Writer:	Stephen Longstreet
Director:	Sidney Salkow
Star:	Alan Hale Jr. (Casey Jones),  Mary Lawrence (Alice Jones),  Bobby Clark (Casey Jones Jr.),  Dub Taylor (Wallie Sims),  Eddy Waller (Red Rock Smith)
Recurring Role:	Paul Keast (Nathaniel Carter)
Guest Star:	Mort Mills (Mike Nelson),  Pat Hogan (Sam Peachpit)

The Southern Line and The Panhandle have merged, creating a threat to the Midwest and Central.

Mr Carter, The president of Midwest and Central, has summoned Casey Jones to St. Louis. He tells Casey the government is about to award a contract to carry the mail between St. Louis and Fort Worth.

Winning this contract would save Midwest and Central from financial ruin, but it all hangs on a race between the two railroad companies, or more specifically, between The Cannonball Express and Southern and Panhandle's The Swamp Tiger.

Southern and Panhandle don't play fair, and soon Casey and his crew have to face all manner of obstructions to stay in the race. (edit)

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Although the title of this episode is "Night Mail", none of the action shown takes place at night. (edit) We learn that the Cannonball Express was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works.

This is the name of a real builder of railroad locomotives, and between 1825 and 1956 built over 70,500 locomotives.

The Cannonball Express is Number 1 (edit) The opening titles end with "and Cinders", showing Casey Jnr's dog, which gets dropped from the opening titles after the second episode. (edit)

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