The producer of this picture, William Duncan, did better than the one who spliced it up. Everything that was needed for an exciting rush toward the climax is present; but the scenes are made to linger until there is no stir or vigor left. Freight and passenger trains are approaching each other and nothing can save a collision except a gasoline track car which is sent out to overtake the passenger train. The freight engine is shown puffing along; it locks like a rattlety-bang affair and, when we look at it for a whole moment, becomes almost laughable. Those scenes ought to have been cut short and shown oftener and the same is true of the passenger train scenes. It would have been better to have shown a picture of some sharp curve also, so as to suggest a point of danger at which the two might have come together. The scenes and backgrounds are full of fresh interest and keep the picture alive all through. The script is by C. Chester Wesley. William Duncan plays the leading role with Lester Cuneo, the man who let the trains get into danger. The photography is very clear. - The Moving Picture World, July 26, 1913
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