“No. 6 in a series devoted to historic landmarks” features the Land of Evangeline, something that Missouri Pacific had in common with Canadian Pacific. The Canadian Pacific’s Evangeline was a fictitious person who represented the French Acadians who were exiled from Canada after losing a war with the British. Many settled in Louisiana. A collage illustrating this article, including a picture of a statue in St. Martinville, is signed “Keil.”

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The page after the centerfold map describes southern Illinois as “a good place for new industry to live.” Naturally, Missouri Pacific would prefer industry to locate in southern Illinois over the northern part of the state as MP tracks reached only about the southern quarter of the state.

The inside front cover advertises the “soft and roomy reclining seats” on Eagle coaches. The inside back cover shows freight schedules. The back cover, however, returns to a passenger emphasis by introducing through sleeping car service between Chicago and Texas via the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio’s Abraham Lincoln connecting with the Texas Eagle at St. Louis.

A full-page ad on panels 63-64 promotes bills in Congress “permitting greater
freedom of competition in transportation.” Written by the Association of American Railroads, the ad promotes the idea that deregulation of the railroads would increase competition and be good for consumers. That turned out to be true but it would take another 25 years to prove it.