Casey Jones is an American children's Western series that ran during the '58-'59 television season, based around the pioneering western railroads. The series aired in syndication in the United States. Casey Jones also aired on BBC in the United Kingdom, and on the Nine Network in Australia. 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. Kenneth Gamet wrote a children's format gentler Western series, against the more violent adult shows of the time like The Virginian.
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