, who works with engineer Tim Gerraghty, is attracted to Helen, as she is to him, but he shyly avoids flirting with her because "Tim is watching." McGuire arrives at Waters' office and presents himself as Lonergan, although Flint mistrusts him. The unsuspecting Waters accepts McGuire, however, and sends him to the yard to begin investigating. McGuire immediately makes enemies of the wash-rack chorus by aggressively trying to kiss Helen, and when Jack confronts him, the two men fight. Jack trounces McGuire, while at the henchmen's shack, Lonergan finds a tin can and fashions an arrowhead bearing a plea for help. Lonergan fires the arrow into a passing train, and soon after, Helen and Jack find it at Iron Junction. Helen and Jack race off in his dilapidated car, and upon reaching the shack, rescue Lonergan. While the thugs head off to find McGuire at his boardinghouse, Helen, Jack and Lonergan jump aboard Tim's train. Jack still refuses a kiss from Helen, however, because Tim is watching. At the junction, Helen rushes to get Waters, and Jack retrieves the stolen package after being told of its location by Lonergan. McGuire spots Jack and begins fighting with him, and Jack is knocked unconscious when he falls and hits his head on a rail. McGuire abandons the unconscious Jack, who is soon endangered when an engine enters the turntable and is about to crush him. Helen arrives in time to save Jack, and when he awakens, the pair go to Waters office, where they tell Waters about McGuire. Flint fires Waters for believing in the crook, but soon news arrives that McGuire is at the boardinghouse, and Helen and Jack are able to capture him and his men. With the package retrieved and Waters' job safe, Helen and Jack celebrate at home, but are prevented from kissing because Waters is watching.
- Dan Dawson hires on at the Mason ranch where he wins the affection of Ruth and alienates Frank Macy who gets fired. Later, on Dan and Ruth's wedding day, the cowhands bring Macy, now an outlaw and escaping the Sheriff disguised as a preacher, to perform the ceremony. But upon leaving Macy loses part of his disguise and Dan now recognizing him gives chase.
- Kidnapping and marital reconciliation drive this action film set on a millionaire's private train.
- A burlesque of the rivalry of American taxi companies.
- After Ned Hadley is badly wounded in a shootout with bandits, he asks his friend, The Stranger, to assume his identity. The Stranger is accepted by Ned's blind father and his sister, Nell. However, Sly Stevens, who has wanted Hadley's property, accuses "Ned" of being an impostor and a killer, and has him charged with murder.
- A cowboy comes to the aid of a pretty young ranch owner who must recover the gold that's been stolen from her by a recently fired foreman and his gang.
- City dweller Roland Hale takes a job at a lumber camp in the mountains, trying to forget the woman he loved who left him for another man. The camp is located on Thundergod Mountain, and is managed by a woman, Enid Bryant. What neither Enid nor Roland know is that the camp's superintendent doesn't want Enid to get her logs down the river in time for reasons of his own, and will stop at nothing to prevent it--even murder.
- Ellen, a rich young woman, goes to the mountains for a rest and meets Ben Dixon, owner of a gold mine. They fall in love and plan to marry, but when Ben visits her family and doesn't meet their standards of behavior, Ellen calls off the wedding. He hires a young man named George to teach him manners and make him acceptable to Ellen and her snooty family, but Ellen soon falls in love with George. Meanwhile, a greedy stockbroker makes plans to get his hands on Ben's gold mine.
- Hearing his brother the Express Clerk is in trouble, Bob Williams rides to the Express Office only to find the safe open, his brother and the money missing, and himself accused of the robbery.
- On the coast of Africa, the captain of a ship is about to make a deal to sell a white captive to an African chief as a slave. A cabin boy who discovers the captain's plans determines to thwart them and save the girl.
- Using a false accusation of unlawful land-squatting, Bill Edwards (Al Ferguson(1)') goes to the County Seat and has Sheriff Brown to swear out a warrant against sheep-herders Marie Valerian (Neva Gerber) and her father (Silver Tip Baker. The Sheriff sends a Deputy, "Thundering" Thompson (Cheyenne Bill_, back to serve the warrant. Thompson learns that Edwards is only trying to force the Valerians to sell their sheep to him at a cheap price, and comes back without serving the warrant. This enrages Edwards who enlists the aid of a local cattleman and his hands to drive off the sheep. Thompson sets out to keep this from happening.
- Vincent Barton, the son of the vice-president of a railroad company, takes a job as the depot agent at Bynes. He fires one of Tony Sharkey's henchmen, scheming against the railroad, and, as a result, a fight takes place and a switching order is overlooked which nearly results in a major wreck. Realizing the situation at Hynes, Helen Barton, Vincent's sister, dashes to Hynes in her roadster and puts together a severed telegraph wire to put the station back in communications with headquarters. Meanwhile, Helen's sweetheart, Tom Lawson, is fighting with Sharkey in a run-away engine and it is headed for an open bridge over a river.
- During the Civil War, a young man joins the Union army. His sweetheart's brother, on the other hand, joins the Confederate forces. During a battle the Confederate is captured and brought to the young Union officer, who recognizes him, and later allows him to escape. For that action he is tried for treason, convicted and sentenced to hang. All that remains now is for President Abraham Lincoln to sign his death warrant.
