EXT. SANTA FE CHIEF TRAIN—MOVING—CLOSE SHOT OF. NIGHT.

The headlight of the big red SANTA FE CHIEF TRAIN HURTLING directly toward us. 

At the last moment, CAMERA SWEEPS BACK, PAST a cavalcade of silver streamlined passenger cars to…

…the last two cars at the tail end of the train, a PRIVATE PULLMAN RAIL CAR and the brightly lighted OBSERVATION CAR. 

The painted LETTERING on the side of the Observation Car boldly announces THE JIMMIE DE LAVALLADE EXPRESS.

The RUMBLING of the train wheels carries us to—

INT. PULLMAN SLEEPING COMPARTMENT—CLOSE ON. NIGHT.

—AUNTIE MAMA’s rumbling snoring as she sleeps off the Scotch whiskey on the lower berth.

The upper berth displays traces of the recent occupant; a dimpled pillow and rumpled sheet. 

INT. FRONT OF OBSERVATION CAR—ROLLING—CLOSE ON. NIGHT.

JIMMIE, wearing a luxuriant silk robe, sits at the piano in the front of the Observation Car.  He PLAYS a few bars, makes a notation on the composition sheet.