What happens
Jack Benny and Mary Livingstone ride the California Limited toward Los Angeles after a campaign tour for the March of Dimes in Denver and Pueblo. On the train they play gin rummy, and Jack has trouble paying his losses. Phil Harris, Rochester and Dennis Day drift through the cars, and Jack wanders the train looking for sandwiches. He meets an engineer, a fan and a stranger with a baby. The episode is part of The Jack Benny Program, broadcast on January 25, 1948 with Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Eddie Anderson and Phil Harris in the leading roles.
Aboard the California Limited train travelling from Colorado to Los Angeles, California
Characters: Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Phil Harris, Rochester, Dennis Day, Don Wilson, Joe Besser
Listen for: Jack's gin rummy game with Mary and his reluctance to pay his losses
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.