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St Louis Southwestern

Cotton Belt Routes

Manila Southwestern
From SSW Historical Society:
Another nine miles of new construction directly west from Caraway Junction brought the line to Lunsford, where some of the right-of-way of the Manila & Southwestern was put to use. The M&SW had been incorporated March 28, 1904 to build a railroad from Herman (northwest of Trumann on the Frisco) east and then north to Lunsford. By 1929, such business had all but evaporated, and for $20,000 the Cotton Belt acquired a few pieces of land while the M&SW went out of business.

Untitled Path

Lufkin to Monterey
22 miles
Built by Lufkin Land & Lumber Co
Sold to Texas & Louisiana RR 8-1902 (SSW subsidiary)

Hornersville to Leachville
Built by SSW 1929?

BL&AS

Jonesboro N
Malden MO to Clarendon AR built by Texas & St Louis Ry in Mo & Ark. 1882 as 36" gauge
to St Louis Arkansas & Texas Ry Co in Ark & Mo 5-14-1886

Shreveport Branch

Texarkana to Pine Bluff
150 miles
Built by Texas & St. Louis Ry 1882 as 36" gauge

Pine Bluff to Clarendon
53 miles
Built by Texas & St Louis Ry 1883 as 36" gauge

Clarendon to Jonesboro
Built by Texas & St Louis Ry 1882 as 36" gauge

Paragould to Bertig
First 4 miles built by Paragould Stave Manufacturing Co. as 36" gauge
Sold to Paragould & Buffalo Island Ry 1887
Extended to Bertig 1888
Sold to Paragould Southeastern Ry 11-13-1893 and converted to standard gauge

Bertig to Cardwell
2 miles completed by Paragould Southeastern Ry 1-1-1893

Cardwell to Hornersville
Completed by Paragould Southeastern Ry 10-25-1897

Hornersville to Blytheville
Hornersville to Chickasawba 15 miles completed by Paragould Southeastern Ry 4-5-1903
1 mile to Blytheville completed by PSE 1-27-1907

Stuttgart to England
England to Ryan completed by Central Arkansas & Eastern Ry 1901
Ryan to Stuttgart completed by CA&E 10-22-1911
SSW Subsidiary

Rice Jct to Hazen
Completed by Central Arkansas & Eastern Ry 10-22-1911
SSW Subsidiary

Stuttgart to De Witt
Built by Stuttgart & Arkansas River RR 1881-88
To SSW

De Witt to Gillett
Completed by Stuttgart & Arkansas River RR 1892

Altheimer to Little Rock
Built by St Louis Arkansas & Texas Ry 1888

Rob Roy to Swan Lake
Built by Pine Bluff & Swan Lake Ry 1884 as 36" gauge
To Pine Bluff, Monroe & New Orleans Ry 7-19-1886
To Pine Bluff & Eastern RR 4-27-1892
To Pine Bluff Arkansas River Ry 1-18-1898 (controlled by SSW) and converted to standard gauge

Swan Lake to English
Built by Pine Bluff & Eastern RR 1887 as 36" gauge
To Pine Bluff Arkansas River Ry 1-18-1898 (controlled by SSW) and converted to standard gauge

English to Waldstein
English to Reydel built by Pine Bluff Arkansas River Ry 1901
Reydel to Waldstein built by PBAR 1912
SSW Subsidiary
Route Uncertain

Cairo Trumann & Southern
From SSW Historical Society:
A branch of the Tschudy Lumber Company, the CT&S was incorporated on February 7, 1912, and built a lumber road southwesterly from Trumann, some eighteen miles to Weona. The line was operated by at least five Heislers and a former Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 4-6-0, all bought between 1912 and 1924. The Cotton Belt took over the line-haul business of the CT&S, & on a different route slightly to the west, and reimbursed its owners $200,000 so they would abandon most of the CT&S line.

Arkansas Short Line
From SSW Historical Society:
The final 31.7 miles ofline, between Trumann and McDonald, were originally constructed by the Arkansas Short Line, which had been incorporated May 17, 1922 by the Poinsett Lumber and Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of the Singer Manufacturing Company, which owned a plant at Trumann. For $600,000, the Cotton Belt acquired this trackage, but no engines were involved. Poinsett Lumber owned a large roster of its own, and maintained a number of rail logging operations in the state.

