BEST OF 



THROUGH TRAIN SERVICE 



CENTRAL 



MISSISSIPPI 



VALLEY 



ROUTE 



Fast and Handsomely Equipped 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 country, 

 and is the fastest, best equipped and most highly developed line physically between 

 the North and the South. It maintains through trains, including the "Limited" 

 and "Special," from Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Louisville to 



MEMPHIS, NEW ORLEANS, AND THE SOUTH 



The operation and the equipment of these trains, and the lines over which they are 

 run, are subject to a high standard of maintenance. It will be of interest, in con- 

 nection with the latter, to note that the main line from Chicago has a double track, 

 or its equivalent, with 85-pound steel rails, for practically the entire distance of 923 

 miles to New Orleans, thus making the same for the larger portion of the lines from 

 St. Louis and Louisville. It also runs between 



CHICAGO AND THE WEST CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS 



Fast Through Trains to 



MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL, 



OMAHA, COUNCIL BLUFFS, 



SIOUX CITY, SIOUX FALLS, 



AND DUBUQUE 



the "Daylight," "Diamond" and "Midnight" spe- 

 cials—fast, solid, vestibule trains. The Daylight 

 Special is equipped with a buffet-library car, par- 

 lor car, complete dining car, free reclining chair 

 car and day coach, embodying the latest features 

 in structural and decorative design. The interiors 

 of these cars combine every convenience and 

 comfort. The entire interior 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 "A 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 



PARTICULARS OF AGENTS OF THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL AND CONNECTING LINES 



A. W. HANSON, General Passenger Agt., Chicago 



