Buster Keaton plays a proper Englishman who, reading in his newspaper of an ad to

"Visit Canada", (cue flashes of Mounties, Eskimos, Logging, Indians, Stampeders,

etc.) convinces him to jump off a bridge into the Thames and presumably

walk underwater to Canada...as we next see him trudging up out of the surf

somewhere in the Maritimes.  He stumbles across a Canadian National Railways

speeder, takes a seat, then accidentally starts the motor which begins to take him

clear across Canada by rail.

You can read what IMDb has to say about this movie by CLICKING HERE.

I first came across this short (24 minutes) film when I was a kid living in British

Columbia (West Vancouver) in the late 1960's.  I was watching CBC and this feature

would show up from time to time on our little black and white set.  It was fascinating

to watch - trains flashing past, and a quick geography lesson of what Canada looked

like from east to west.

We moved back to the States in 1970 and I sort of forgot about the film.  It wasn't

until the internet came along that I started looking for this movie again.  I found a

copy through Ebay, popped it into my DVD player and....WOW...the movie is actually

in COLOR!  This was a big surprise as Buster Keaton was more well-known as a B&W

silent film star in the early days of cinema.  His most famous silent picture was a

classic 1927 train movie called, The General.

True to form, he said nothing during The Railrodder, but there are sound effects and

music to keep everything rolling along.  If you're a fan of Canadian Railways, or just

trains in general, you will like this 24 minute short.