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Re: SSW Cotton Belt?
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 11-06-2017 - 20:09

OPRRMS Wrote:
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> WebDigger Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > 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]
>
> > 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.
>
> [images-mediawiki-sites.thefullwiki.org]
> /1/4/14692302806643063.jpg

Same unit in 1955.

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  SSW Cotton Belt? HUTCH 7.62 11-06-2017 - 17:22
  Re: SSW Cotton Belt? Pdxrailtransit 11-06-2017 - 17:31
  Re: SSW Cotton Belt? Joe Schnerdley 11-06-2017 - 17:54
  Re: SSW Cotton Belt? OPRRMS 11-06-2017 - 18:13
  Re: SSW Cotton Belt? WebDigger 11-06-2017 - 19:49
  And don't forget the yellow handrails. Pdxrailtransit 11-06-2017 - 19:58
  Re: And don't forget the yellow handrails. OPRRMS 11-06-2017 - 20:31
  Re: SSW Cotton Belt? OPRRMS 11-06-2017 - 20:03
  Re: SSW Cotton Belt? OPRRMS 11-06-2017 - 20:09
  Re: SSW Cotton Belt? OPRRMS 11-06-2017 - 20:20
  Re: SSW Cotton Belt? Chas 11-06-2017 - 20:47
  Re: SSW Cotton Belt? OPRRMS 11-06-2017 - 20:52
  Re: SSW Cotton Belt? bruce holleran 11-06-2017 - 21:03
  Re: SSW Cotton Belt? OPRRMS 11-06-2017 - 21:25
  Re: SSW Cotton Belt? John Bruce 11-07-2017 - 08:08
  Re: SSW Cotton Belt? OPRRMS 11-07-2017 - 12:06
  Re: SSW Cotton Belt? OPRRMS 11-07-2017 - 12:09
  Re: SSW Cotton Belt? OPRRMS 11-07-2017 - 12:12
  Re: SSW Cotton Belt? OPRRMS 11-07-2017 - 12:15
  SSW Cotton Belt SD45T-2 J Mann 11-07-2017 - 08:28
  Re: SSW Cotton Belt SD45T-2 Boberama 11-07-2017 - 08:46
  Re: SSW Cotton Belt SD45T-2 Craig Tambo 11-07-2017 - 10:43
  Re: SSW Cotton Belt SD45T-2 Dr Zarkoff 11-07-2017 - 10:57
  Re: SSW Cotton Belt SD45T-2 OPRRMS 11-07-2017 - 11:44
  SSW J 11-08-2017 - 08:24


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