OPRRMS Wrote:
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> 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."
> > >
> >
> [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.
>
> [68.media.tumblr.com]
> 7c3302636b/tumblr_nxy3e3l7ml1ucj7u5o1_1280.jpg

It was repainted scarlet and gray in 1959, and painted and numbered COTTON BELT 306.

Same unit after being leased to SP in 1960.

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