Factual error: William Fuller in the film is seen chasing the General first on a push car, then on the Yonah, and finally on the Texas. In the actual chase, after leaving the Yonah, Fuller pursued on the Rome Railroad's William R. Smith locomotive, which is not featured in the film, before finding the Texas.
The Great Locomotive Chase (1956)
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Directed by: Francis D. Lyon
Starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Fess Parker, Jeff York, John Lupton
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William Campbell: What do we tell the Johnny Rebs when they ask who we are and where we're from?
James J. Andrews: Tell them you're Kentuckians escaping the rule of the Yankees to join a Southern Regiment. If they press you closely, tell 'em you hail from Fleming County, Kentucky. I'm from Flemingsburg myself. No man from that county has ever joined the Southern army... As for you, Mr. Buffum, it might be wiser if you didn't speak at all. I never met a Kentuckian so plainly from Massachusetts.