Casting | Rôle |
|---|
| Peter Coyote | Narrator |
| Ben Harl | Chauffeur |
| Ryan D Tebrugge | Train Passenger |
| Diane Dietz | Emma Staley |
| Earl L. Ijames | Self - Curator, N.C. Museum of History |
| Lana Wildman | Train Passenger |
| Lucas Staley | young Arthur Staley / voice of young A.E. Staley |
| Squire Prince | Train Passenger |
| Alex Staley | young A.E. Staley / voice of teenage A.E. Staley |
| Ken Mesnard | Self - Grandson of Decatur Staley's Baseball Player Randy Young |
| Mike D. Deetz | G.E. Chamberlain (voice) |
| James Slade | Self - Chairman, Staley Federal Credit Union |
| Jason Aikens | Self - Curator, Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| Joyce Sternaman Howe | Self - Daughter of Jo & Dutch Sternaman |
| John Sciutto | Self - Former President, Monticello Railway Museum |
| John Lee | Self - Director of Safety/Health, Grain & Feed Assn of IL |
| Jack Garner | Self - Nephew of A.E. Staley |
| Becky Damptz | Self - Head Archivist, Decatur Public Library |
| George McCaskey | Self - Chairman, Chicago Bears |
| Rexlyn Nicole | Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Employees |
| John F. Paris | A.P. Titus (voice) |
| Jon Kendle | Self - Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| Daniel K. Wright | Train Passenger |
| Lawrence Weaver | Self - Attendee, A.E. Staley Funeral |
| Debra Bogle | Self - President, United Way of Decatur and Mid-Illinois |
| Jacob Deetz | G.E. Chamberlain |
| Richard E. McCoy | Walter Franklin (voice) |
| Charles A. McCue | A.E. Staley (voice) |
| Morris Birkhead | Self - Electrical Engineer, A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. |
| Nancy Cole | Emma Staley (voice) |
| Christian McWhirter | Self - Historian, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum |
| Laura Jahr | Self - Director of The Staley Museum |
| Lisa Peters | Self - Granddaughter & Grand Niece of Decatur Staley's Players |
| Randy Garner | Self - Great Nephew of A.E. Staley |
| Natalie Beck | Self - President & CEO, Community Foundation of Macon Georgia |
| Jerry Johnson | C.D. Lyon (voice) |
| Devin Leming | Wabash Railroad Conductor |
| Lesley Nicholson | Housekeeper |
| Michelle Tebrugge | Train Passenger |
| William Deetz | Self - Great Grandson of G.E. Chamberlain |
| Erik Strohl | Self - National Baseball Hall of Fame |
| Warren Dixon | Self - Chairman Patterson Cottage Museum |
| Claire Wright | Train Passenger |
| Richard Lindberg | Self - Author & Historian |
| Justin Conn | Self - Regional Editor, Herald & Review |
| Michael Pittman | Self - Former Pitcher, Springfield Illinois Cardinals |
| Mark Staley | A.E. Staley |
| Michael Krcil | Wabash Railroad Secretary |
| Duane Noland | Self - Former Illionois Senator & Representative |
| Patrick A. Foster | Ed Scheiter (voice) |
| Sean Streaty | Self - News Anchor WAND-TV |
| James Groome | Self - Former Pastor, Shiloh United Methodist Church |
| Shelley Wooters | Self - Daughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee |
| Mary Jo Brace | Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee |
| Mark Sorenson | Self - Historian |
| Dennis Rendleman | Adolph Mueller (voice) |
| Julie Moore-Wolfe | Self - Mayor, City of Decatur, IL |
| Stephen Potter | Staley Rail Engineer |
| Thomas W. Hanks | Direct descendant of Nancy Hanks Lincoln |
| Robert Staley | Self - Grandson of A.E. Staley |
| Chad Richards | Self - Board Member, Masonic Temple Decatur, IL |
