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title: British Railroads Give Priority to Troops and War Workers
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uk-british-railroads-priority-troops-war-workers-1939/
description: 'A black-and-white information sheet sets ''Pre-war'' against ''Now'' panels: 17,500 summer excursions replaced by 1,000 extra workers'' trains a day and 3,000'
section: Collection
---

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[![British Railroads Give Priority to Troops and War Workers, 1939 UK poster: A black-and-white information sheet sets 'Pre-war'](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-british-railroads-priority-troops-war-workers-1939.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uk-british-railroads-priority-troops-war-workers-1939.jpg)

# British Railroads Give Priority to Troops and War Workers

A black-and-white information sheet sets 'Pre-war' against 'Now' panels: 17,500 summer excursions replaced by 1,000 extra workers' trains a day and 3,000 troop trains a month, and restaurant cars cut from 700 to 70. A 71,000,000-mile cut is converted into 22,376 New York to San Francisco journeys; the tell is the selection of sacrifice figures, with no totals for traffic carried.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
British Railroads give
priority to Troops and
war workers

PRE-WAR
EXCU[RSIONS]
17,500 half-day and evening
excursions during the summer

NOW
NO
EXCURSIONS
INSTEAD -
1,000 EXTRA trains a day
for war workers
3,000 special troop trains
every month

British Pre-war Passenger Train mileage
CUT by 71,000,000 miles

SAN FRANCISCO
NEW YORK
3,173 MILES
This cut of 71,000,000 miles is
equal to a reduction of 22,376
rail journeys from New York to
San Francisco

Restaurant Cars on British Trains
PRE-WAR 700
NOW 70

G.P.G. AM. 10
BRITISH INFORMATION SERVICES
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York City
```

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