WebDigger Wrote:
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> HUTCH 7.62 Wrote:
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> > When was the first year, Cotton Belt/SSW started
> to appear on SP locomotives?
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> @HUTCH 7.62 --
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> This may be the answer you're looking for:
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> "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]
> rn_Railway
>
> Google-search :
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www.google.com]
> &source=hp&btnG=Search&q=Cotton+Belt%2FSSW&oq=&gs_
> l=&pbx=1
That's kind of misleading. Here's a photo of Cotton Belt FP7 with its as-delivered (1950) lettering.
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