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Money Train

Foster brothers John and Charlie Robinson are decoy transit cops patrolling the New York City Subway. Chasing muggers into a subway tunnel, John and Charlie are furious when one of the teenage thieves is gunned down by officers guarding the money train, hauling subway revenue. A brawl ensues, and transit captain Donald Patterson blames the brothers for delaying the money train.

Charlie owes $15,000 in gambling debts to mobster Mr. Brown, who nearly has him thrown off a building before John intervenes, promising to pay the money his brother owes. John and Charlie both take a liking to Grace Santiago, a newly assigned decoy officer. When a serial arsonist known as Torch sets a token booth on fire, the decoy squad rescues the booth attendant, but Torch escapes after a struggle with Grace.

The squad is temporarily assigned to the money train, where another brawl earns Grace and the brothers Patterson’s displeasure. John rejects Charlie's plan to rob the train on New Year's Eve, with less security and up to $4 million on board. He gives Charlie the money to settle his debt, but Charlie is pickpocketed by an old lady on the train. Grace and John give in to their mutual attraction, while Charlie is badly beaten by Brown’s men, and is saddened to spot Grace and John sleeping together.

Grace poses as a token booth attendant in a sting operation to apprehend Torch, who recognizes her and realizes the trap. Distracting the police by pushing a man in front of a train, Torch sprays Grace with gasoline but Charlie alerts the other officers, who open fire. Chasing Torch to the street, Charlie saves two children from a runaway carriage. John pursues the killer to another station, where Torch is burned by his own gasoline and killed by an oncoming train. Patterson fires Charlie and John over the failed operation, leading to a falling out between the brothers.

Mr. Brown warns Charlie that he will have John killed if his debt is not paid by New Year's Day, and a desperate Charlie prepares to rob the money train. John storms into Brown's strip club and fights off the mobsters, threatening Brown not to harm his brother. On New Year’s Eve, Charlie sneaks aboard the money train through a floor panel, throwing out the driver and reaching a maintenance ladder to Central Park, but is unable to escape due to mounted cops nearby. Realizing Charlie’s plan, Grace convinces John to intervene.

John reaches the train and helps Charlie avoid arrest, disabling the brakes and smashing through a steel barricade. Patterson recklessly diverts the train onto a track occupied by another train, willing to put the passengers in danger to secure the money train. The runaway money train rams into the passenger train, threatening to derail both trains. With no brakes and the throttle jammed, the brothers throw the money train into reverse to save the other train, leaping onto the roof of the passenger train as the money train derails.

Slipping into the crowd at the station, the brothers come face to face with Patterson, who spits in John’s face. Fed up with his abuse, they both punch Patterson, who is arrested by Grace for endangering the passengers' lives. The brothers emerge in Times Square as the new year begins, but their celebration turns to bickering as John realizes Charlie has kept over $500,000 from the money train.