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This is our great country. The land we live in.

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The land we're so proud of.

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Our own United States of America.

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It's a big country, this land of ours.

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A country of broad plains and rolling prairies.

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Of vast forests and fertile fields.

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Rivers and lakes.

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High mountains.

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Little villages.

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And great cities.

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No wonder we're so proud of America.
There's such to be proud of.

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And here's one of the most wonderful
things about this vast country of ours.

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No matter where we want to travel.

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No minds of raw materials
and manufactured goods.

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Have you ever stopped to think how
really important railroads are?

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Have you ever thought of what it takes
for the millions of people in this great

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country to be able to travel from one
end of the land to the other with speed,

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safety, comfort, and at low cost?

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Have you ever marveled at the iron ore
and coal and hundreds of other raw

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materials that move continuously to
the nation's widespread factories?

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And how thousands of different finished
products are delivered from where they

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are made to where they are needed
in all parts of the country?

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Have you ever wondered how the foods
we eat are always being delivered

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from the farms to our markets?

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And how they arrive fresh as
the day they were picked?

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Well, the answers to those questions
make up one of the most fascinating and

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important stories in the history
of our country. The story

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of the American railroads.

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In order to tell you that story,
we're going to visit the railroad yards.

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We're going into the railroad
stations and out along the tracks.

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In that way, you will get a better idea
of what the nation's railroad system is

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like. And the big,
important job trains are always doing.

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Then, the next time you are on a train,
or the next time you see a train speeding

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off into the distance, you'll understand
how much we all depend on railroads.

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How much keep this land of
ours the most wonderful and

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prosperous nation in the world?

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When our country was young and much smaller
than it is today, traveling was slow,

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uncomfortable, and dangerous.
And so people didn't travel very much.

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Then, just a little more than a hundred
years ago, came the ones in the young

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country needed to grow
into an important nation.

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Adequate inspiration. That transportation
came in the form of railroads.

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Those early trains were funny little
affairs when compared with the big

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trains we see rolling today.

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They had a lot to do with opening
up and developing vast new

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territories, which later became states.

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You could say that America and
her railroads grew up together.

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As the railroads pushed ahead,
settlers followed.

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Farms were cleared and crops planted.

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Lines were opened and the railroads
began moving the ore and the coal

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to mills and factories.

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Villages which sprang up around the
railroad stations grew and prospered into

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big, important cities.

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Throughout the length and breadth of the land,
trains come and go day and night

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in all kinds of weather,
carrying millions of people

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and millions of tons of freight.

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Because we don't always see the trains
which serve us, maybe everyone doesn't

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realize how essential railroads
are to our everyday living.

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Everyone likes to travel. Suppose we see
what happens when we take a train trip.

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We'll go along with these two friends of ours,
Carol and Jimmy.

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That is,
if Jimmy can ever get Carol's suitcase shut.

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In real life, their parents would
probably go along with them.

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But for this picture, suppose we let Carol
and Jimmy travel by themselves, okay?

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There they go in the taxi cab that will

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take them to the railroad station.

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Almost every town has a railroad station.
Some are larger than others, but all

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railroad stations, large or small,
are very interesting places.

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For example,
at most railroad stations, you will

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usually find the Railway Express.

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You will see people checking and sorting
packages to make certain that they will

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be put aboard trains which will take them
to their destinations without delay.

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And remember, they will handle almost anything,
including your dog.

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In the yards of many railroad stations,
cars are cleaned inside and out to put

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them into tip-top condition for the
passengers who will soon be getting aboard.

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In another part of the yards,
dining cars are stocked with fresh vegetables,

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meats, milk, and all the other foods that
will be needed for the meals that will

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be served when the train is on its way.

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Nearby, there is usually an engine
house where locomotives are

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brought for cleaning and servicing.

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Maybe you've wondered how great
big locomotives are turned around.

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Well, let's watch and see how easy it is.

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The locomotive is run onto the turntable.

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On goes the power, and around goes
the locomotive as easy as you please.

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Say, we'd better not forget Carol and Jimmy.

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Here they are, arriving in plenty of time
to check their baggage and buy their

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tickets before their train
is scheduled to leave.

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Pay the taxi driver, Jimmy,
and get a check from the Red Cap

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for each one of your handbags.

