The St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, known by its nickname of "The Cotton Belt Route" or simply "Cotton Belt", was a Class I railroad that operated between St. Louis, Missouri, and various poin
Bond of the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, issued 12. February 1891
Cotton Belt boxcar at Texas City, Galveston County, Texas
SSW EMD GP60 9673 in Caliente, California
SSW GE B40-8 8067 in Colton, California
The original Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad was an American Class I railroad. It was also known as the Rock Island Line, or, in its final years, The Rock.
St. Louis Southwestern Railway
…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…
Rock Island locomotive #627, circa 1910
Fractional Share of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, issued June 30, 1898
The former Rock Island Depot at Chillicothe, Illinois, now a railroad museum
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