Gulf Mobile & Northern

Standard Gauge Headquarters: Jackson, TN Years of Operation: 1917-1940 Predecessor Roads:  New Orleans, Mobile & Chicago                                    Meridian & Memphis                                    Jackson & Eastern                                    New Orleans Great Northern Successor Roads: Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Miles Operated: 402 in 1916 Route: Jackson, TN to Mobile, AL; Meridian, MS to Union, MS; Union, MS to Jackson, MS and New Orleans, LA.  Locomotives Owned: See roster page HERE		Click Map for Larger Version Google Earth Map HERE
On January 1, 1917, the New Orleans, Mobile & Chicago was reorganized as the Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad. In January 1918, the GM&N bought the stock of the Meridian & Memphis Ry, running between Meridian and Union, MS. This railroad was officially merged into the GM&N in 1929. In July 1926, the GM&N acquired the Jackson & Eastern Ry, running from Union to Lena, and it was completed to Jackson, MS in 1927. The New Orleans Great Northern from New Orleans to Jackson, MS was placed under the control of the GM&N in 1929, and officially leased to the GM&N in 1933. On September 13, 1940, the GM&N merged with the Mobile & Ohio to form the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad.
GM&N 35 at an unknown location.	GM&N 60 at Jackson, TN in January 1940.	GM&N caboose 24 at Laurel, MS.
GM&N 2-8-2 109 at Jackson, MS in September 1940.	GM&N's main heavy freight power consisted mostly of 2-10-0's. On most roads these were considered branchline power. Russian Decapod 206 rests at Meridian on July 20, 1936.	261 was one of GM&N's heavy Decapods and was equipped with a Coffin feedwater heater above the headlight.
GM&N's heavy passenger power was provided by two Baldwin 4-6-2's weighing in at about 107 tons. No. 426 is shown at Jackson, TN in October 1935. Sister 425 still runs on the Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern in Pennsylvania.	GM&N depot at Bay Springs, MS circa 1970	October 1919 Official Railway Equipment Register- Art Richardson Collection
December 1925 Official Railway Equipment Register- Art Richardson Collection	October 1930 Official Railway Equipment Register- Art Richardson Collection	July 1935 Official Railway Equipment Register- Art Richardson Collection
July 1940 Official Railway Equipment Register- Art Richardson Collection	June 1923 Official Guide of the Railways	March 1937 Official Guide of the Railways- Tony Howe Collection (pdf)
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