SSW 4-6-0 #254 - "Cotton Belt"

Name	Type	Comments	Date

Ed Cooper	General	The 254 was the very last Ten Wheeler on the Cotton Belt. It was last used on the Sherman Branch in Texas. It was sold for scrap in February 1953. if this is a Missouri location the only places where there were turntables would be Illmo or Wyatt. I suspect this is an Illmo photo.	2/28/2018 9:37:16 AM

Ed Cooper	General	The 254 was the very last Ten Wheeler on the Cotton Belt. It was last used on the Sherman Branch in Texas. It was sold for scrap in February 1953. If this is a Missouri location the only place where there was a turntable in 1935 would be Illmo.	2/28/2018 9:39:00 AM

SSW 4-6-0 #254 - "Cotton Belt"
Interesting detailed photo of a 1910 Baldwin built ten wheeler delievered to the St Louis Southwestern Rwy as it sits in an unidentified yard. Specifics - class F1, 62" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 21x28" sylinders, engine weight of 187,00 lb, tractive effort of 33,857 lb, superheated by the Cotton Belt shops in 1924. No date or location was given for this photo. Unknown photographer
Date: 6/1/1935	Location: unknown, MO	Views: 652	Collection Of: Gary Everhart
Locomotives: SSW 254(4-6-0)			Author: Gary Everhart

Picture Categories: Roster,Yard,Steam		This picture is part of album: Cotton Belt 4-6-0 #254

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