Just saw this recent list of remaining Cotton Belt locos still in service on the UP. Lets go hunting! SSW 007274 CHINO CA 04 04 1530 U Arrive In-Transit LOB290 UP SSW 007275 YUMA AZ 04 05 1810 U Arrive In-Transit LKY380 UP SSW 007279 LOS NIETOS CA 04 04 1841 U Arrive In-Transit LOA37R UP SSW 007281 WAGONER OK 04 06 0142 U Arrive In-Transit LVA740 UP SSW 007283 MESA AZ 04 05 2200 U Departure LKK310 UP SSW 007284 MESQUITE TX 04 04 1430 U Departure YMY590 UP SSW 007285 GOODWELL OK 04 04 1619 U Arrive In-Transit LMM510 UP SSW 007286 NEY YARD TX 04 03 0621 U Arrive In-Transit LBA450 UP SSW 007290 ALFALFA TX 04 05 0800 U Departure YLP59R UP SSW 007637 STOCKHAM AZ 04 04 1319 U Departure YTU610 UP SSW 007655 PHOENIX AZ 04 05 2200 U Departure LKK210 UP SSW 007962 EL PASO DALLAS TX 04 05 0930 U Departure YLP600 UP SSW 009642 CHICAGO IL 04 05 0536 U Junction Delivery CSXT UP SSW 009647 PAXTON TX 04 05 0159 U Arrive In-Transit RCIPN0 UP SSW 009652 RIVERFRONT LA 04 05 2000 U Departure IMNEWX UP SSW 009669 NEW BRAUNFELS TX 04 05 1720 U Arrive In-Transit LAF280 UP SSW 009682 CIUDAD JUAREZ CI 04 05 0100 E Departure FXE SSW 009683 ENNIS TX 04 05 2311 U Arrive In-Transit LBC510 UP SSW 009684 ENNIS TX 04 05 2311 U Arrive In-Transit LBC510 UP SSW 009692 CHICKASHA OK 04 05 2045 U Arrive In-Transit RCKEN0 UP SSW 009693 FORT WORTH TX 04 05 1612 U Arrive In-Transit MHOFW0 UP SSW 009699 MILLER TX 04 06 0127 L Arrive In-Transit LBW400 UP SSW 009703 MILLER TX 04 06 0127 U Arrive In-Transit LBW400 UP SSW 009708 FORT WORTH TX 04 05 2320 U Arrive In-Transit YFW930
Flash those 7200s are the GP40M-2s that Cotton Belt had rebuilt from GP40s back in the early 1990s, the 7600s and 7900 locos are GP40-2, the rest are as you said GP60s. Not many left are there? And very few in old Cotton Belt territory.
I saw a rather faded and Beat up Cotton Belt GP60 on the UP Milwaukee sub last week, SSW patch job, #1943 I think, and another UP GP60 heading north towards Kenosha/Waukegan, IL.
This one? Lots of other SSW pics on this link as well. :teeth: http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoList.aspx?id=UP