Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
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| Locale | Southern United States |
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| Dates of operation | 1917–1940 |
| Predecessor | New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad, New Orleans Great Northern Railway |
| Successor | Gulf, Mobile and Ohio |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Length | 827 miles (1,331 km) in 1940 |
| Headquarters | Mobile, Alabama |
The Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad (reporting mark GMN) was a railroad in the Southern United States. The first World War had forced government operation upon the company; and in 1919, when it became once more a free agent, it chose Ike Tigrett to charter its new course.[1] On September 13, 1940, it was merged with the Mobile and Ohio Railroad to form the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad.[2]
At the end of 1925 GM&N operated 466 miles of road and 574 miles of track; that year it reported 419 million ton-miles of revenue freight and 12 million passenger-miles.
See also
- Rebel, lightweight streamline trains, built for the GM&N, by ACF
- List of defunct Alabama railroads
- List of defunct Kentucky railroads
- List of defunct Louisiana railroads
- List of defunct Mississippi railroads
- List of defunct Tennessee railroads
Notes
- ↑ Railroad Magazine, January 1945, Vol.37, No 2
- ↑ "Corporate Family Tree/Flow Chart". The GM&O Historical Society, Inc. Retrieved 2006-04-21. External link in
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References
- Drury, George H. (1985). The Historical Guide to North American Railroads. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Company. pp. 149–151. ISBN 0-89024-072-8. LCCN 85080107.
External links
- Timeline and 1938 system map of the GM&N
- Brief history, maps, and photographs of GM&N trains and depots
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