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A Timeline Of Historical Events

This list of events is believed to be in chronological order. The information comes from various sources, and the dates are presented accordingly. Corrections to these dates are welcome from readers. Please provide references for inclusion here if an error is spotted.

  • Creation of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad [1848]
  • Purchasing Land for M&BS [1875 - 1899]
  • First Runs of M&BS [September 1899]
  • Southern Railroad assumes control of M&O [1901-1938]
  • M&O assumes full control of M&BS [1904-1905]
  • Mann Lumber Company incorporates, builds Mobile & Western Railroad [1906]
  • Hurricane of 1906; Mann Lumber goes bust [1906-1907]
  • Yellow Fever Quarantine of Gulf Coast Area [1907]
  • M&O builds new Mobile Terminal [Union Station] and enlarges / expands Whistler Shops [1907]
  • M&O buys the M&W trackage, becomes Dawes Branch [1909]
  • World War I [1914 - 1919]
  • Hurricane of 1916
  • Formation of GM&N [1917]
  • Market Crash of 1929
  • New Competition from Trucking Industry
  • Depression of 1930's
  • M&O goes into Recievership [1932]
  • Introduction of EMD FT Series Diesels [1938]
  • World War II [1938-1945]
  • GM&N assumes control of M&O [1938]
  • Formation of GM&O [1938 - 1943]
  • Abandonment of Whistler Engine Facility [1940]
  • Line south of Farnell abandoned and ripped out [1940-1950]
  • Post-War demand for personal automobiles [1945-1970]
  • Total Dieselization of GM&O [1945-1946]
  • Introduction of ALCo Road Switcher series
  • Introduction of GP-30/GP-35
  • FA-1's/FB-1's traded in to EMD for GP-30's and GP-35's
  • Construction of Interstate 10 / 65
  • Formation of ICG [1972]
  • Abandonment of Mertz Spur [1975-1978]
  • ICG reverting back to IC [1982]
  • Canadian National-Illinois Central merger [1999]
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