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The Panama Limited was a passenger train operated from 1911 to 1971 between Chicago, Illinois, and New Orleans, Louisiana.The flagship train of the Illinois Central Railroad, it took its name from the Panama Canal, which in 1911 was three years from completion.
Illinois Central's most famous train was the Panama Limited, a premier all-Pullman car service between Chicago and New Orleans, with a section breaking off at Carbondale to serve St. Louis. In 1949, it added a daytime all-coach companion, the City of New Orleans , which operated with a St. Louis section breaking off at Carbondale and a ...
When Amtrak assumed operation of U.S. passenger train service on May 1, 1971, it dropped the Panama Limited in favor of retaining the City of New Orleans on the traditional daytime schedule. At that time the City of New Orleans was one of four trains that called at Chicago's Central Station, which was originally Illinois Central's terminal in ...
Pages in category "Passenger trains of the Illinois Central Railroad" ... Panama Limited; S. Seminole (train) Shawnee (train) Southwestern Limited (IC train)
The rear of Central Station in February 1971, showing the large Illinois Central sign. By May 1, 1971, the startup date of Amtrak, Central was used only by trains of the Illinois Central Railroad (including the City of Miami, City of New Orleans and Panama Limited on the line south from Chicago, and the Hawkeye on the line to the west) and the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis ...
New York, New York–Chicago, Illinois [1931] 1915–1935 Panama Limited: Illinois Central until 1971; Amtrak from 1971 Chicago, Illinois–New Orleans, Louisiana: 1908–1980 Panhandle Express: Santa Fe: Albuquerque, New Mexico–Belen, New Mexico (many different endpoints over the years) [1925] 1920–1950 Panoramic: Denver and Rio Grande ...
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It was designed by Louis H. Sullivan for the Illinois Central Railroad and opened on June 1, 1892. It was located on South Rampart Street, in front of the current New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. The station was used primarily by the Illinois Central Railroad as the terminus for its main line from Chicago, including the celebrated Panama ...