Stan and Ollie are musicians traveling by sleeper train to perform in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, a popular vaudeville location at the time. They manage to board, but Stan drops a lot of their music, much to Ollie's annoyance. They antagonize a very short passenger (Sammy Brooks) by sitting on him and then frighten a woman who is getting undressed, after entering a private car when looking for their berth. Her angry husband comes out and rips a man's coat who had nothing to do with the intrusion; this man then blames another innocent bystander, which leads to a tit-for-tat of clothes tearing.
Stan and Ollie spend most of the trip trying to change into pyjamas to get comfortable in a cramped upper berth. By the time they manage to sort themselves out, they have reached their stop; meanwhile the conductor is caught up in the general mayhem caused by the passengers still tearing each others clothes. In their haste to leave the train, Stan leaves their instrument behind and Ollie chases him down the track, as the train fades into the distance.
Cast
Stan Laurel as Stan
Oliver Hardy as Ollie
Pat Harmon as station master
S. D. Wilcox as conductor
Sammy Brooks as short train passenger
Eleanor Fredericks as lady in berth
Harry Bernard as passenger
Baldwin Cooke as passenger
Paulette Goddard as passenger
Charlie Hall as passenger
Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Written by Leo McCarey
H. M. Walker
Produced by Hal Roach
Starring Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Pat Harmon
S. D. Wilcox
Eleanor Fredericks
Harry Bernard
Baldwin Cooke
Paulette Goddard
Charlie Hall
Sammy Brooks
Cinematography Len Powers
Edited by Richard C. Currier