Charlie and a rival vie for the favors of their landlady. In the park they each fall different girls, though Charlie's has a male friend already. Charlie considers suicide, is talked out of it by a policeman, and later throws his girl's friend into the lake. Frightened, the girls go off to a movie. Charlie shows up there and flirts with them. Later both rivals substitute themselves for the girls and attack the unwitting Charlie. In an audience-wide fight, Charlie is tossed from the screen.

　　Edna's father wants her to marry wealthy Count He-Ha. Charlie, Edna's true love, impersonates the Count at dinner, but the real Count shows up and Charlie is thrown out. Later on Charlie and Edna are chased by her father, The Count, and three policeman. The pursuers drive off a pier.

　　两名强盗闯进一个火车站电报室内，强迫电报员给火车发出信号，后又将电报员捆绑起来。火车驶近后，强盗们偷偷地溜上火车。随后，强盗们逼停了火车，把车上的乘客都赶下了火车，将他们的钱财搜刮一空。得手后，四名强盗逃至草原分赃。而与此同时，一个小女孩救下了电报员，电报员随即赶到警察局报案。一批警察开始追击强盗，双方在草原上展开了猛烈火拼，最终四名强盗被一一击毙。
　　《火车大劫案》根据1900年发生在美国的一个真实抢劫事件改编，影片用14个场面镜头讲述了一个较为复杂的故事，是鲍特拍摄的第一部西部片。本片成为当时最受观众欢迎的影片，持续上映了十年。这部作品给美国电影带来一股新的“西部风”，西部片因此逐渐繁荣起来。