Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad

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The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad was a major mid-20th-century U.S. railroad that operated freight and passenger services across the Midwest and South, notably linking the Gulf Coast with cities such as St. Louis and Chicago.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
beganDieselization 1940s ⓘ
completedDieselization 1950s ⓘ
connectedCity Birmingham, Alabama ⓘ
Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ
Kansas City, Missouri ⓘ
Memphis, Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Memphis

New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ
corporatePredecessorOf Illinois Central Gulf Railroad ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateDissolved 1972 ⓘ
dateFounded 1940 ⓘ
eraOfProminence mid-20th century ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad ⓘ
Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hadAbbreviation GM&O ⓘ
hadCorporateColorScheme orange and maroon ⓘ
red and maroon ⓘ
headquartersLocation Mobile, Alabama ⓘ
laterMergedInto Illinois Central Gulf Railroad ⓘ
mainLineDirection east–west ⓘ
north–south ⓘ
notablePassengerTrain Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
Ann Rutledge ⓘ
Gulf Coast Rebel ⓘ
operatedInRegion Midwestern United States ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
primaryFreight agricultural products ⓘ
coal ⓘ
lumber ⓘ
manufactured goods ⓘ
providedService freight rail service ⓘ
passenger rail service ⓘ
railroadReportingMark GM&O ⓘ
servedArea Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
servedCity Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
linked to: Chicago

Mobile, Alabama ⓘ
St. Louis, Missouri ⓘ
servedPort Port of Mobile ⓘ
successor Illinois Central Gulf Railroad ⓘ
usedLocomotiveType diesel locomotive ⓘ
steam locomotive ⓘ
usedMotivePowerFromManufacturer Alco ⓘ
Baldwin Locomotive Works ⓘ
EMD ⓘ

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Heritage Corridor → formerOwnerOfRightOfWay → Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Heritage Corridor (via Joliet) → followsRouteOf → former Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Heritage Corridor (via Joliet) → usesTracksOf → former Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Metra Heritage Corridor → historicalAlignmentOf → Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Mobile and Ohio Railroad → connectedWith → Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Mobile and Ohio Railroad → mergedInto → Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Chicago and Alton Railroad → successor → Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Chicago and Alton Railroad → laterControlledBy → Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad → formedByMergerOf → Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Willow Springs station → railroadCorridor → former Gulf, Mobile and Ohio / Illinois Central Gulf route ⓘ
linked to: Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Chicago–St. Louis rail corridor → historicallyUsedBy → Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