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The next stop is to buy tickets.

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Now, let's see. Jimmy and Carol are going
to visit their aunt and uncle at a town

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about a thousand miles away.

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They will be coming back by train,
so they will buy round-trip tickets.

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Buying round-trip tickets,
they will be saving money, too.

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The ticket clerk stamps each ticket
with the date on which the ticket is

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purchased and the date on
which the ticket is used.

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So far, so good.

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As Carol and Jimmy are going to
sleep on the train, they'll have to

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have sleeping car tickets, too.

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That's right. You're all set now.

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Say, you'd better not take too much
time paying for your tickets, Jimmy,

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because here comes your train.

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There's nothing quite as exciting as
a railroad station at train time.

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From the time the train arrives until
it is ready to leave again is usually

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only a matter of a few minutes.

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But during that short period,
many things happen.

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Trunks, luggage, and other such items
are loaded into the baggage car

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near the head end of the train.

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The United States mail is put
aboard the railway mail car.

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Windows are cleaned by a mechanical washer.

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Friends and relatives bid each
other last-minute goodbyes.

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Passengers like Carol and Jimmy
board their cars and are shown their

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space in the car by the porter.

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It's just about time

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now for the train to pull out.

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All aboard.

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The train conductor signals
to the locomotive engineer.

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In a matter of seconds,
the wheels start turning.

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Smoothly, almost without effort,
the train gathers momentum.

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And before long, it is out in the open
country again, running along at top speed.

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It's really great fun traveling on trains.
You can sit for hours just watching

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the scenery as it rushes by.

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It's almost like a travel motion picture,
one of the most interesting motion

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pictures you could possibly imagine.

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Here's the conductor. Tickets, please.

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Most passenger trains carry the United
States mail, for the railroad postal car

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is the very backbone of our
country's mail service.

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These men are railway postal clerks,
just like the clerks in the post office at

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home, except that here they work
while the train speeds along.

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Watch them sort the mail,
getting it ready for delivery by the time the

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train reaches the proper station.

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One of the most popular cars on
almost any passenger train is the

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dining car, a real restaurant on wheels.

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Table for two? Right this way, please.

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Now, Carol and Jimmy,
what do you think you'd like to eat?

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What a choice.
Almost anything you can think of.

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And if you need any help,
the steward is only too

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pleased to offer some suggestions.

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Here's an interesting part of the train most

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people never get a chance to see.

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The dining car kitchen. No space is
wasted and everything is spic and span.

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Mmm, that food really looks good enough to eat,
doesn't it?

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Looks as though Carol and Jimmy
topped off their meal with ice cream.

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What's this? Oh, the check.

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That's all right, my good man. Keep the change.

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Modern trains provide low-cost, dependable,
comfortable and safe transportation.

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They have spacious air-conditioned lounge
and dome cars, where passengers can

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relax and read or sit and
talk with fellow passengers.

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There are many types of
accommodations on modern trains.

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There are single rooms like
this called roomettes.

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There are bedrooms,
compartments and more spacious drawing

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rooms, all with the latest conveniences,
rooms which make

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up into sleeping rooms at night.

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That's right, Carol.
Always use the ladder to get into an upper.

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It's getting pretty late, so good night,
Jimmy and Carol, and pleasant dreams.

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Always remember that you're
traveling the way you are.

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The safest and soundest way there is
to travel when you travel by train.

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We've been talking mostly
about passenger trains.

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But how many of you know that about
half of the trains in the country

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carry no passengers at all?

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That's right, they carry freight,
things that are so

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important in our daily lives.

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The food we eat, the clothes we

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wear, the fuel we burn.

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Almost everything we use depends at
some stage on the service of railroads.

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On the fertile fields of the north and
west are grown the millions of bushels of

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grains,
which are so much a part of our everyday diets.

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The railroads move these grains to huge
storage elevators or onto the mills.

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Then later on, when the grains have been
ground, the railroads move products such

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as flour to the cities and towns to be
baked into the bread which we find every

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day on the shelves of our
neighborhood grocery stores.

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Moving cattle and sheep from
the great ranges of the west is

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another important railroad job.

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The cattle are first rounded up.

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Then they are allowed special railroad
cars to be moved, sometimes long distances

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to packing houses where they are dressed.

