- 1. [CBQ] Traffic Arrangement With The GM&N (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Holley via groups.io" <th498=aol.com@groups.io>
- Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2020 20:17:21 -0700
- Hello, list. As I understand it, the CB&Q in the mid 1920s entered into a traffic agreement with the Gulf, Mississippi, and Northern to handle Chicago traffic to/from the Gulf Coast via Paducah, KY.
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2020-09/msg00028.html (10,430 bytes)
- 2. Re: [CBQ] Traffic Arrangement With The GM&N (score: 1)
- Author: "David" <davidpjordan1974@comcast.net>
- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2020 22:54:30 -0500
- Richard C. Overtons A History of the Burlington Lines does mention CB&Q entering into an interline agreement with the GM&N and NC&StL via the Paducah Gateway in spring 1926. The apparent catalyst was
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2020-09/msg00029.html (13,417 bytes)
- 3. [CBQ] Traffic Arrangement With The GM&N (score: 1)
- Author: "John Willis" <willisjc@zebra.net>
- Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2020 22:59:34 -0500
- You must be referring to the Gulf, Mobile, and Northern. That is the predecessor railroad to the Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio. The Alton and the GM&N merged in 1947. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf,_Mo
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2020-09/msg00030.html (9,878 bytes)
- 4. Re: [CBQ] Traffic Arrangement With The GM&N (score: 1)
- Author: "David" <davidpjordan1974@comcast.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2020 00:13:54 -0500
- Actually, the Gulf, Mobile & Northern and Mobile & Ohio merged in 1940 to create the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio. The Alton was absorbed by the GM&O in 1947. (This gave the GM&O access to Chicago, which I su
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2020-09/msg00031.html (11,007 bytes)
- 5. Re: [CBQ] Traffic Arrangement With The GM&N (score: 1)
- Author: "Tom Holley via groups.io" <th498=aol.com@groups.io>
- Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2020 07:05:04 -0700
- Hello, all. Happy Labor Day! Thank you for the replies. David, you're probably right; I expect the traffic arrangement ceased to provide much tonnage after the GM&O/Alton merger got the GM&O into Chi
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2020-09/msg00033.html (10,650 bytes)
- 6. Re: [CBQ] Traffic Arrangement With The GM&N (score: 1)
- Author: "William Hirt" <whirt@fastmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2020 11:13:53 -0500
- This is correct. As per Overton's book, the Q opposed the GM&O merger, but did not really fight it. Traffic had never developed the way it was envisioned for the Paducah Gateway when it opened. The G
- /archives/BRHSLIST/2020-09/msg00035.html (11,428 bytes)
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