New Orleans,
Mobile & Chicago Railroad 
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Standard Gauge Headquarters: Mobile, AL Years of Operation: 1909-1917 Predecessor Roads: Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City Successor Roads: Gulf, Mobile & Northern Miles Operated: 402.90 Locomotives Owned: |
Equipment: June 30, 1914- 58 locomotives, 17 passenger, 3 combines, 6 baggage mail & express, 931 box, 252 coal, 567 flats, 6 stocks, 138 service
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| The New Orleans, Mobile
& Chicago Railroad was formed on December 1, 1909, by the merger of the Gulf & Chicago and
Mobile, Jackson & Kansas City. The
NOM&C was controlled jointly by the Frisco and L&N. On January 1, 1917, the New Orleans, Mobile & Chicago was reorganized
as the Gulf, Mobile & Northern Railroad.
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NOM&C 4-4-0 No. 36 with a northbound passenger train at Louisville, MS in 1909. |
A group of locals gather for their picture at the Decatur, MS depot in February of 1913. |
NOM&C bought caboose 14 from Georgia Car & Locomotive in Atlanta. It lasted well into the GM&O-era in regular service. |
4-4-0 36 with a passenger train. Lettering on the cab says "Panama Route." |
  September 1910 Official Guide of the Railways |
January 1915 Official Railway Equipment Register- Art Richardson Collection |
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