Paint Shop – 63 : Gulf Mobile & Ohio Boxcar 9077, part 2

: GM&O 9077

Here are the data of the car and a belief history of the railroad.

GM&O 9000 - 9199 series boxcars:
According to the IC/GM&O Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment, the GM&O series 9000 to 9199 boxcars were built in 1950 by AC&F.

The Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER) for April 1974 shows the group #9008 to #9198 with 42 cars in place, described as follows:

AAR Designation XM and description “Box” only. The inside length of both of these cars was 50 feet 6 inches, inside width 9 feet 2 inches, inside height 10 feet 6 inches, outside length 54 feet 4 inches, extreme height 15 feet, door opening 15 feet, and capacity 4845 cubic feet or 110,000 pounds.


Gulf Mobile & Ohio Railroad (reporting mark GM&O) was primarily a North-South route connecting New Orleans, Louisiana, Mobile, Alabama, St. Louis, Missouri, and Chicago, Illinois.

Gulf Mobile & Northern Railroad incorporated in 1917 is the root of GM&O. GM&N merged with Mobile & Ohio Railroad established in 1848 to form the GM&O in 1940. GM&O acquired the Alton Railroad in 1947, therefore, the railroad obtained the Chicago gateway. In 1972, GM&O merged with Illinois Central Railroad and formed Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. The route is now part of Canadian National Railway network.

The map below is the part of “Union Pacific Map of the United States” printed in 1971, with the GM&O route traced in green line by the author.

: GM&O route


以下に、該当車両の概要、およびGulf Mobile & Ohio Railroadの簡単な歴史を記す。

GM&O 9000 - 9199 series boxcars:
1950年ACF社製のダブル・ドア車で、ASF社製台車をはく。
AARによる分類：XM
内寸：長手50フィート６インチ、 短手9フィート２インチ, 天井高10フィート６インチ
外寸：長手54フィート４インチ、 最高高さ15フィート、扉開口幅15フィート
容積：4845 立方フィート／110,000 パウンド
42両在籍（April 1974 ORER）

Gulf Mobile & Ohio Railroad (reporting mark GM&O)は、1817年に設立されたGulf Mobile & Northern Railroadを祖とする、合衆国を縦断しメキシコ湾岸およびシカゴを結んでいた鉄道である。1972年に、ほぼ平行していたIllinois Central Railroadと合併し、Illinois Central Gulf Railroadとなった。こんにち路線はCanadian National Railwayの一部になっている。

地図は、筆者の手元にあった1971年発行のUnion Pacificによる全米路線図上に、該当路線を緑色で書き込んだものである。