RIGHT OF WAY

[Music] attention please the Silver Meteor you believe at 2:45 will be about 15 minutes late the Frank will be enough later your trains late and then you can't get a seat it's enough for nothing sometimes you can't get on at all give me the priority to travel by plane you have trouble getting a taxi buses are crowded you'll use your car then a tire goes flat sometimes you can't find gas even with ration tickets that's the situation now when it isn't going to get any better for the duration but there are important reasons behind it American transportation is doing the biggest job in its history and the best but it's all geared to war every line every carrier every road leads to the battle fronts of the United Nations although we try to serve you as best we can you've had to suffer some discomfort remember this our trains did run to serve you only now they're serving the war what's your some action then you will understand why here in Washington we have a director of traffic movement who receives constant reports over teletype machines on the movement of trains throughout the country [Music] with like trouble in it [Music] yes the congestion is worse than those Pittsburgh yards rewrote those eastbound phrase I'm PJ you laughter route three train 347 no room for Train 347 hunch at 42 now hold the cheap then 347 as in peacetime this through Express was always on schedule it with past local trains and freights and disdain [Music] but today even the Express McQuaid [Music] because freight train number 347 is carrying American War Goods - awaiting convoy in eastern for it must get there on time [Music] the engineer of the freight knows he has a long hard full ahead of him if he's going to reach the port with his load of machinery food and ammunition in time for the convoy sailing at dawn the next morning he has the right-of-way trains are controlled from one central power room all trains freight and passengers a troop train is feeding towards the pork it too must reach the convoy to sail at dawn even though this means ordinary travelers must wait heading for the port to is a truck carrying airplane parts badly needed oversea it's driver knows he must get there in time the skipper is waiting it is a ship which the freight train troop train and truck are speeding to reach before the convoy sails and sailing time is approaching we can't sail without crew three then short okay Boston [Music] all right um I got a job with 300 beats who are not my frame okay by me sure they can go through they'll make the convoy so that these merchant seamen can get to their ship three non-essential travelers had to give up their place that's the way priority works [Music] great 347 is highballing eat the troop train 2 is beating through the night and it's engineer as a tough run ahead but his cars full of American soldiers must reach port by Dawn and the truck with its precious load must get there even though it means driving all night [Music] [Music] hey maybe Bennett well we made it Joe [Music] [Applause] [Music] we made it all right our convoys carrying the men and materials of war are making it to when you're being inconvenienced remember that and here's our you can our don't travel unless you have to don't drive your car unless you have to and if you do pull your car with your neighbor don't ask for any more package delivery service and you can do without and understand that the inconveniences you are putting up with are merely evidence of the fact that America is delivering the goods [Music]