 At that time, the locomotive was on display at a Chattanooga, Tennessee, rail station, but the train's owners denied Keaton's request when they realized that the film was going to be a comedy.In April 1926, Keaton's location manager, Burt Jackson, found an area in central Oregon with old-fashioned railroads which was a perfect setting for the film.He also discovered that the Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway owned two vintage trains from the Civil War era and purchased them for the production.