At some point between August 1968 and March of 1969, the Magnolia Star designation for the coach component of the Panama was quietly dropped.  By 1971, according to this timetable, only a single Chicago-New Orleans sleeper remained in the formerly all-Pullman consist. This is the final timetable before the handover of the once-great train to Amtrak. While Amtrak would initially cancel it in favor of the daytime City of New Orleans, for a few years in the late 1970s the Panama Limited name would return as Amtrak shifted back to an overnight schedule on the Chicago-New Orleans run.

From the pages of the Official Guide, April 1971

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The Panama Limited

Illinois Central Railroad
December 13, 1970

5 Train Number 6
Daily Miles Services Daily
5 00P Dp 0.0 Chicago, IL (Central Station) (CT) R Ar 9 30A
5 10P 6.6 63rd St., Woodlawn, IL 9 05A
5 35P 22.1 Homewood, IL X 8 43A
6 03P 54.5 Kankakee, IL R 8 08A
7 02P Ar 126.5 Champaign-Urbana, IL R Dp 7 10A
7 12P Dp Ar 7 05A
7 48P 171.0 Mattoon, IL R 6 18A
8 13P 197.9 Effingham, IL 5 53A
9 00P Ar 251.1 Centralia, IL Dp 5 12A
9 05P Dp Ar 5 07A
10 05P Ar 306.9 Carbondale, IL (St. Louis via bus) R Dp 4 10A
10 15P Dp Ar 4 00A
11 13P Ar 360.2 Cairo, IL R Dp 3 00A
11 15P Dp Ar 2 58A
12 04A Ar 404.8 Fulton, KY Dp 2 10A
12 15A Dp Ar 2 00A
1 01A 449.9 Dyersburg, TN 1 08A
2 28A Ar 527.2 Memphis, TN R Dp 11 35P
2 45A Dp Ar 11 25P
F 3 52A 586.1 Batesville, MS F10 17P
4 34A 626.3 Grenada, MS 9 33P
F 4 55A 649.2 Winona, MS F 9 10P
F 5 24A 679.3 Durant, MS F 8 41P
6 00A 714.5 Canton, MS 8 11P
6 32A Ar 737.7 Jackson, MS Dp 7 39P
6 42A Dp Ar 7 24P
F 7 15A 771.3 Hazlehurst, MS X F 6 53P
7 34A 791.8 Brookhaven, MS X 6 33P
7 57A 815.7 McComb, MS X 6 11P
8 46A 867.8 Hammond, LA (Baton Rouge via limo) 5 20P
10 00A 918.7 New Orleans, LA (Carrollton Avenue) X 4 22P
10 15A Ar 921.1 New Orleans, LA (Union Psgr. Tml.) (CT) R Dp 4 15P

Train 5 (Chicago-New Orleans): 23 stops, 17:15, 53.4 MPHTrain 6 (New Orleans-Chicago): 23 stops, 17:15, 53.4 MPH

EQUIPMENT

Nos. 5 and 6—PANAMA LIMITED

Streamlined Train—Sleeping Car—Reclining Seat Coaches.
All Seats Reserved, Special Service Charge.

Sleeper—Roomettes and Bedrooms.

Chicago and New Orleans.

Dining Service—Chicago and New Orleans.

Club Lounge—Chicago and Carbondale.

Coaches—Chicago and New Orleans.

Chicago and Carbondale.


See the fare table in the Ticket Office.
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LEGEND

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 facilities (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

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