The daughter of a railway pioneer sets out to prove her trains can beat a rival's stagecoaches to the same destination. However, the competition is marred by a campaign of dirty tricks, and the locomotive passengers - a travelling salesman and a chorus of showgirls - get dragged into the conflict. Comedy Western, starring Dan Dailey, Anne Baxter, Arthur Hunnicutt and Walter Brennan.

A cowboy is hired by a stagecoach boss to stop the railroad reaching his territory and putting him out of business. He uses everything from Indians to dancehall girls to try to thwart the plan. But the railroad workers, led by a female sharpshooter and an ambitious salesman, prove tough customers.