Amid the clutter of a classic working roundhouse, Gulf, Mobile & Ohio RS1 1126 has somehow squeezed itself into a stall for a weekend rest. The scene was the GM&O yard in Joliet, IL.

On the eve of Amtrak, the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio operated three passenger trains each way between Chicago and St. Louis. GM&O #3, the southbound Abraham Lincoln with a 5:10 PM departure from Chicago,... (more)

A sharp looking GM&O logo adorns "The Patron Tequila Express" private car, parked at Louisville Union Station during the 2018 Kentucky Derby festivities. The luxurious observation car wa... (more)

GM&O 103A is stopped at the Sturtevant, WI depot with an Amtrak train in March of 1973. Bob Ferge Kodachrome from my collection.

In March 1984, an Illinois Central Gulf freight train led by Gulf, Mobile & Ohio GP30 No. 506 enters Peoria & Pekin Union’s yard at Creve Coeur, near East Peoria, Illinois.

Gulf Mobile and Ohio evening commuter train, the plug, arrives at Joliet Union Station.

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio EMD GP38 sits next to Illinois Central Gulf SD20 No. 2016 at ICG’s Kansas City, Missouri, roundhouse on December 7, 1985.

GM&O Alco S2 No.12 switching cars at Springfield, Illinois. This unit began its life on the Alton Railroad in 1944 and would have a thirty-plus year career before being retired by the Illinois C... (more)

GM&O Alco FA-1 No.733. Most of GM&O's FA's were slightly different than those of all other roads as they had smaller grilles around their lower placed headlight, as well as a curved trim piece ... (more)

GM&O Electro-Motive Motor Car 2508 was built in 1928 for the Chicago & Alton. Westbound train #9 with motor car 2508 and trailer 2553, is making its station stop at the joint GM&O/CB&Q depot at... (more)

GM&O 1900 was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. of Pascagoula, Mississippi, the only locomotive ever built by the company. Designated as a 4-S model B-B 1500hp, spent its life in occasional loc... (more)

GM&O GP38-2 No.723 with F3 803A, BN F7 634 former GN unit, and IC GP7 7961. Unknown photographer listed on slide, from my collection.

GM&O Alco FA-1 752 at Wanilla, Mississippi. GM&O had 55 FA-1s numbered 700-754. Photo part of my slide collection, photographer unknown.

Southbound #1 The Limited crossing the Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway and passing Ridgely tower in Springfield, Illinois. Its October 04, 1959. Photo taken from my slide collection, No photog... (more)

GM&O EMD SD40 numbered 901-921, built in 1966.