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EspañolST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY
:''for other uses of SSW, see SSW''
The 'St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company' , known by its nickname of "The Cotton Belt Route" or simply "Cotton Belt", was organized on January 15, 1891, although it had its origins in a series of short lines founded in Tyler, Texas in 1877 that connected northeastern Texas to Arkansas and southeastern Missouri. The company gained trackage rights over the Missouri Pacific Railroad to reach the St. Louis, Missouri area. SSW also operated a yard and locomotive servicing facility in East St. Louis, Illinois, just east of Valley Junction. The Union Pacific Railroad still operates the yard (still named "Cotton Belt Yard"), but the engine servicing facilities have been demolished.
The St. Louis Southwestern and its subsidiaries operated a total of 1,607 miles of track in 1945; 1,555 miles of track in 1965; and 2,115 miles of track in 1981 after taking over the Rock Island's Golden State Route.
The Southern Pacific Railroad gained control of the Cotton Belt system on April 14, 1932 but continued to operate it as a separate company until 1992, when the SP consolidated the Cotton Belt's operations into the parent company. Cotton Belt diesel locomotives from 1959 on were painted in Southern Pacific's "bloody nose" scheme - dark gray locomotive body with a red "winged" nose. The letters "SSW" were painted on the nose and "Cotton Belt" on the sides.
St. Louis Southwestern 819 is maintained at the Arkansas Railway Museum in Pine Bluff, Arkansas by the Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society. The #819 was the last new steam locomotive purchased by the Cotton Belt in 1943 and it was built in the Pine Bluff Shops.
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★ Facts on the Cotton Belt 4-8-4's, Including the 819
★ Cotton Belt website
★ Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society
★ Moody's Steam Railroads 1949
★ Moody's Transportation Manual 9/1968
★ Goen, Steve Allen (1999), 'Cotton Belt Color Pictorial', Four Ways West Publications. ISBN 1-885614-25-X
The 'St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company' , known by its nickname of "The Cotton Belt Route" or simply "Cotton Belt", was organized on January 15, 1891, although it had its origins in a series of short lines founded in Tyler, Texas in 1877 that connected northeastern Texas to Arkansas and southeastern Missouri. The company gained trackage rights over the Missouri Pacific Railroad to reach the St. Louis, Missouri area. SSW also operated a yard and locomotive servicing facility in East St. Louis, Illinois, just east of Valley Junction. The Union Pacific Railroad still operates the yard (still named "Cotton Belt Yard"), but the engine servicing facilities have been demolished.
The St. Louis Southwestern and its subsidiaries operated a total of 1,607 miles of track in 1945; 1,555 miles of track in 1965; and 2,115 miles of track in 1981 after taking over the Rock Island's Golden State Route.
The Southern Pacific Railroad gained control of the Cotton Belt system on April 14, 1932 but continued to operate it as a separate company until 1992, when the SP consolidated the Cotton Belt's operations into the parent company. Cotton Belt diesel locomotives from 1959 on were painted in Southern Pacific's "bloody nose" scheme - dark gray locomotive body with a red "winged" nose. The letters "SSW" were painted on the nose and "Cotton Belt" on the sides.
St. Louis Southwestern 819 is maintained at the Arkansas Railway Museum in Pine Bluff, Arkansas by the Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society. The #819 was the last new steam locomotive purchased by the Cotton Belt in 1943 and it was built in the Pine Bluff Shops.
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External links
★
★ Facts on the Cotton Belt 4-8-4's, Including the 819
★ Cotton Belt website
★ Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society
Sources
★ Moody's Steam Railroads 1949
★ Moody's Transportation Manual 9/1968
★ Goen, Steve Allen (1999), 'Cotton Belt Color Pictorial', Four Ways West Publications. ISBN 1-885614-25-X
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