Olin Dunbar Wheeler, Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition… (1905)
“ This train is brand new, Pullman built, and provides an observation and dining car service equal to anything in the United States. It makes but few stops and fast time. The Eastern traveler who has never been in the West will be surprised beyond measure at the character of these trains, the train service, including particularly, perhaps, the dining and observation cars, the rapid time made on such long runs, and the excellence of the roadbed, which is rock and gravel ballasted. ”
