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The Runaway Train is a well researched historical fiction novel chronicling James J. Andrews's background as a spy and contraband agent. He conspired with union General Ormsby McKnight Mitchel to steal the confederate engine, "General' in Kennesaw, Georgia. This courageous plot failed to dismantle the telegraph system, the vital transportation link, the Western & Atlantic railroad and prevented General Mitchel's troops from taking Chattanooga and Eastern Tennessee. William A. Fuller, the conductor of the "general," initiated with two of his fellow railroad associates, a two and one-half mile foot chase, utilizing a flat car and three locomotives during the 87-mile pursusit at speeds up to 65 miles per hour around treacherous amid rugged terrain. The twenty participating Andrews Raiders were soon imprisoned in deplorable conditions; some were hanged while others managed to escape to union lines.

James J. Andrews, union spy and contraband merchant, leads twenty-one civilian-clad Union soldiers to steal a Confederate locomotive in Kennesaw, Georgia, during the Civil War, to disrupt the vital Western & Atlantic Railroad linking Atlanta to Chattanooga. William A. Fuller, conductor of the engine “General”, initiates on foot, with two co-workers, an undaunted 87-mile hot pursuit that results in capture, imprisonment and execution of some of the hijackers; others escaped to Union lines, while the remainders are later exchanged for Confederate prisoners.