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  1. Cotton Belt 9647 Hearne, Texas

    Cotton Belt 9647 Hearne, Texas

    Cotton Belt GP60 sits in the yard at Hearne, Texas after returning from local work on March 24, 2011
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    • belt cotton gp60 hearne pacific railroad southern texas train union
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Union Pacific
  2. SSW 9708 East at Uvalde, Tx

    SSW 9708 East at Uvalde, Tx

    SSW 9708 & SSW 9699 GP60s assigned to the LAS11.
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  3. SSW 9708 East at Knippa, Tx

    SSW 9708 East at Knippa, Tx

    SSW 9708 Slow roll through Knippa for BP inspection. Unpatched SSW GP 60 Units
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    • belt cotton ssw
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  4. Cotton Belt at San Ardo

    Cotton Belt at San Ardo

    Cotton Belt 9666 leads the Union Pacific "Santa Margarita Turn" near San Ardo, California in February of 2002. Rain clouds are not far off in the distance on this day.
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    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Western United States
  5. GP60's in my shadow

    GP60's in my shadow

    Cotton Belt 9664 roars up the 3% grade near Cupertino, California with the Southern Pacific "Permanente Local" in September of 1995. Lest I forgot that my shadow was beneath the train! Also from my first roll of B&W ever.
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    • belt branch california cotton gp60 pacific permanente southern vasona
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Western United States
  6. SP Monterey Local heading home

    SP Monterey Local heading home

    The Southern Pacific "Monterey Local" heads for home while passing Elkhorn, California in May of 1996. This local which ran from Watsonville Junction to the Monterey Branch has been wiped off the books due to low carloadings.
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    • belt california coast cotton elkhorn gp40-2 line pacific slough southern
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  7. Cotton Belt / SSW 9693

    Cotton Belt / SSW 9693

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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Union Pacific
  8. SSW 7286 - Saginaw TX

    SSW 7286 - Saginaw TX

    Duncan local with a Cotton Belt running solo northbound on the UP Duncan sub, ex Rock Island.
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Union Pacific
  9. Cotton Belt Leads the Way

    Cotton Belt Leads the Way

    Cotton Belt GP60 #9644 heads up eight locomotives on this westbound freight as it passes through Bena in Tehachapi Pass on UP's Mojave Subdivision in July 1999.
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    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Western United States
  10. Central Delta Depot Museum - M.J. Scanlon

    Central Delta Depot Museum - M.J. Scanlon

    This depot turned museum is located in Brinkley, Arkansas. It stands where the current UP Brinkley Sub merges into the UP Jonesboro Sub.
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    • arkansas belt brinkley cotton depot island museum pacific rock scanlon southern sp station union up
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Buildings and Structures
  11. SSW 52101 - Cotton Belt Tank Car - M.J. Scanlon

    SSW 52101 - Cotton Belt Tank Car - M.J. Scanlon

    Where do old Cotton Belt tank cars go to die? In a field near the tracks of the UP Wynne Sub in eastern Arkansas.
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    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Freight Cars
  12. Fallen and Falling

    Fallen and Falling

    On the last day of occupation of the tower, Cotton Belt pays homage to Tower 17 (the last manned tower in Texas) on an appropriately dreary and drizzly February evening. The last watch is already packing up, when they leave an era in railroading history will be gone forever.
    • kenw
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    • 17 belt cotton ssw tower
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Union Pacific
  13. Cotton Belt Boxcar

    Cotton Belt Boxcar

    I took this last week at Spring Jct.
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    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Freight Cars
  14. SSW 9656 - GP60 - M.J. Scanlon

    SSW 9656 - GP60 - M.J. Scanlon

    An unpatched Cotton Belt locomotive is a very rare sight in 2005. SSW 9656 is seen here as the second locomotive in today's Job 43 train as it pulls out of the Wesson Oil Mill Plant on the backside of Sargent Yard near the NS main lines.
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    • 9656 belt cotton memphis pacific sargent scanlon ssw sunset tennessee union unpatched up yard
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Eastern United States
  15. Old Cotton

    Old Cotton

    OLd cotton sitting in Denver Locomotive shop yard
    • drgw#1
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    • belt cotton
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    • Category: Freight Cars
  16. SSW 9708

    SSW 9708

    Cotton Belt GP60 still haunts the Tower 17 area long after the tower is gone.
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  17. Could be Texas...

    Could be Texas...

    Dry grass, tumbleweeds, and Cotton Belt...is it Texas? No, it's Anaheim, CA on the Santa Ana Branch.
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    • belt cotton locals running street up
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Western United States
  18. SSW Grain

    SSW Grain

    A SSW Grain car at industry in Vancouver, Washington.
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    • belt cotton grain ssw
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Freight Cars



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