- A runaway train hurtles toward a passenger train on the same track. A female telegraph operator hired over the objection of the owner is the only person who can stop it. She overcomes impossible odds to save the imperiled passengers.
- Helen, informed of the danger which menaces an excursion train because another engine on the same track is running wild, mounts a motorcycle and speeds down the track to warn the passengers of their imminent peril. Nearing a river trestle under repair, she hurtles into the river; undaunted, she swims to the opposite bank and flags down the excursion train in the nick of time, causing the engineer to run his train onto a siding just a few moments before the runaway dashes by.—Anonymous
- Because it is his belief that women are prone to lose their heads in cases of emergency, Division Superintendent Marks announces his intention of discharging the girl telegraphers. It is only because Chief Dispatcher Bond promises to be responsible for Helen, that the girl retains her position. Shortly after a train filled with excursionists leaves Balfour, an engine runs wild. Helen is informed of the danger which menaces the excursion train. Mounting a motorcycle which stands just outside the station, Helen speeds down the track to warn the excursion train of its danger. Nearing the Larkin River Trestle, she fails to notice the posted warnings which tell of the repairs being effected upon the structure. The draw raises just as she reaches it. Before the brave girl can bring her motorcycle to a halt, it hurtles into the river. Undaunted, Helen swims to the opposite bank the moment she comes to the surface. The girl telegrapher flags the excursion train in the nick of time. Her message causes the engineer to run his train on a siding just a few minutes before the runaway dashes by. The engine of the excursion train is cut off and the runaway pursued. The latter is overhauled and brought to a halt. Helen thereupon climbs into the cab and drives it back to Balfour. Division Superintendent Marks learns of Helen's heroism and promptly discards the opinion which had almost brought about Helen's dismissal.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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