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the cotton belt was a subsidary of the SP since the early 1930's or before i dont remember exactaly. also the SP owned the T&NO "Texas & New Orleans" and the early Northwestern Pacific.
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wernt those two railroad CLOSE partners. cuase where ever a SP unit goes, a SSW unit goes with it. it was sort of like the Southern Pacific/Santa Fe Merger that never happend. (SPSF). Shawn Guilford Rail System www.gvrs.tk
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The SP became the majority shareholder of SSW in the 1930's. Over the next decades they bought out a lot of the other stock, and the SSW was a wholly owned subsidiary, until 9/11/96 when the St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt) ceased to exist. SSW maintained some individuality in paint schemes until the SP 1965 systemwide renumbering. SSW locos were in their own numbering system, and before that date, any SSW locomotive painted in the Black Widow or SP Lark Dark Grey schemes retained yellow grabs. In 1965 they were absorbed into the SP numbering system, and received white grabs. Also, with the exception of a few tunnel motor repaints, the GP60's, B40-8's and the last order of GP40-2 did not have "SSW" lettering on the nose of the locomotive. This was the one thing besides Cotton Belt lettering that was different from a standard SP paint scheme.
Texas required all railroads to have a general office and be operated as a Texas Corporation with a separate set of books. The Texas and Pacific was the Missouri Pacific. The Ft Worth and Denver was the CB&Q. The Panhandle and Santa Fe and the Gulf Colorado and Santa Fe were the ATSF. The St Louis Southwestern (SSW) Was the SP. The MKT of T was the MKT. This requirement was discontinued in the early 1960s when the Texas Roads were merged into their parents except for SSW which was still operated as separate entity. I started railroading with the P&SF at Amarillo, Texas where their 14 story General Office was located. Got transferred to the AT&SF before the P&SF was merged into the AT&SF. The General Manager (Western Lines) and Superintendent (Plains Division) remained in the GOB. Everything else was moved to Topeka, KS.
