Mobile & Great Northern

This road's great name concealed the fact that it was intended to cover only the 67 miles between a point on the Tensas River, 22 miles north of Mobile, and the connection with the Alabama & Florida Railroad at Pollard, Alabama. It was chartered in 1856, track laying began in March 1861 and the road was completed that November.

Despite its short length, it was a crucial link in the rail route around the Montgomery to Meridian rail gap.

Black's Number 62 (map) (map)
Track 52 miles of 5 foot gauge of 60# T-rail
Locomotives 1; 2nd had been shipped by 4/1861; had 4 at end of war; 2 names
Cars Unknown
Stations 8
Officers Some
Bridges All
Tredegar Purchases All
Annual Reports
4-1-61 President
4-1-61 Chief Engineer
4-1-65 Chief Engineer & Superintendent
4-1-66 Chief Engineer & Superintendent

Significant Documents

NP, MDA 1-23-61
LVA, TRED 5-13-61
NA, M&GN 5-x-61
NA, M&GN 5-xA-61
OR Series 1, Vol. 52, Pt 2, Page 164
LVA, TRED 10-8A-61
LVA, TRED 11-13-61
OR Series 4, Vol. 1, Page 732
LVA, TRED 11-18B-61
NA, SWR 12-5-61
NA, M&GN 1-16-62
NP, MAR 1-18A-62
NP, MAR 1-18B-62
NA, M&GN 1-31-62
AOC, 2-15-62
AL, ALRR 2-25-62
NP, MAR 3-11-62
NP, MAR 3-29-62
NP, MAR 3-30-62
NP, MAR 4-9-62
NP, SMN 4-14-62
NA, M&GN 5-27-62
NA, A&F 6-3-62
OR Series 1, Vol. 17, Part 2, Page 900
NP, MM 10-19-62
AL, A&F 11-18-62
AL, A&F 11-18A-62
AL, A&F 11-23-62
AL, A&F 11-25-62
NA, M&S 12-3-62
NA, M&GN 12-9-62
NA, M&GN 12-12-62
NA, MGN 12-30-62
NA, M&GN 1-1-63
NA, M&GN 2-1-63
NA, QMR 2-11-63
NA, QMR 3-9-63
NA, M&GN 3-16-63
NA, QM 3-18-63
NA, A&F 4-6-63
NA, A&F 4-7-63
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 483
OR Series 4, Vol. 2, Page 487
NP, MAP 4-29-63
NA, QMR 5-23-63
NA, A&F 5-30-63
NA, QMR 6-1A-63
NP, ASCY 6-2A-63
NP, ASCY 6-4-63
NA, M&GN 6-5-63
NA, QM 6-8A-63
LVA, RRB 6-10A-63
LVA, RRB 6-18D-63
NA, QMR 6-18-63
NA, QMR 6-19-63
LVA, RRB 6-20-63
LVA, RRB 6-24-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 23, Part 2, Page 453
NP, MEN 7-20-63
NA, QMR 8-4E-63
NA, QM 8-8-63
NA, QMR 8-8A-63
LVA, RRB 8-10B-63
NA, QMR 8-11B-63
NA, QMR 8-11C-63
NA, QMR 8-11D-63
LVA, RRB 8-27-63
RRBAT 8-28-1863
NA, M&GN 8-X-63
NA, M&GN 8-x1-63
H, RRB 9-4-63
OR Series 1, Vol. 30, Part 4, Page 608
NA, QMR 9-10-63
H, RRB 9-12A-63
RRBAT 9-14A-1863
RRBAT 10-10A-1863
LVA, RRB 10-12-63
NP, AI 10-16-63
NA, DG 11-14-63
NA, RRB 11-25A-63
NA, M&GN 12-2-63
AHC, LPG 12-29-63
NA, QMR 1-2F-64
NA, QMR 1-2H-64
NA, RRB 1-2C-64
NA, RRB 1-4-64
NA, M&GN 1-20-64
NA, M&GN 1-23-64
NA, M&GN 1-31-64
NA, DG 2-15-64
NA, M&GN 2-20-64
NA, QMR 3-5B-64
NA, RRB 3-5A-64
NA, RRB 3-5B-64
NA, QMR 3-7A-64
NA, QMR 3-7B-64
NA, M&GN 5-11-64
NP, MAR 5-27-64
NA, QMR 6-23-64
NA, RRB 7-5A-64
NA, RRB 7-23-64
NA, T 9-1-64
NP, DC 10-20-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 39, Part 2, Page 916
NP, CT 11-21-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 52, Part 2, Page 793
OR Series 1, Vol. 45, Part 2, Page 697
NP, LV 12-17-64
NP, RCF 12-20-64
NP, CT 12-22-64
OR Series 1, Vol. 44, Part 1, Page 449
NP, AC 1-5-65
NP, MT 1-11A-65
NA, AIG 1-29A-65
OR Series 1, Vol. 49, Part 1, Page 1023
NP, MT 3-18-65
NP, AC 3-22A-65
NA, DAMEL 3-16-65
NA, DAMEL 3-25-65
NA, DAMEL 3-26-65
AR, A&F(FL) 5-1-67 S

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