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Take the favorite Rock Island route Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y. : For all points in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado
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Take the favorite Rock Island route Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R.R. : For Peoria, Rock Island, Davenport, Iowa City, Des Moines
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Image of a poster with promotional text and timetable for the Rock Island railroad route of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad with a center wood-engraved image of a map of a portion of the Midwestern United States showing railroad lines and a wood-engraved vignette in the lower part of the poster of a cross section of the "Palace Dining Car" showing the interior of the car with passengers eating and being served by African-American waiters.
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Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y. : The tourists and sportsman's favorite route
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Image of a poster advertising the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad divided into three panels with a center engraved image of a steam locomotive, tender, and U.S. Mail car on tracks beside a lake in the countryside, with a centered logo of a horseshoe labeled "Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. / They strike the right road." The top and bottom panels have silhouette images of individuals carrying items related to tourist activities including mining, hunting, and fishing, with a lower caption, "Happy return of the pilgrims."
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Free chair cars. on the limited fast express trains via the Great Rock Island route
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Great Eastern rail road route over Massachusetts western rail road, from Albany or Troy for Boston
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Great western and south western U.S. Mail Route. New York and Erie broad gauge railroad ... (New York, May, 1855.)
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Diamond Line Transit Co. : Owned and controlled by the Erie, Bellefontaine, Atlantic & Gt. Western, Cin. Hamilton & Dayton. Chicago & Great Eastern, Ohio & Mississippi, railway companies
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