In a future Boston, a passenger train disappears from a subway system so complex the system creates a second dimension. Government officials work to retrieve the missing car, but struggle to solve the impossible mathematic equations the system created.

During a violent snowstorm in Iowa, a train carrying a traveling salesman, a railroad worker, and a family of five takes a desperate detour to Carthage. When the passengers arrive, the station is a mess and the agent is dead, but they must work together to welcome a new life amidst the deathly circumstances.

A train conductor serves his community faithfully for fifty years and wins the hearts of the people along his track.

When the biggest blizzard to hit Boston since 1935 leaves a recently-arrived young refugee stranded in the cold, he boards a mysterious train and meets a strange, ghostly man.

A hardworking middle-manager of the nineteenth century railroad trade helps his boss seek revenge against their old company after the two are fired. While his coworkers question his unconventional management choices, he proves himself to be a skilled leader.

In the late 20th century, a women riding a train from Boston to Chicago encounters a stranger who works as a phone psychic. While waiting for the train to keep moving after an unfortunate accident, he tells her a chilling prophecy.

The crew aboard a freight ship are gruesomely murdered in a sacrificial and ritualistic manner.

Two airship engineers who suddenly find themselves jobless decide to make a dangerous train journey from post-war Baltimore to San Fransisco for better chances at finding work.

In 1956, a sister and brother miss a train from Boston to New Brunswick, Canada, because they’ve lost their father’s coffin on the way to the funeral; this delay gives the whole family time to reflect on their distinct relationships with their father.

An individual on a train watches the throngs of people commuting, including a young couple that has been severely affected by the Great Depression.