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St. Louis
Southwestern
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SSW
SD45T-2 6878 at Taylor yard, Los Angeles, CA, April 16th 2002. |
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SSW
GP60 9690 on Cajon Pass, July 26th 2000. |
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SSW
59042 at Caliente, CA, April 15th 2002. |
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SSW
70029 at La Grange, IL, April 29th 2002. |
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St. Louis
Southwestern began as the 3-foot-gauge Tyler Tap Railroad, opened in 1877
in eastern Texas. Its successor, St. Louis, Arkansas & Texas, was standard-gauged
in 1886. The nickname Cotton Belt Route is historic; the emblem, designed
by Charles Ware at the railroads request, replaced a cotton bale in 1885.
StLA&T was acquired by the new St. Louis Southwestern of Jay Gould in
1891. Southern Pacific acquired SSW control on April 14, 1932, strengthening
a relationship established in 1919, and operated it as part of the SP
system. Ownership conveyed to Union Pacific in the August 11, 1996 SP
merger, and SSW was subsequently absorbed by UP.
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Latest update: 12/26/2002.
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