A Romance of the Rail

Edison summary: A series of novel and amusing railroad scenes shows an imposing station and a pretty girl, dressed in white, seated on a trunk awaiting the arrival of her train. A young man approaches, also dressed in white, and the two immediately fall in love. The Lackawanna Limited rolls into the station and the Pullman porter helps the couple aboard. As the Limited pulls out the pair are seen on the observation platform waving adieu to their friends. The picture later shows the train rushing through the famous Delaware Water Gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and the young people enjoying the scenery. As Delaware Water Gap station is reached a porter appears with his brush, but the young people protest that the journey has been so free from dust that there is no need for his services. The climax comes when the young man, who has become more and more infatuated, secures a minister and the marriage ceremony takes place on the rear platform. The picture shows them leaving the train on arrival at the Gap, and a little humor is added at the end by the appearance of two tramps, in full evening dress, from beneath the trucks of the observation car, who become indignant at the offer of the porter to brush them off, as their trip has been entirely free from soot and dust. Full of snappy train scenes and certain to provoke laughter. (This subject was taken on the lines of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, and we are indebted to the officials of the road for facilities courteously furnished while making the picture.)