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Disaster on the Coastliner 1979

A deranged engineer, seeking vengeance for the deaths of his wife and daughter, sabotages signal systems to force two passenger trains onto a deadly head‑on collision. Meanwhile, a charismatic con‑artist, played by William Shatner, risks everything—risking his own life and reputation—to outwit the sabotage and avert the catastrophe before the trains smash.

A deranged engineer, seeking vengeance for the deaths of his wife and daughter, sabotages signal systems to force two passenger trains onto a deadly head‑on collision. Meanwhile, a charismatic con‑artist, played by William Shatner, risks everything—risking his own life and reputation—to outwit the sabotage and avert the catastrophe before the trains smash.

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