Casey Jones (1957-1958)

Information From IMDb

Plot Summary
The series was set in the late 19th Century featuring the adventures of
railroad engineer Casey Jones and the crew of the Cannonball Express
steam locomotive, fireman Wallie Sims and conductor Redrock Smith,
working for the Midwest and Central Railroad.
Casey lived in Midvale, a fictional town within commuting distance
of St. Louis, Missouri with his wife Alice, their young son Casey Jr
and their dog Cinders.
Although there really was a famous locomotive engineer
named Casey Jones, the TV series was only very loosely based on him.
However it did use the real names of his train,
the Cannonball Express, and his fireman, Wallie.
From Wikipedia

Series Cast
Bobby Clark ... Casey Jones Jr. (32 episodes, 1957-1958)
Eddy Waller ... Red Rock Smith / ... (32 episodes, 1957-1958)
Alan Hale Jr. ... Casey Jones (32 episodes, 1957-1958)
Dub Taylor ... Wallie Sims (32 episodes, 1957-1958)
Mary Lawrence ... Alice Jones (29 episodes, 1957-1958)
Paul Keast ... Nathanial Carter / ... (10 episodes, 1957-1958)
Jim Bannon ... Sheriff Tom Tynes (7 episodes, 1957-1958)
Norman Leavitt ... Vic Presby (3 episodes, 1957)

Series Directed
George Blair (23 episodes, 1957-1958)
Lew Landers (4 episodes, 1957-1958)
Abby Berlin (4 episodes, 1957)

Series Writing Credits
Bill Barrett (6 episodes, 1957-1958)
John K. Butler (5 episodes, 1957-1958)
and others...

Production Companies
Briskin Productions
KTTV Los Angeles
Screen Gems Television
WPIX
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company

Series Produced
Kenneth Gamet .... producer (16 episodes, 1957-1958)
Harold Greene .... producer (14 episodes, 1957-1958)
Samuel Bischoff .... producer (2 episodes, 1957-1958)

Trivia
Casey Jones works for the Midwest & Central Railroad Company.

Casey's steam locomotive is called "The Cannonball Express". It's listed as Engine No. 1.

Revealing mistakes: During the opening credits the words "Cannonball Express" on the front side of the locomotive are reversed.

Filming Locations
California, USA
Corriganville, Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Opening Credits

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Casey Jones is an American children's Western series that ran during the 1957-1958 television season,
based around the pioneering western railroads. The series aired in syndication in the United States.
Casey Jones aired on the BBC in the United Kingdom and on the Nine Network in Australia.

Casey Jones is listed as a TV western,
but I guess it's a border line decision.
I have however profiled it, because if our members
were like me as kid, it would be a great favourite.
I just seemed to grow up with Alan Hale Jr.
seeming like a father figure, in his role as Casey.
Casey Jr. was played by Bobby Clark,
and the series also starred Eddy Waller and Dub Taylor
who popped up in some of Duke's movies

User Review

18 January 2005 | by ecberman (United States)

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I remember the first time that I saw Gilligan's Island
at the age of 14 and immediately flashed back to having seen Al Hale Jr.
about 7 years earlier in the Casey Jones TV series.
I like Hale in both, but given my propensity for railroad-related genre,
I give the sentimental vote to Hale for Casey Jones and the comedy vote
to Hale for Gilligan's Island. In any case, it would be great to see re-runs on cable,
probably best on TV Land but certainly would be appreciated on Nickelodeon.
Also would be good as part of a documentary on the wide variations
of 1950's TV westerns.
The other Casey Jones that I remember was the very excellent
Walt Disney color cartoon (about 15-20 minutes in length)
that was always paired with The Legend of Paul Bunyan and Johnny Appleseed,
on the Disneyland TV show

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and
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A Badge for Casey,
starring a young Lee Van Cleef,
who lost his fist fight to Casey,
somehow can't imagine that happening in Lee's later career.

However a series that is just good, clean wholesome fun

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