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Then the meats are moved again to
the meat markets of the country.

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Eventually, through the help of railroads,
we have meat on our dinner tables.

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Fresh fruits and vegetables, things known
as perishables, are handled in special

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refrigerator cars, kept cool with ice
or with machinery that works like your

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refrigerator at home, to keep perishables
fresh while they are being moved,

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sometimes as far as 3,000 miles.

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Railroads are dependent upon to move the
nation's raw materials to factories,

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which will make them into finished products.

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Iron ore, scooped from the mines of
Alabama and the great ranges of Minnesota,

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are moved to the nation's blast furnaces
to be made into iron and steel.

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The railroads also buy millions of tons
of finished iron and steel every year for

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their cars and locomotives, tracks and bridges.

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Coal is one of the most important
things carried by the railroads.

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Millions of tons are moved every year to
keep power plants and factories working.

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Railroads are dependent upon to deliver
the coal to towns and cities, to keep

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homes, hospitals,
schoolhouses and other buildings heated

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during the cold winter months.

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Railroads are large quantities of coal
every year for their steam locomotives

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and for other railroad uses.

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Railroads carry forest products,
logs and pulp wood,

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from the forests to the mills.

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And they carry the lumber and the paper
and other products made from wood or wood

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pulp to the places where they are needed.

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Cotton grown in Dixie is moved to the
textile mills of New England and the

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southeast,
where it is made into cloth for clothing and

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thousands of other important items.

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Oil is moved by the railroads
in huge quantities too.

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And the railroads buy and use a
large part of all the fuel oil sold

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in the country every year.

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Railroad tracks go right down to the
docks of the nation's seaports, so that

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freight cars deliver the products of farms,
forests, mines and mills to the ships

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that will sail with them to
the far corner of the country.

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And so the things from other countries
can be loaded directly into railroad cars

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for delivery all over America.

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When you stop to think about it,
you realize what a great big job the railroads

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are always doing,
and why they are the nation's most

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important form of transportation.

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Always on the moon, day and night.

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Delivering all the many things that
America needs to keep warm, well fed

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and properly clothed.

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And here is something that many of
you may not have realized before

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about the railroads of America.

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And that is that they pay enough in school
taxes alone to provide an education

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for hundreds of thousands of
school children every year.

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So it's time we were getting back
to Carol and Jimmy. They'll think

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we've forgotten all about them.

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Here's their train coming into their station.
And right on time.

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It looks like their aunt and uncle
are pretty happy to see them too.

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Well, the train is ready to start moving again.

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There she goes, pulling out of the station,
gathering speed, carrying other

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passengers, mail,
express and baggage to other stations.

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We certainly hope you've had a nice time
coming along on this trip with us, and

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that you've learned something
about railroads that

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perhaps you didn't know before.

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We hope each and every one of you
will be able to take a trip on

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a train very soon.

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Perhaps you'll want to visit a big city.

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Maybe you'll prefer to take a vacation
trip to the wide open spaces.

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Or maybe some of you will prefer the seashore.

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But no matter where you might want to go,
remember there are

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always trains to take you.

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And when you go, you'll see how big and
how wonderful your own United States of

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America really is.

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Music Railroads are an important part of
America. They play an important part in

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our daily lives, carrying millions of
tons of freight and millions of people

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every day of the year.

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That's one of the wonderful things
about this country of ours.

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Here, people can go where they want to go,
when they want to go.

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Yes, this is indeed a great land. A land of

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opportunity. A land made great
by the efforts of individuals.

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Individual efforts which have
raised ours to the world's

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highest standard of living.

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Here in America,
a person can worship God as he chooses. He

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can go to the church of his choice.

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Music This is a land where a person can
go to school and be educated to the

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extent of his ability and desire.

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From kindergarten to
universities as fine as it will

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be found anywhere in the world.

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This is a great country, America.
A country of the people, by the

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people, for the people.

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A country whose flag we are always proud
to honor and whose rights, principles

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and freedoms we are always proud to uphold.

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It was upon these principles and
freedoms that this nation was built.

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And these same principles and freedoms
held fast by America's youth.

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A youth educated in her history and
traditions are the greatest hope, the

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greatest protection for the future of this,
the greatest of all countries.

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Our country. The United States of America.

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