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Cotton Belt |
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The St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company (reporting mark SSW), known by its nickname of "The Cotton Belt Route" or simply "Cotton Belt", is a former Class I railroad that operated between St. Louis, Missouri, and various points in the U.S. states of Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Texas from 1891 to 1980, when the system added the Rock Island's Golden State Route and operations in Kansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. The Cotton Belt operated as a Southern Pacific subsidiary from 1932 until 1992, when its operation was assumed by Southern Pacific Transportation Company. |
Number of Archive records in Research Center |
8 |
Number of Photo records in Research Center |
6 |
Number of Library records in Research Center |
2 |
Number of Object records in Research Center |
7 |
Related Records
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80 years of transportation progress: a history of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway - St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company. Public Relations Department.
This is a history of the Cotton Belt also known as St. Louis Southwestern Railway. It was first written as a thesis by Jacob E. Anderson in 1939. This book has been edited and revised.
Record Type: Library
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Abandoned Water Spout at TER Hillsboro Freight Yard - 1949, January 9
SNAPSHOT: Abandoned Cotton Belt (SSW) waterspout/water column at the Hillsboro Freight Yard. This property was bought by Texas Electric Railway Company in 1940. See: Map 6, Detail 62; Hillsboro Warehouse Track Detail
Record Type: Photo
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Card, Identification - Cotton Belt Employees Hospital Association Card - Rex Hardison
Record Type: Archive
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Certificate, Achievement - St. Louis Southwestern Railway Lines, Certificate of Examination
Record Type: Archive
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Certificate, Confirmation - Form 2160 St. Louis Southwestern Railway Lines, Time Inspection Service, Empoye's Card Certificate
Record Type: Archive
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Hear that lonesome whistle blow: the history of railroads and interurbans in Collin County, Texas - Gough, Joy
The book discusses several railroads that came through Collin County even if they did not stop here.
Record Type: Library
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TER Hillsboro Yard Connection - 1949, January 9
SNAPSHOT: Texas Electric Railway Yard connection in Hillsboro looking northeast along former St Louis Southwestern Railway line east. See: Map 6, Detail 62
Record Type: Photo
