A group of Hollywood film producers go to Uruguay to buy an antique locomotive train. In the small town where the train is stationed, some locals are thrilled by news of the purchase. Members of the Friends of the Railroad Association, however, are so mad that they devise a plan to block the locomotive`s sale by seizing the train and setting out for a countryside trip that causes a police pursuit. Consequently, the seizure also brings hope to a community that was virtually forgotten about when the railroad station was closed down many years before.