Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad

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defunct railroad railroad company

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
former Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad 2
Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad ⓘ
railroad company ⓘ
beganDieselization 1940s ⓘ
completedDieselization 1950s ⓘ
connectedCity Birmingham, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jackson, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kansas City, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Memphis, Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Orleans, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ
corporatePredecessorOf Illinois Central Gulf Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateDissolved 1972 ⓘ
dateFounded 1940 ⓘ
eraOfProminence mid-20th century ⓘ
formedByMergerOf Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mobile and Ohio Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hadAbbreviation GM&O NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadCorporateColorScheme orange and maroon ⓘ
red and maroon ⓘ
headquartersLocation Mobile, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterMergedInto Illinois Central Gulf Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainLineDirection east–west ⓘ
north–south ⓘ
notablePassengerTrain Abraham Lincoln NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ann Rutledge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gulf Coast Rebel NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedInRegion Midwestern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southern United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFreight agricultural products ⓘ
coal ⓘ
lumber ⓘ
manufactured goods ⓘ
providedService freight rail service ⓘ
passenger rail service ⓘ
railroadReportingMark GM&O NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedArea Gulf Coast of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedCity Chicago, Illinois NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mobile, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ
St. Louis, Missouri NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedPort Port of Mobile NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Illinois Central Gulf Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedLocomotiveType diesel locomotive ⓘ
steam locomotive ⓘ
usedMotivePowerFromManufacturer Alco NERFINISHED ⓘ
Baldwin Locomotive Works NERFINISHED ⓘ
EMD NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Heritage Corridor → formerOwnerOfRightOfWay → Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Heritage Corridor (via Joliet) → followsRouteOf → Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: former Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Heritage Corridor (via Joliet) → usesTracksOf → Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: former Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Metra Heritage Corridor → historicalAlignmentOf → Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
Mobile and Ohio Railroad → connectedWith → Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad
Mobile and Ohio Railroad → mergedInto → Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad ⓘ