correction.

Right. Railroad Engineer -- not Mechanical Engineer. I inferred too much (and wrongly) from the imdb.com synopsis for The General. Probably given my affinity for mechanical engineers.

But the rest of it was right on: Number 37 on Premiere Magazine's list of 100 all time great movies. Unbelievably cool stunts and slapstick. Buster Keaton's favorite of his own films.

Best Railroad Movie ever made.

my rake: let me show you it.

Originally uploaded by suttonhoo.

Just before the curtain went up (so to speak) on Buster Keaton's silent film classic "The General" in which the Mechanical Engineer gets the girl.

Never mind that he's a Confederate.

Accompanied by some remnant of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, working from the original 1927 cue sheet by Dennis James and Eric Beheim. Conducted by Richard Kaufman.

Bargain seats: Two rows from the back at the tippy tippy top.

Posting by cameraphone from Symphony Hall, Chicago, IL.