| Railroad Name: | Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad |
| Logo Filename: | Gulf Mobile Northern RR.png |
| Start Year: | 1917 |
| End Year: | 1940 |
| Predecessor Line: | New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad, New Orleans Great Northern Railway |
| Successor Line: | Gulf, Mobile and Ohio |
| Locale: | Southern United States |
| Length: | in 1940 |
| Hq City: | Mobile, Alabama |
The Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad was a railroad in the Southern United States. The first World War had forced government operation upon the company; and in 1919, when it became once more a free agent, it chose Isaac B. Tigrett to chart its new course.[1] Tigrett, a native of Jackson, Tennessee, was president of the GM&N from 1920 and of its successor, the GM&O, from 1938 to 1952, and oversaw the development of the road from a nearly bankrupt operation into a thriving success. He was the great-uncle of Hard Rock Cafe founder Isaac Tigrett, also a native of Jackson.[2]
At the end of 1925 GM&N operated 466 miles of road and 574 miles of track; that year it reported 419 million ton-miles of revenue freight and 12 million passenger-miles.
On September 13, 1940, the GM&N was merged with the Mobile and Ohio Railroad to form the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad.[3]