The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Passenger Terminal is a historic

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in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Architect P. Thornton Marye designed the

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style terminal for the

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. It was completed in 1907 at a total cost of $575,000. The Mobile and Ohio merged with the

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in 1940 to form the

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Trains in final years

Major trains served: * Gulf, Mobile & Ohio: **'' Gulf Coast Rebel'': St. Louis, Missouri - Mobile * Southern Railway: **''Goldenrod'':

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- Mobile

Demise

The last GM&O passenger trains into Mobile terminal station were the Gulf Coast Rebels, which made their last runs on October 14, 1958. Louisville & Nashville passenger service in Mobile called at a separate L&N station located about 1 mile distant. Passenger service in the Amtrak era continued at the former L&N passenger station

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. GM&O Terminal Station continued to serve as railroad offices. It was placed on the

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on August 15, 1975. It had suffered neglect, extensive interior alteration, and partial removal of the train shed by this time. The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad vacated the old terminal building in 1986 and for fifteen years it suffered from demolition-by-neglect. The Alabama Historical Commission and the Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation named it as one of their "Places in Peril" in 1996. In 2001 the City of Mobile and a private company invested more than $18 million to restore the local landmark with the developer taking advantage of the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentive program. Today the building houses private offices and the city's The Wave Transit System. The renovated facility was extensively damaged by flooding during Hurricane Katrina.

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Trains in final years

Demise

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