Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company, Papers, 1929-1970 (C3659)

1.3 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

Records taken from the abandoned station of the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad at Cairo, Illinois, in 1975. The records include correspondence, waybills, reports of traffic, blueprints, tariff information, timetable and pamphlets of work rules and rates.

DONOR INFORMATION

Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Papers were donated to the State Historical Society of Missouri by Gerald M. Brother on 18 December 1978 (SHS Accession No. 2209).

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company Papers are arranged by type of material. A more complete description of the papers is found in the folder list.

FOLDER LIST

f. 1-26Correspondence. General correspondence of the manager of Cairo station, 1945-1970; with Interstate Mills, Inc., bonding company for this section of the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad, 1934-1961; and concerning employees leaving the Cairo, Illinois, department of the railroad, 1940-1956.
f. 27-31Financial, tariff and patron information. Auditor's report from 1966, lists of principal patrons and new locations, tariff schedules and national revenue freight statistics from the Association of American Railroads, 1968.
f. 32-81Traffic, storage and freight records. Monthly reports of demurrage, 1958-1959; cashier's paid waybills, 1970; and passing reports, 1961.
f. 82Blueprints of Cairo railroad yard on site of Cairo Riding Club.
f. 83Timetable, pamphlet of work rules for Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and two American Railway Association rulebooks.

INDEX TERMS

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