The employees of a railroad go on strike and the distracted station master, unable to run his train, engages Zigoto. Zigoto's many arts do not contain that of an engineer, but he goes ahead valiantly. Taking liberties with the lever, he starts at express speed and the locomotive leaves the straight and narrow path of its rails and runs through the village, getting over various impediments in its path, leaving a wake of destruction. After doing a good day's damage, Zigoto is finally confronted by the station master and the repentant employees, who then resume their labors, after having vented their anger upon Zigoto.