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Steam Train Tug-of-War: Pacific vs. Mikado in Danger Lights (1930)

This clip from Danger Lights (1930) features Milwaukee Road steam locomotives No. 8624 and No. 6365 in two scenes. The first scene shows the two engines engaging in a staged nose-to-nose pushing contest at the 'Old Timers Picnic,' a dramatic display of steam power likely enhanced with greased rails to exaggerate wheel slip for cinematic effect. Later, the locomotives appear in daylight on a turntable at the railway yard in Miles City, Montana on the Milwaukee Road’s Rocky Mountain Division in 1930. This line was part of the Milwaukee’s Pacific Extension, connecting the Midwest to the Pacific Ocean. The Milwaukee Road merged into the Soo Line Railroad in 1986, and the Soo Line was later merged into Canadian Pacific Railway in 2001. In 2021, Canadian Pacific merged with Kansas City Southern, creating a transcontinental railroad linking Canada, the U.S., and Mexico. This merger was completed in 2023. Milwaukee Road No. 6365 was a Class F-5 4-6-2 'Pacific' type steam locomotive. Originally built as an F-4 and numbered 6600, it was rebuilt in September 1916 with larger 24-inch cylinders, reclassified as an F-5, and renumbered 6365. In 1938, it was renumbered again as 832 before being withdrawn and scrapped in May 1940, likely for spare parts. Milwaukee Road No. 8624 was a Class L-3 2-8-2 'Mikado' type steam locomotive, built in 1918 by ALCO as part of a series of 100 USRA Heavy Mikados for the Milwaukee Road. It was renumbered as 331 in 1939 and remained in service until its retirement in 1953, with final scrapping sometime before 1956. Despite being staged for the film, this locomotive contest—pitting a heavy freight Mikado against a fast passenger Pacific—remains one of early Hollywood’s most exciting steam railroading sequences. Public Domain Content The clip used in this video is from the film Danger Lights (1930), which is in the public domain.