Now I am not ordering you to go. If you are successful, you will strike a blow to the confederacy. If you are caught, you will be hanged. If not killed outright. Do you still want to go?" "Yes sir".

If they were determined to steal his train, he was equally determined to get it back

The locomotive appeared as a mammoth apparition that came bearing down on them and seemed to stop just a few feet away.

Let us catch those vile fiends, however since we cannot go forward, we will pursue them in reverse.