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SP and Cotton Belt ?????

Posted by ns_gp60

on Wed, Jan 18 2006 7:13 PM

[?]Hello all, is there enybody out there who can tell me how the SP and Cotton Belt were assosiated? They both had the "Bloody nose" scheme. Please clearify this for me, thank you.

Greetings from Wabash country, Belleville, MI

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Posted by SSW9389

on Wed, Jan 18 2006 8:10 PM

Southern Pacific was the owner of a majority of Cotton Belt's stock since April 1932. Cotton Belt was a subsidiary company from that point on to the mighty Espee.

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Posted by Anonymous

on Wed, Jan 18 2006 10:30 PM

This should help fill in some of the blanks about your question.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Southwestern_Railway

Posted by trainboyH16-44

on Thu, Jan 19 2006 1:24 AM

Asked this question myself a while back, here's the thred I started..
http://www.trains.com/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30099

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH

on Thu, Jan 19 2006 12:36 PM

As an aside, SP managed to retain control of Cotton Belt even through Cotton Belt's bankruptcy in 1935. As a result of the increase in traffic due to WW2 and afterwards, Cotton Belt again became profitable enough to pay all of its bills and the bankruptcy was terminated without a reorganization.

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