Great Locomotive Chase - in Popular Culture

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  • The pursuit of Andrews' Raiders was featured in the Buster Keaton silent film comedy The General
  • The Walt Disney dramatic film, The Great Locomotive Chase (1956), starring Fess Parker as Andrews, also was based on these exploits.

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