Rare Books

Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company; Alton Railroad Company

Description: Includes train(s): The Rebel; Gulf Coast Rebel. Includes (selected items): some materials for the Alton Railroad, which merged into the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad in 1947.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1950-1955
Call number: 646607
Creator: Merrill, Leslie O(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Leslie O. Merrill, 1976-2008.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company; Alton Railroad Company

Rare Books

Includes train(s): The Abraham Lincoln; The Ann Rutledge. Includes (selected items): photographs; some materials for the Alton Railroad, which merged into the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad in 1947.

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Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company; Alton Railroad Company

Rare Books

Includes train(s): The Abraham Lincoln; The Ann Rutledge; The Rebel. Includes (selected items): some materials for the Alton Railroad, which merged into the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad in 1947. Sample items: "Abraham Lincoln, The First Diesel Electric Powered Streamlined lightweight train between Chicago and St. Louis." 4 hours, 55 minutes. Interior photos. (1936); "Good News for our St. Louis - Chicago patrons. On the Ann Rutledge. Stewardess registered nurse services, special service for women travelers." (1940).

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Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company; Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway

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Includes train(s): The Georgian; The Humming Bird; The Dixieland. Includes (selected items): pamphlet. "The Louisville and Nashville Railroad--A brief biography of a railroad which has served the South for over 100 years" (1959?); "L & N, A pictorial history of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad." These two railroads merged in 1957.

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Pennsylvania Railroad Company; Penn Central Transportation Company

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Pennsylvania Railroad merged to become Penn Central in 1968. Folders 187-193 contain ephemera for both systems.

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

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Includes (selected items): 36 company-produced 8 x 10" photographs; one envelope of small snapshots; one brochure-envelope holding four photographs promoting "Movies-on-the-Train" (1965).

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