For those of us that didn't grow up during the Alton era, Gulf Mobile
and Ohio was simply "GM&O". I grew in Chicago and recall few if any
people calling it the Alton Road.
Bill Barber
On Friday, August 5, 2005, at 06:08 AM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 10:27:24 EDT
> From: jsteamernubes@aol.com
> Subject: Re: Re: CM&StP
>
> Denny: How railroads got their nickname is a matter of natural speech
> emphasis. Say aloud Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific, or say
> Chicago,
> Milwaukee & St. Paul, and see where the emphasis falls. Same for
> Burlington
> (Chicago, Burlington & Quincy); same for Chicago, Rock Island and
> Pacific, Atchison,
> Topeka, and Santa Fe, and a host of other railroads with multiple city
> names
> in their titles. It's a natural speech shorthand, easily adopted
> without
> formality by the railroad concerned. Curiously, Gulf, Mobile and Ohio
> became "The
> Alton Route." after predecessor Chicago & Alton, again natural
> emphasis. JN
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