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Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Passenger Equipment |
Meridian, Ms / 1950 / David Price collection
1941 timetable / collection
Meridian, Ms / 1958 / J. Parker Lamb
Chicago, Il / collection
postcard / collection
Motorcars
from Gulf Mobile & Ohio Color Pictorial
by R. R. "Dick" Wallin / collection
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio #2506
Delavan, Il / Oct 1958 / collection
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio #2506
to Alton Railroad #6010
to Gulf, Mobile & Ohio #2506
retired, 1962
from Gulf Mobile & Ohio Color Pictorial
by R. R. "Dick" Wallin / collection
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio #2509
collection
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio #2509
to Alton Railroad #6021
to Gulf, Mobile & Ohio #2509
retired, 1962
collection
collection
Jacksonville, Il / Mar 1960 / collection
from Gulf Mobile & Ohio Color Pictorial
by R. R. "Dick" Wallin / collection
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio #390
motorcar trailer / Bloomington, Il - Sep 1948 / collection
Clippings
from Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Historical Society News
#77 - 1995 / collection
Revenue Equipment
from Gulf Mobile & Ohio Color Pictorial
by R. R. "Dick" Wallin / collection
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio #3041
coach / Saint Louis, Mo / Jun 1969 / collection
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio #3099
coach / Port Clinton, Pa / Aug 1994 / JCH
Business Car #50
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio #50
Mobile, Al / Mar 1961 / JCH
from Gulf Mobile & Ohio Color Pictorial
/ collection
Mobile, Al / Mar 1961 / JCH
from Gulf Mobile & Ohio Historical Society News
/ collection
Eureka Springs & North Arkansas #50
Fayetteville, Ar / Jun 1989 / Don Ross
Fayetteville, Ar / Jun 1989 / Don Ross
New Orleans, La / 1990s / JCH
New Orleans, La / 1990s / JCH
New Orleans, La / 1990s / JCH
New Orleans, La / 1990s / JCH
Patrón Tequilla Express
Number 50 was built in 1927 as Gulf Mobile & Ohio #50, the executive business car for Rebel Route presidents and officials. It was later sold to Eureka Springs & North Arkansas as their #50 and then sold again to John Paul DeJoria in 1992. DeJoria rebuilt the car interior in Rococo style as Patrón Tequila Express #50. The Amtrak certified number is #800539.
Patrón Tequilla Express #50
Portland, Or / Jun 2016 / RWH
rivate jets are all well and good, but as I step aboard the private railcar at Union Station in downtown Chicago for an overnight run to Denver, I think, Now, this conveys. A private railcar says you're earthbound and rock-solid. Most of all, it says that you own your time. People will wait for you. The biggest luxury isn't shrinking time to fit your life; it's letting your life expand to fill the time it needs.
"Rail travel for me is the most relaxing, most scenic way to see the country," says DeJoria, who bought car 50 in 1996. "I wanted to do my part to help preserve that golden age of travel ... I step aboard The Patron Tequila Express railcar, and I go back in time to the days when a long journey was something fun and very special."
Forbes, 2012
Portland, Or / Jun 2016 / RWH
Jun 2016 / RWH
Portland, Or / Jun 2016 / RWH
Portland, Or / Jun 2016 / RWH
Portland, Or / Jun 2016 / RWH
Jun 2016 / RWH
Jun 2016 / RWH
Jun 2016 / RWH
What a thrill to step off the westbound Empire Builder, terminated in the beautiful Portland Union Station, to round the corner and spot a luxury private railcar docked near the depot, only then to realize that it must be former Gulf Mobile & Ohio presidential car #50. The lines were unmistakable, and the sublettering and decal work applied to the renovated observation confirmed the hunch. She was a long way from Mobile, Alabama, and her days carrying Rebel Route railroad officers like Mr. Brock. You just never know what you'll find in this hobby: a little GM&O nostalgia ... in Oregon.
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio #1
business car / Mobile, Al / Mar 1961 / JCH
