These were the lines inherited in the Wabash merger. A line from Missouri throgh Iowa to Omaha and one to Des Moines. The joint UP/Wabash later...
It's the old L&N line from Evansville Indiana to Nashville Tennesee
N&W ran head end cars on most through trains. Powathan Arrow originaly had no head end cars. Cavalier heavy on head end cars. No specific mail...