Release Date March 3, 1950

Synopsis

A fanciful resetting of the tale of Casey Jones who, through all sorts of dangers and trials, always brings his train in on time (at least, what's left of it.)

Characters

Casey Jones

Credits

Director : Jack Kinney

Animation

Fred Moore

Ward Kimball

Sources

Loosely based on the legend of "Casey Jones", first put into song by Wallace Saunders.

Cut Scenes

A scene featuring train robbers brandishing guns and knives has been editied out.

Videos

United States

Cartoon Classics : First Series : Volume 12 : Disney's Tall Tales

Germany

Donald Total Verliebt

Italy

Paperino Pippo Pluto e ...

Laserdiscs

Japan

Disney Cartoon Festival 7

DVD

United States

Disney Legends

Disney Treasures : Disney Rarities: Celebrated Shorts, 1920s - 1960s

Television

The Ink and Paint Club : #57 : From Zero to Hero

Mickey's Mouse Tracks : Episode 38

Technical Specifications

Color Type : Technicolor

Animation type : Standard

Sound mix : Mono

Aspect ration : 1.37 : 1

Negative format : 35mm

Print format : 35mm

Cinematographic process : Spherical

Original language : English

Released by RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.

Comments

From Ryan : I find this to be quite a fun musical short. I remember singing this song back in school. This was long before I saw this cartoon. Aside from the music, I also enjoy the animation.

From Gabe Bennett : At the time this short was released, Janie, widow of the real Casey Jones, and Simm Webb, the African-American fireman who was with him the night he died, were both very much alive. I would be interested in knowing what they might have thought of this cartoon.

Personally, though, "The Brave Engineer" has always been one of my favorite Disney shorts. I think its an absolute shame that we've gotten so thin-skinned in this country that we can't even show a brief two-second scene of train robbers brandishing a knife or gun. I mean, that's just ridiculous!

Someone needs to put a stop to all this PC-editing before its too late.

From Baruch Weiss : Not a bad cartoon! Jerry Colonna, who also voiced the March Hare in "Alice in Wonderland" is great as the narrarator!

From C.J. : This is by far my favorite short!

Model sheet of the train from "The Brave Engineer"
Courtesy of Gremlin Animation Art Gallery

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