OPRRMS Wrote:
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> 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?
> >
> > @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."
> >
> [
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> > rn_Railway
> >
> > Google-search :
> >
> [
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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> /1/4/14692302806643063.jpg
Same unit in 1955.
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