Nostalgia & History > Just before the GM&O/IC merger

I found GM&O SD 40 on the business end of train #33 ready to depart Bloomington, Illinois for Venice and points south [train's final destination was Mobile, AL]. Taken just before the merger with the Illinois Central.

Roger Holmes

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A B&O-style CPL, harkening back to when B&O owned the Alton.

Roger, GM&O Gulf Division employee timetable #1 5-31-1970,shows #33's
destination as New Orleans. #31 went to Mobile.

Very nice. Should be Image of the Day.

RuleG Wrote:
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> Very nice. Should be Image of the Day.


Thank you but I've noticed over time that Image of the Day has usually been one of current operations.

Roger Holmes

jo-tower Wrote:
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> Roger, GM&O Gulf Division employee timetable #1
> 5-31-1970,shows #33's
> destination as New Orleans. #31 went to Mobile.

That is so interesting and am I red faced [about as red as the 902]! Railfanned the GM&O those many years, even worked for them thinking that 33 went to Mobile. That may be because I knew that it handled through cars to the South, the only train of such out of Bloomington. It handled a lot of cars for Mobile and only a handful for New Orleans. Where did train 31 originate?

Roger



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Roger,
As many years I been on Train Orders, you have some of the best night shot around.

ClipX Wrote:
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> Roger,
> As many years I been on Train Orders, you have
> some of the best night shot around.


Thanks! I guess I better start posting a few more, huh?

Roger

That's a beauty!

Q4960 Wrote:
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> ClipX Wrote:
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> > Roger,
> > As many years I been on Train Orders, you have
> > some of the best night shot around.
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> Thanks! I guess I better start posting a few
> more, huh?
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> Roger


Roger,
I enjoyed your GM&O postings. Keep posting more...

33 and 31 would have split in Mississippi or Tennessee somewhere. GM&O entered New Orleans over the Southern from Slidell, using some or all of the GM&O's line that ran Meridian-Union-Jackson-Bogalusa-Slidell.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 03/06/14 03:41 by ctillnc.

Very nice Roger.

Roger, #31 originated at Venice and got its clearance at Tolson.
Out of Jackson, Tenn., #31 went down the old M&O side while #33
went down the old GM&N side.
CJV

> Out of Jackson, Tenn., #31 went down the old M&O
> side while #33 went down the old GM&N side.

That makes sense. The Union-Jackson-Bogalusa-Slidell line used by 33 was ex-GM&N. 31 would have taken the ex-M&O that was the preferred route into Mobile from up nawth at the time. Ironically, CN/IC today reaches Mobile over the ex-GM&N but the ex-M&O into Mobile is abandoned.

That's beautiful!! That picture is priceless, excellent job!!!

You learn a lot by reading employee timetables.