An older woman with a worried expression standing in front of a service flag with a blue star
Note on verso: Railroads are war roads. Half of all Pullman cars in the United States and one-third of all coaches are in constant military service. Approximately one million and a half men are transported every month by rail in organized troop movements. In addition, the railroads handle an equal volume of furlough travel. It is in the interest of the men in the armed services that the United States Office of Defense Transportation has issued this poster. Its simple but appealing message is directed at those civilian travelers whose trips not only fail to help the war effort, but actually keep service men and women on furlough from reaching their homes on time and in some degree of comfort