Silver Streak (1976)
Len Birman: Chief
Quotes
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George Caldwell : I did not Kill Sweet.
Chief Donaldson : We Know that, but if you weren't so dumb you could've realized that we planted that news story for your own protection.
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Jerry Jarvis : I've received a report from the signal towers they see no engineer in the cab.
Chief Donaldson : Great, now you got the facts; why don't you just throw one of the switches and have the train run off on a siding.
Jerry Jarvis : That's the problem; all the tracks are computer programed. Switching the Silver Streak would only cause a collision with another train.
Chief Donaldson : Then what the hell are you going to do? There're people riding on that train!
Jerry Jarvis : Oh God... You see the standard procedure in such a case would be to derail the train.
Chief Donaldson : Derail it, in the middle of a yard?
Jerry Jarvis : Yes, actully I can't take that responsibility; I better get my boss.
Chief Donaldson : You better do something you idiot, because in ten minutes; you're going to have 200 tons of locomotive smashing into Central Station on it's way to Marshall Fields!
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Chief Donaldson : [Running from Helicopter to van] How's it going?
Agent : They don't believe us!
Jerry Jarvis : Look the Engineer is probably anxious to bring the train in on Schedule.
Chief Donaldson : [Gets on radio] This is Chief Donaldson. Who's this?
Jerry Jarvis : This is Jerry Jarvis, I'm the assistant controller.
Chief Donaldson : Assistant... get me your boss.
Jerry Jarvis : Uh he's out to lunch, but I'm sure I can handle any problem you might have.
Chief Donaldson : It's not my problem, you've got a dead engineer and a runaway train that's going to hit Chicago in 15 Minutes. Now what are you going to do about it?
Jerry Jarvis : All right, I'll check with the signal towers. But um, you see that's impossible, if the engineer is dead, who's driving the train?
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Jerry Jarvis : I can't take that responsibility. I better get my boss.
Chief Donaldson : You better do something, you idiot, because in ten minutes you're going to have two hundred tons of locomotive smashing through Central Station on its way to Marshall Field's.