BEST OF: 



THROUGH TRAIN SERVICE 



CENTRAL 



MISSISSIPP!>< VALLEY 



RDUTE^ 



Fast and Handsomely-Elquippecl Steam-Heated Trains, Dining Cars, Buffet- 

 Library Cars, Free Reclining CHair Cars. 



The Illinois Central is one of the great and successful railroads of the coun- 

 try, and is the fastest and best equipped, and most highly developed line, 

 physically, between the North and South. It maintains through trains, 

 including the ''Limited" and the "Special" from Chicago, St. Louis, 

 Cincinnati and Louisville to 



MEMPHIS, NEW ORLEANS AND THE SOITH 



The operation and equipment ot these trams, and the lines over which they 

 are run, are subject to a high standard of maintenance. It will be of inter- 

 est, in connection with the latter, to note that the main line from Chicago has 

 a double tracii, or its equivalent, with 85-pound steel rails, for practically the 

 entire distance of 923 miles to New Orleans, thus maliing the same for the 

 larger portion of the lines from St. Louis and Louisville. It also runs between 



CHICAGO AND THE WEST 



Fast TKrovigK Trains to 



MINNEAPOLiS, ST. PAUL, 

 OMAHA, COUNCIL BLUFFS, 

 SIOUX CITY, SIOUX FALLS 

 AND DUBUQUE. 



CHICAGO AND St. LOUS 



The "Daylight," "Diamond" and "Midnight" 

 specials— fast, solid, vestibule trains. The Day- 

 light Special is equipped with a buffet-library 

 car, parlor car, complete dining car, free reclin- 

 ing chair car and day coach, embodying the 

 latest features in structural and decorative de- 

 sign. The interiors of these cars combine every 

 convenience and comfort. The entire exterior 

 of the train has been harmoniously decorated 

 with colors of green, gold and black-brown, the 

 combination producing a tasteful but striking 

 effect. It is "^ Handsome Train.''^ 



DIRECT LINE TO 



Nashville, Atlanta and Jacksonville, Fla.; Hot Springs, Ark.; Gulfport, Miss., 



also to Cuba and Panama, Through the Port of New Orleans. 



PARTICUL,ARS OF AGENTS OF THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL AND CONNECTING LINES. 



A. W. HANSON, Gen. Pass. Ag't., CHICAGO. 



