Contents
INTRODUCTION
PART I. THE FORMATIVE YEARS, 1920-30
I. The Gulf, Mobile and Northern in 1920
II.
Employee
Relations, 1920-30
III.
Public
Relations, 1920-30
IV.
Development
Program, 1920-30
V.
Changes in
Main Line and Branches, 1920-30
VI.
Changes in
Operating Conditions, 1920-30
VII.
Changes
in Traffic 1920-1930
VIII.
Corporate
and Financial Record, 1920-30
IX.
Other
Railroads Interested in the Gulf, Mobile and Northern, 1920-30
PART
II.
EXPAND OR EXPIRE 1931-40
X.
The Worst Depression Years, 1931-33
XI.
Renewed Efforts Toward Growth, 1934-38
XII.
Combining
the Gulf, Mobile and Northern and the Mobile and Ohio into the Gulf, Mobile and
Ohio, 1938-40
PART
III. THE GULF, MOBILE AND OHIO
XIII.
The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio, 1940-44
XIV.
Negotiations to Buy the Alton Railroad – 1945
XVI.
The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad of 1950-52
PART
IV. ANALYSIS OF THE GROWTH OF
THE GULF, MOBILE AND NORTHERN - GULF, MOBILE AND OHIO RAILROAD
XVII.
Resume of the Growth of the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio System
XIX.
Major Factors in the Growth of the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio
System
PART
V. HISTORY OF PREDECESSOR LINES
XX.
Lines Acquired prior to 1930
XXI.
The New Orleans Great Northern Railroad Company 1905-33
XXII.
The Gulf, Mobile and Northern and its Predecessors
1871-1920
XXIII.
The Mobile and Ohio Railroad – 1848-1940
XXIV.
The Alton Railroad – 1847-1917
LIST OF
ABBREVIATIONS OF
RAILROADS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
