NOTE:
THE
PANAMA LIMITED—Diesel-Electric Streamlined All Pullman
Air-Conditioned Train—Customary Special Service Charge
is discontinued for the Duration. Only carries revenue passengers
having Pullman accommodations.
PULLMAN COACH AND DINING CAR
SERVICE
REGULARLY
ASSIGNED CARS ARE AIR-CONDITIONED
All passenger trains shown
herein carry coaches, except as indicated otherwise.
SOUTHBOUND
THE PANAMA
LIMITED. Daily
Diesel-Electric
Streamlined Train. All Pullman
No.
55—Chicago to New Orleans
No.
255-55—St. Louis to New Orleans
Sleepers—
Chicago
to New
Orleans,
6-Section, 6 Roomette, 4 Double Bedroom [15].
Chicago
to New
Orleans,
6-Section, 6 Roomette, 4 Double Bedroom [17].
Chicago
to New
Orleans,
6-Section, 6 Roomette, 4 Double Bedroom [19].
Chicago
to New
Orleans,
6-Section, 6 Roomette, 4 Double Bedroom [21].
Chicago
to New
Orleans, 18
Roomette [11].
Chicago
to New Orleans, 3 Double Bedroom, 1 Drawing-room, 1
Compartment-Lounge [9].
Chicago
to New Orleans, 2 Drawing-room, 4 Compartment, 4
Double Bedroom [7].
St.
Louis to New Orleans, 6-Section, 6 Roomette, 4 Double
Bedroom [5]. (255 St. Louis to Carbondale, Ill., 55 Carbondale to New
Orleans.)
Chicago
to Jackson, Miss., 6-Section, 6 Roomette, 4 Double
Bedroom [3]. (May be occupied at Jackson, Miss., until 8:00 a.m.)
Chicago
to New
Orleans, 2
Double Bedroom, 1 Drawing-room, 2 Compartment-Observation [1].
Diner—Chicago
to
New Orleans.
Cafe
Car—(Radio.)—No. 155 Jackson, Miss., to Gulfport,
Miss.
Parlor-Lounge
Car—No. 155 Jackson, Miss., to Gulfport, Miss. [25].
(G. & S. I. Tickets.)
Cafe-Lounge
Car—St. Louis to Carbondale. (Radio.)
Sandwiches—Refreshments. (Complete dining car service train No. 55
Carbondale to
New Orleans.)
No
Coaches.
The
Panama Limited is completely
air-conditioned—radio—Valet. Two-way inter-car phone service.
NORTHBOUND
THE
PANAMA LIMITED. Daily
Diesel-Electric Streamlined Train.
All
Pullman Train.
No. 54—New Orleans to Chicago
No.
54-16—New Orleans to St. Louis
Sleepers
New
Orleans to
Chicago,
6-Section, 6 Roomette, 4 Double Bedroom [14].
New
Orleans to
Chicago,
6-Section, 6 Roomette, 4 Double Bedroom [4].
New
Orleans to Chicago, 6-Section, 6 Roomette, 4 Double
Bedroom [16].
New
Orleans to Chicago, 6-Section, 6 Roomette, 4 Double
Bedroom [18].
New
Orleans to Chicago, 18 Roomette [12].
New
Orleans to
Chicago, 3
Double Bedroom, 1 Drawing-room, 1 Compartment-Lounge [10].
New
Orleans to
Chicago, 2
Drawing-room, 4 Compartment, 4 Double Bedroom [8].
Jackson,
Miss. to
Chicago,
6-Section, 6 Roomette, 4 Double Bedroom [20].
New
Orleans to St.
Louis,
6-Section, 6 Roomette, 4 Double Bedroom [6]. (No. 16 from Fulton, Ky.)
New
Orleans to
Chicago, 2
Double Bedroom, 1 Drawing-room, 2 Compartment-Observation [2].
Diner—New
Orleans to Chicago.
No
Coaches.
The
Panama Limited is completely
air-conditioned—Radio—Valet. Two-way inter-car phone service.
The attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the nation into war at a most inconvenient time for the Illinois Central; the new streamlined equipment intended for its flagship Panama Limited was even then under construction in the shops of Pullman-Standard. In short order luxury railroad passenger car production would be curtailed; what carbuilding still occured would have to be directly related to the war effort. Happily, though, after a brief delay the War Production Board allowed P-S to complete the order for I.C.'s Panama and the new streamlined equipment entered service on May 1, 1942. The streamlined and Diesel-powered Panama made the run from Chicago to New Orleans in 18 hours, down from 20 for its heavyweight predecessor, and the train sported a chocolate-and-orange livery which would become the standard for all IC varnish after the end of the war.