HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> When was the first year, Cotton Belt/SSW started to appear on SP locomotives?
@HUTCH 7.62 --
This may be the answer you're looking for:
"The Southern Pacific Company gained Interstate Commerce Commission approval to control 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. "Cotton Belt" was painted on the sides and in later years the letters "SSW" were painted on the nose." [
en.wikipedia.org]
Google-search [Cotton Belt/SSW]: [
www.google.com]