
Just before the Civil War (but after the South has seceded), Southern saboteurs try to prevent railroad construction from crossing Kansas to the frontier; army captain Nelson is sent out to oppose them. As the tracks push westward, Nelson must contend with increasingly violent sabotage, while trying to romance the foreman's pretty daughter Barbara.

as Capt. John Nelson

as Barbara Bruce

as Cal Bruce

as Smokestack the Train Engineer

as Gus Gustavson the Train Fireman

as Bill Quantrill

as Max Janus

as Lt. Stanton (as Bob Keys)

as Casey

as Morey

as Joe Farley

as Henchman Stone

as Sherman Johnson