WABASH ROUTE
Source: Covington People’s Friend 15 April 1886 p8
The Popular Railway of the Central States – The Great WABASH Route – only line reaching by direct routs all the following large cities – St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit, Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Lafayette, Toleo, Hannigan, Keokuk, Springfield, Quincy, Peoria, Kansas City, St. Joseph, (smudged), Council Bluffs, Omaha, Ottumwa. Through Sleeping Car Lines – no line can equal the car service of the Great Wabash Route – handsome new coaches, luxurious free reclining chair cars, best equipped dining cars on the continent, latest and most elegant pullman and NYC Sleeping cars, the splendid and novel Mann Boudoir cars and palace woodruff sleeping cars – and much more !!