Gulf, Mobile & Ohio was one of several railroads that offered passenger service in the hotly competitive corridor between Chicago and St. Louis. In 1960, when the first timetable below was issued, it offered “8 trains daily,” meaning four in … Continue reading
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The Illinois Central and Mobile & Ohio railroads were both effectively created by an 1850 federal land grant law that aimed to build a rail line from Chicago to the Gulf of Mexico. In the same way that Union Pacific … Continue reading
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio achieved streamliner fame in 1935 with its Rebel, which provided service between New Orleans and Jackson, Tennessee–later extended to St. Louis. In 1947, GM&O purchased the bankrupt Chicago & Alton, which ran as many as seven … Continue reading
The Chicago & Alton (whose name was changed to simply the Alton Railroad in 1931) offered as many as seven trains a day each way between Chicago and St. Louis. The following blotter advertises its premiere train: the Alton Limited. … Continue reading
This oddly off-center letterhead served four different trains: the Abraham Lincoln, Ann Rutledge, and Alton Limited, all of which connected Chicago with St. Louis; and the Gulf Coast Rebel, between St. Louis and Mobile. The Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad … Continue reading
In hindsight, Budd-built stainless steel cars hauled by General Motors Diesel engines–such as the Burlington Zephyrs or Santa Fe Super Chief–seem to be the epitome of streamlined trains. But in the mid-1930s, Budd and General Motors were both upstarts in … Continue reading