| 1 | Train Number | 2 | ||||
| Daily | Miles | Services | Daily | |||
| 8 00A | Dp | 0.0 |
Chicago, IL (Central Station) (CT) | C | Ar | 11 55P |
| 8 10A | 6.5 | Chicago, IL (63rd St.) | T C | 11 43P | ||
| 8 50A | 54.4 | Kankakee, IL | T C | 10 55P | ||
| 9 45A | Ar | 126.4 | Champaign, IL (Urbana) | T C | Dp | 9 57P |
| 9 50A | Dp | Ar | 9 52P | |||
| 10 26A | 170.9 | Mattoon, IL | T C | 9 13P | ||
| 10 49A | 197.8 | Effingham, IL | T C | 8 49P | ||
| 11 36A | Ar | 250.9 |
Centralia, IL | T C | Dp | 8 02P |
| 11 39A | Dp | Ar | 7 57P | |||
| 12 09P | 287.0 | Du Quoin, IL | T C | 7 25P | ||
| 12 26P | Ar | 306.7 | Carbondale, IL | T C | Dp | 7 08P |
| 201 | St. Louis Section | 202 | ||||
| 9 32A | Dp | 0.0 | St. Louis, MO (CT) | C | Ar | 9 55P |
| 9 50A | 3.2 | East St. Louis, IL | C | 9 35P | ||
| 10 18A | 17.7 | Belleville, IL | T C | 8 57P | ||
| 10 29A | 21.0 | Freeburg, IL | T | |||
| 10 39A | 31.9 | New Athens, IL | T | |||
| 10 52A | 40.8 | Marissa, IL | T | |||
| 11 06A | 50.0 | Coulterville, IL | T | |||
| 11 26A | 64.4 | Pinckneyville, IL | T C | 8 01P | ||
| 12 01P | 87.4 | Murphysboro, IL | T C | 7 32P | ||
| 12 15P | Ar | 95.4 | Carbondale, IL | T C | Dp | 7 15P |
| 1 | Continuing Train Number | 2 | ||||
| 12 36P | Dp | 306.7 | Carbondale, IL | T C | Ar | 6 58P |
| 1 05P | 327.3 | Anna, IL | T C | 6 29P | ||
| 1 43P | Ar | 360.2 | North Cairo, IL | T C | Dp | 5 55P |
| 1 46P | Dp | Ar | 5 52P | |||
| 2 40P | Ar | 405.0 | Fulton, KY | T C | Dp | 4 58P |
| 101 | Louisville Section | 102 | ||||
| 8 00A | Dp | 0.0 | Louisville, KY (CT) | T C | Ar | 11 30P |
| 8 54A | 31.3 | Fort Knox, KY | C | 10 30P | ||
| 9 15A | 47.8 | Cecelia, KY | T | 10 04P | ||
| 9 45A | 72.5 | Leitchfield, KY | T C | 9 34P | ||
| 10 33A | 109.6 | Beaver Dam, KY | T C | 8 48P | ||
| 11 06A | 127.7 | Central City, KY | T C | 8 23P | ||
| 11 18A | 134.9 | Greenville, KY | T C | 8 08P | ||
| 11 36A | 152.2 | Nortonville, KY | T C | 7 50P | ||
| 11 59A | 166.6 | Dawson Springs, KY (Outwood) | T C | 7 28P | ||
| 12 22P | 181.2 | Princeton, KY | T C | 7 10P | ||
| 12 36P | 193.2 | Eddyville, KY | T C | F 6 51P | ||
| 193.7 | Kuttawa, KY | T C | 6 49P | |||
| F12 58P | 208.9 | Calvert, KY (Kentucky Dam) | F 6 28P | |||
| 1 18P | Ar | 225.4 | Paducah, KY | T C | Dp | 6 08P |
| 1 30P | Dp | Ar | 5 58P | |||
| 1 55P | 248.7 | Mayfield, KY | T C | 5 32P | ||
| 2 30P | Ar | 271.2 | Fulton, KY | T C | Dp | 5 00P |
| 1 | Continuing Train Number | 2 | ||||
| 2 50P | Dp | 405.0 | Fulton, KY | T C | Ar | 4 48P |
| 3 32P | 449.3 | Dyersburg, TN | T C | 4 04P | ||
| 4 57P | Ar | 527.4 | Memphis, TN | C | Dp | 2 38P |
| 5 07P | Dp | Ar | 2 28P | |||
| 6 48P | Ar | 626.6 | Grenada, MS | T C | Dp | 12 51P |
| 6 51P | Dp | Ar | 12 48P | |||
| 7 14P | 649.5 | Winona, MS | T C | 12 27P | ||
| 7 42P | 679.6 | Durant, MS | T C | 12 01P | ||
| 8 15P | 714.8 | Canton, MS | T C | Dp | 11 29A | |
| Ar | 11 26A | |||||
| 8 39P | Ar | 738.1 | Jackson, MS | T C | Dp | 10 58A |
| 8 43P | Dp | Ar | 10 52A | |||
| 9 33P | 792.1 | Brookhaven, MS | T C | 10 07A | ||
| 9 53P | Ar | 815.9 | McComb, MS | T C | Dp | 9 46A |
| 9 56P | Dp | Ar | 9 44A | |||
| 10 42P | 867.9 | Hammond, LA | T C | 8 57A | ||
| 11 41P | 918.8 | New Orleans, LA (Carrollton Ave.) | 8 06A | |||
| 11 55P | Ar | 921.2 | New Orleans, LA (CT) | T C | Dp | 8 00A |
Dining Car Service—Chicago to New Orleans.
Louisville to Fulton.
Coach Lounge Cars—Louisville to New Orleans.
Coaches—Chicago to New Orleans.
St. Louis to New Orleans (No. 201 to Carbondale).
Louisville to New Orleans (No. 101 to Fulton).
Louisville to Fulton.
St. Louis to Carbondale.
Dining Car Service—New Orleans to Chicago.
Fulton to Louisville.
Coach Lounge Cars—New Orleans to Louisville.
Coaches—New Orleans to Chicago.
New Orleans to St. Louis (No. 202 Carbondale to St. Louis).
New Orleans to Louisville (No. 102 Fulton, Ky. to Louisville).
Fulton to Louisville.
Carbondale to St. Louis
Time:
A - A.M.
D - Train stops only to discharge passengers
F - Conditional (Flag) stop
N - Not a passenger stop
P - P.M.
R - Train stops only to receive passengers
Services:
A - Auto loading/unloading facilties (as freight)
B - Checked baggage is handled
C - Coupon station (Ticket office)
M - Meal stop
P - Telephone station
R - Rental cars available
T - Telegraph station
X - Checked baggage NOT handled
The streamlined all-coach City of New Orleans made its debut in April of 1947. With a hot 16 hour schedule between Chicago and New Orleans which trimmed nearly 9 full hours off the running time of its predecessor the Creole, it was even faster than the flagship Panama Limited of similar vintage.