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By:Chuck Zeiler
Dates:5/1/1964 - 12/31/1987
Album Info:Gulf Mobile & Ohio photos shot from the mid-1960's to mid-1980's.
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GM&O 5999
Title:  GM&O 5999
Description:  GM&O 5999 at Saint Louis, Missouri, August 14, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler. I could not find out much about this particular car, but there is a car one number lower, 5998, at the Museum of Transportation, and here is the description: GULF, MOBILE & OHIO #5998 Parlor-Observation Lounge 1935 Builder:American Car & Foundry Round-end observation; aluminum-bodied car; used on B&O Royal Blue 1935- 1937, then on Alton/GM&O Abraham Lincoln.
Photo Date:  8/14/1965  Upload Date: 4/21/2009 10:17:06 AM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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C&A Shops
Title:  C&A Shops
Description:  Chicago & Alton Railroad Shops at Bloomington, Illinois, sometime between 1900 - 1905, photograph by Detroit Photographic Company, image from the Library of Congress.
Photo Date:  1/1/1901  Upload Date: 9/6/2018 9:21:56 PM
Location:  Bloomington, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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GM&O XML 24166
Title:  GM&O XML 24166
Description:  GM&O XML 24166 at Cicero, Illinois on an unknown day in March 1981, photo by Chuck Zeiler. It is stencilled: BLT 7-45 REBLT 5-69. It was reweighed MC. 8.78. According to the October 1971 issue of the Official Railway Equipment Register (ORER), this car was one in series 24000-24589, 40' 6" inside length, 9' 2" wide, 10' 6" height, 3901 cu. ft. capacity.
Photo Date:  3/1/1981  Upload Date: 4/11/2009 11:07:56 AM
Location:  Cicero, IL
Author:  Chuck Zeiler
Categories:  RollingStock
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