- When railway owner Kingsley puts his daughter Helen in charge of a section of his line, she discovers that the previous manager had been a pawn of Roberts, Kingsley's general manager. Unknown to Kingsley, Roberts has been using the line to advance the interests of his own fruit packing company over that of a smaller competitor, Jack Stewart. Helen and Jack soon join forces against Roberts. In a fight between Roberts' and Jack's men, Jack's side gains the upper hand, until one of Roberts' men throws a block of ice at Jack that knocks him down and sends the freight car on which he is standing careening down the track. Helen saves Jack and the freight by chasing it down on another car, lassoing the freight and stopping it before it crashes. In a later confrontation, Helen is able to jump free before a terrible crash occurs between a trolley and the freight that Roberts is manning.
- Pertio, an Argentine dancer, has a severely-scarred face that has kept him from succeeding in his chosen career. He is persuaded by Caricia, an Argentine dancer who has become a star, to have a plastic surgeon repair his face. The surgery is successful and the two dancers team up both professionally and personally. However, the doctor who performed the operation has fallen madly in love with Caricia, and his determination to have her leads him to perform a procedure on Pertio that makes his scars reappear.
- A dastardly cattle rustler not only steals pretty Mildred Mitchell's beef but decides to snag her as well. Stalwart cowboy Bill Kennedy sets out to capture the villain, retrieve the cattle and take a shot at Mildred for himself.
- A chorus girl falls for a young man pretending to be his boss, a millionaire. WHen his boss returns from a European trip and finds that the woman he loves is engaged to his secretary, complications ensue.
- A federal agent is sent to a small town to bust up a counterfeiting ring, which is apparently headquartered in the local railway station. The counterfeiters have framed the station's manager for the crime, and she must work with the agent to clear her name and get the goods on the real counterfeiters.
- Jack is after the mysterious murderer who killed his father and brother. The only clue is the Ace of Clubs pinned to their bodies.
- Donald Custer loses in a poker game to 'Ace High' having forged his father's name to a check. Knowing the game was crooked, Buck returns to retrieve the check only to find Donald already there and Carlotta dead. When Buck sends Donald away, things look bad when 'Ace High' finds him with the body.
- Northwest Mounted Policeman Roland St. Clair falls in love with entertainer Grace Alderson while pursuing a gang of opium smugglers. However, Grace is betrothed to her employer, dance hall proprietor Steve Bradley, who is in league with gang members Jean Le Fere and Wang. Braving a blinding snowstorm, Roland pursues the smugglers across the U.S. border and captures them in Wang's opium den. The Mountie is aided in his efforts by Grace, who reveals herself to be a Secret Service agent.
- Two men fall in love with the same girl and try to win her heart.
- A valuable ranch lands in the hands of "Bingo" Strook when "Dad" Davenport dies and leaves two young boys. Strook is a dope smuggler and his accomplice is Laura, the Davenport housekeeper. "Happened-Along" Meredith and "Doughnut" Casey are on the property one day and Laura drives them away. They ride on laughing, and 'happen-along' in time to rescue Doris Davenport, niece of "Dad" who has come to taker over the ranch and care for the boys, when she falls off the motor-stage. Meredith borrows a couple of horse and a buckboard and takes Doris to the ranch. This does not set well with Strook. He sets a trap for Meredith, sends for the Texas Rangers, and when they arrive at the ranch they find Meredith with a cache of dope which he says he found in a tree. Strook tries to have Meredith arrest as a dope smuggler, but Meredith shows the Rangers his papers and badge proving he is the Ranger Captain Halliday they have been expecting.
- Slats, a carefree mountain girl, and Peggy Blake, the unhappy wife of a wealthy colonel, are actually twin sisters who were separated at birth. One day while Peggy is on a trip to the mountains, she accidentally meets Slats and the two discover their real relationship. Peggy persuades Slats to take her place as the colonel's wife while she pursues her real goal, a career in the theater. Unfortunately, things don't quite work out the way the two had planned.
- A young woman returns to Kentucky after several years in boarding school, and discovers that a very valuable horse that is to be entered in the Derby is about to be forfeited due to the machinations of a rival. She determines to ride the horse in the Derby and win the race.
- A young man joins the army to impress his girlfriend. He soon finds out that his sergeant is actually an enemy spy, but before he can take any action, he and his girlfriend are kidnapped by enemy soldiers, and devise an unusual method of escape from capture.
- A section boss for the railroad sets out to catch a gang of thieves who have been stealing ore shipments from his company's trains.
- Two pals enlist in the army during World War I. Just before they complete training camp and are to be sent overseas, they're scheduled to marry their girlfriends. However, they get in trouble and wind up in the guardhouse. Their girlfriends are determined to get married, however, and in order to accomplish this, they disguise themselves as soldiers and sneak onto the base, where they unwittingly get mixed up with enemy spies trying to gather information.
- Judd Strivers owns the Palos Verdes Rancho, and his pretty daughter, Mary, is being courted by ranch manager Buck Carson. May refuses his advances, having promised to marry cowboy Jack Merrill. What neither Mary nor her father know is that Carson is secretly the head of a gang rustling cattle from the ranch. Carson kidnaps Mary, and then convinces her father that Jack is actually the man rustling his cattle.
- A young girl falls in love with a cowboy known as "The Stranger." A rival for her affections accuses the man of actually being a notorious criminal known as "The Killer," for whom there is a substantial reward. The sheriff arrests The Stranger, but the girl manages to get him released. However, The Stranger is not exactly who he seems to be--and neither is the man who accused him of being The Killer.