SSW built Trumann

Lunsford to Caraway
Built by SSW 1929

Deering Southwestern
From SSWHS:
Approximately 19 miles to the south of Gideon were the rails of the Deering Southwestern Railway, next in the Project. The DSW trackage originated at Caruthersville, Missouri (on the Mississippi, and extended almost due west to Deering, where it veered southwest to Hornersville and connected with the Cotton Belt. A connection with the Frisco was made at Blazer. The International Harvester-controlled Wisconsin Lumber Company had incorporated the DSW on June 24, 1903, with the first trackage from the mill at Deering to Hickory laid that year; the rest of the road was completed in 1910 and 1911. Logging rapidly dropped off after 1925 & as fast as forest was cleared, cotton was planted, destined for market at Memphis.

Gideon & North Island
From SSWHS:
The Northernmost of the lines was the Gideon & North Island, a logging road incorporated April 30, 1908. Its 56-pound rail extended five and one-third miles southeastward from the Cotton Belt main line at Maiden, Missouri, to the town of Gideon. For its first two decades of existence, the G&NI was owned by the Gideon-Anderson Lumber Company, which operated a sawmill at its southern terminus. For $80,000, the Cotton Belt obtained the main line of the Gideon & North Island, plus a right-of-way toward Deering. The lumber company retained more than ten miles of logging trackage fanning out from Gideon, as well as the G&Nl's roster of locomotives, which held no great appeal for the Cotton Belt. Over 131,000 Cotton Belt dollars were spent reconstructing the G&NI during the next two years

Tyler to Lufkin
Built by Kansas & Gulf Short Line RR 1882-85 as 36" gauge
Converted to standard gauge by 1-12-1887
To St. Louis Arkansas & Texas Ry 1-13-1891
To St Louis SW of Texas 1891

Big Sandy to Tyler
Built by Tyler Tap RR 1871?
To Texas & St Louis 5-14-1879
To St Louis Arkansas & Texas Ry 2-10-1886
To St Louis Southwestern 1-9-1891

Texarkana to Big Sandy
Built by Texas & St Louis 1880 as 36"gauge

Mt Pleasant to Sherman
109 mi.
Built by St Louis Arkansas & Texas Ry of Texas 1887 as 36" gauge

Sherman Spur

Commerce to Fort Worth
99 mi.
Built by St Louis Arkansas & Texas Ry of Texas 1888 as 36" gauge

Dallas to Addison
Built by SSW 1903

Corsicana to Hillsboro
Built by St Louis Arkansas & Texas Ry 1888 as 36" gauge

Athens to Corsicana
38 mi.
Built by Texas & St Louis 1881 as 36" gauge

Tyler to Athens
Built by Texas & St Louis 1880 as 36" gauge

Corsicana to Waco
Built by Texas & St Louis 1881 as 36" gauge

Tradinghouse Creek Power Plant spur

Waco to McGregor

McGregor to Gatesville

Gatesville to Hamilton
Built by Stephenville North & South Texas Ry 1911
To SSW control 4-11-1924

Hamilton to Stephenville
Built by Stephenville North & South Texas Ry 1907
To SSW control 4-11-1924

Edson to Comanche
Built by Stephenville North & South Texas Ry 1911
To SSW control 4-11-1924

Malden MO to Delta MO
Built by St Louis Arkansas & Texas Ry Co in Ark & Mo 1889

Delta MO to Gray's Point MO
16.4 miles
Built by Gray's Point Terminal Ry 1898
Controlled by SSW

Thebes Bridge
SSW trackage rights on MP

Thebes to St. Louis
SSW trackage rights on Missouri Pacific

Birds Point MO to Lilbourn MO
Built by Texas & St Louis Ry in Mo & Ark. 1882 as 36" gauge
to St Louis Arkansas & Texas Ry Co in Ark & Mo 5-14-1886
to standard gauge by 1886

Malden MO to New Madrid MO
Built by Little River Valley & Arkansas RR ca1876 as 36" gauge
to Texas & St Louis Ry in Mo & Ark. 11-29-1881
to St Louis Arkansas & Texas Ry Co in Ark & Mo 5-14-1886
to standard gauge by 1886