Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad

Uh, I had, uh, co-authored a book on the Chicago and Illinois Midland back in 2009, and Tony's dad, Terry, actually contributed a lot of photographs, 'cause we lived fairly close to one another, um, because Tony grew up in, in Jerseyville, Illinois.

And, uh, uh, just kinda met Tony through Terry at a GM&O meet, uh, convention, I think, uh, back in about 2015.

And me and Tony got to talking, and I think he had just recently come on board with White River Productions, and I mean, he, he kinda spun that magazine around because I think originally when Model Railroad News was being published, I, I, I think it was more of a flyer.

Oh, wow.

That was an interesting point.

Uh, w- well, see, his first point was he wanted appropriateness, and this is, like, so perfect.

I just did a review on a Walthers Proto GM&O GP30.

One of the details incorporated into this run of that GP30 was the newer style plastic number boards.

Elope to Iuka, Mississippi, and got married and came back.

Dad got a job on the Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad as a telegrapher.

Teletype was the new high-tech communication.

So they had sent him there to learn that.