INT. OBSERVATION CAR—ROLLING—THRU WINDOW. DAWN.

Raucous laughter and chattering voices can be HEARD in the background as the soft light of dawn tiptoes into the Observation Car. 

CAMERA CLOSES IN on the panoramic window.  We see dewy hills, farmhouses with adjoining barns, and towering silos slide by at a fast clip as the train rolls through the picturesque Texas countryside, shimmering in the early morning mist.

INT. REAR OF OBSERVATION CAR—ROLLING. DAWN.

MUSICIANS and five attractive GROUPIES from the Imperial Ballroom crowd around a FIGURE shooting craps at a miniature billiard table. 

They each have drinks and cigarettes in hand.  Some of them take turns “hitting” the reefer joints making the rounds.  The SMOKE from the cigarettes and reefers hangs heavy in the air.

BUFORD good-humoredly pushes NOBLE, SWEET RED and PRETTY AL back from the billiard table.

BUFORD
Okay, Nupes, back it up now, give 
the shooter breathing room.
  
SWEET RED
We're moving, we're moving, go easy 
on the threads.