Gulf Mobile & Ohio Diesel Roster
Gulf Mobile & Ohio merged with Illinois Central on August 10, 1972, to form Illinois Central Gulf. The Gulf Mobile & Ohio's corporate family dates to 1848. It was created by a merger between the Gulf Mobile & Northern and the Mobile & Ohio in 1940. The combined company acquired the Alton Railroad in 1947. The combined system stretched 2000 miles from Kansas City to Chicago and St Louis, and south to Mobile, Alabama, and New Orleans. Link to the Gulf Mobile & Ohio diesel roster (.pdf).