 The Stooges are small-time actors traveling by train to an engagement—and fleeing the landlady for their unpaid rent.They are told to put their pet monkey, Joe, in the baggage car, but are afraid he will get hurt.They sneak Joe onto the Southern Pacific train with them, but Joe gets loose, and they have a hard time getting up to their berth, making a lot of noise, and managing to awaken and annoy all of the train's passengers, including Mr. Paul Payne (James C. Morton) and Mr. Johnson, the stage manager and boss (Bud Jamison), the latter of which routinely hits his head on the upper berth upon awakening.