Trains are listed in order of time scheduled, with "am" and "pm" omitted except where necessary for clarity.
Origin and destination cities are as of 1942. Many trains had their routes shortened between then and 1971.
Train numbers continued from 1942 through 1971, unless assigned new numbers, preceding the 1956 times or 1971 times.
Train names were as of 1942. For certain trains in 1942 without names, the 1956 names are listed.
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 31 Champaign 7:30 53 City of Miami Miami 8:20 9:00 8:40 27 Sinnissippi Freeport 8:40 15 8:20 1 Creole (City of NO) New Orleans 9:15 7:50 8:00 19 Daylight St. Louis 11:10 10:30 55 Panama Limited New Orleans 3:15 5 5:00 5:00 51 Green Diamond St. Louis 5:00 21 4:45 8:15 am 57 Land O' Corn Waterloo 5:15 13 5:15 29 Illini Carbondale 6:00 11 Hawkeye Sioux City 6:15 10:40 7:00 3 Louisiane New Orleans 7:35 8:15 9:00 9 Seminole Albany GA 11:00 5:10 7:00 15 Iowan Sioux City 11:45 17 (Night) Diamond St. Louis 11:55 11:20 25 Southern Express New Orleans 12:50 12:35 7 3:00Arrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 26 Northern Express New Orleans 4:20 8 7:30 pm 6:30 10 Seminole Albany GA 7:15 10:40 11:30 18 (Night) Diamond St. Louis 7:30 7:00 4 Louisiane New Orleans 8:35 9:00 9:30 pm 12 Hawkeye Sioux City 8:45 7:40 7:15 54 Panama Limited New Orleans 9:30 6 8:45 9:30 30 Illini Carbondale 10:10 56 Land O' Corn Waterloo 12:40 14 12:15 50 Green Diamond St. Louis 2:05 22 2:30 8:45 pm 28 Sinnissippi Freeport 4:00 16 9:15 pm 32 Champaign 4:20 20 Daylight St. Louis 5:55 10:15 52 City of Miami Miami 9:05 6:45 6:15 2 Creole (City of NO) New Orleans 9:25 11:40 12:25 16 Iowan Sioux City 9:40Trains between Chicago and Miami did not operate daily. From 1940 through 1956, the three main trains between these points operated every third day. In addition to the City of Miami, the South Wind used the Pennsylvania Railroad out of Union Station, and the Dixie Flagler used the Chicago & Eastern Illinois out of Dearborn Station. In 1957, the Dixie Flagler was discontinued, and the City of Miami and the South Wind went to alternate day operation. And in 1971, Amtrak discontinued the City of Miami, retaining the South Wind, later renamed the Floridian, for daily service.
Trains 1-2, the City of New Orleans, was introduced in 1947.
Departures
No. Name 1942 Dest. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 360 Gr. Lakes Aerotrain Detroit 7:00 414 Indianapolis Mail Indianapolis 7:50 7:15 76 Mercury Detroit 9:15 376 8:30 44 New York Special New York 9:40 9:40 to LaSalle 416 Cincinnati Special Cincinnati 10:05 302 9:50 8 Wolverine New York 12:35 to LaSalle to LaSalle 418 Queen City Special Cincinnati 1:45 406 1:15 30 Twilight Limited Detroit LaSalle 4:10 to LaSalle 4 James Whitcomb Riley Cincinnati 4:40 4:20 304 3:50 58 Niagara Albany 8:00 358 7:50 to LaSalle 438 Cinc. Night Express Cincinnati 9:20 11:00 40 North Shore Limited New York 10:10 42 Detroit Night Exp. Detroit 10:50 444 Royal Palm Cincinnati 11:45 16 Motor City Special Detroit 11:59 316 11:59 to LaSalle 46 Mail Detroit 1:30Arrivals
No. Name 1942 Orig. 1942 Time 1956 Time 1971 Time 443 Chi. Night Express Cincinnati 5:10 5:30 45 Number Forty-Five Detroit 5:55 7 Motor City Special Detroit 7:20 315 6:45 to LaSalle 437 Royal Palm Cincinnati 7:35 39 North Shore Limited New York 7:55 8:10 to LaSalle 17 Wolverine New York 11:45 to LaSalle to LaSalle 3 James Whitcomb Riley Cincinnati 12:30 1:20 303 1:25 33 New Engl. Wolverine Detroit 12:55 415 Chicago Special Cincinnati 2:25 2:50 41 Michigan Detroit 4:30 355 4:25 to LaSalle 75 Mercury Detroit 5:00 375 12:55 pm 419 White City Special Cincinnati 5:35 5:40 405 Sycamore Cincinnati 8:15 8:45 23 Western Express Detroit 8:20 31 Twilight Limited Detroit LaSalle 9:00 to LaSalle 361 Gr. Lakes Aerotrain Detroit 9:50Former Michigan Central trains (through Detroit and points east) all transferred to La Salle St. Station in 1957.