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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 36. Chapters: St. Louis Southwestern 819, D&RGW 223, Pere Marquette 1225, The General, PRR 4859, Spokane, Portland and Seattle 700, PRR M1, PRR 460, Santa Fe 3751, Nickel Plate 765, Nickel Plate 587, Southern Pacific 1673, Southern Pacific 745, Virginia and Truckee RR. Engines No. 18, The Dayton; and No. 22, The Inyo, PRR G5, Maumelle Ordnance Works Locomotive 1, PRR 7002, Frisco 4003, Soo Line 2719, C&O 1308, DV&S 50, D&RGW 463, L & N Steam Locomotive No. 152, PRR 1223, PRR 520, Florida East Coast Railway Locomotive No. 153, The Glenbrook, GN 1355, Santa Fe 5000, D&RGW 168, C&O 2755, D&RGW 315, C&NW 1385, PRR 3936 and 3937, Wabash Alloys Locomotive, The Texas, Pere Marquette 1223, Eureka Locomotive, William Crooks, PRR H6, United States Army Steam Locomotive No. 4039, D&RGW 169, Elk River Coal and Lumber Company No.10, Hetch Hetchy 6, Southern Railway 4501, PRR H8, Santa Fe 2926, Santa Fe 3759, Texas and Pacific 610, PRR 1737, Western Maryland 202, The Lion. Excerpt: The St. Louis Southwestern #819 is a 4-8-4 steam locomotive. It was completed in 1943 and was the last engine built by the railway affectionately known as the "Cotton Belt Route." It was also the last locomotive built in Arkansas to date. The Cotton Belt initially purchased ten Northern 4-8-4 engines (#800-809) from Baldwin Locomotive Works located at Eddystone, Pennsylvania in 1930. Seven years later, Cotton Belt built five more Northern engines (#810-814) from their own shops in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in 1937. These Northern locomotives were Class L1 on the Cotton Belt. In 1942, Cotton Belt officials petitioned the War Production Board for authorization to buy five new EMD FT diesel locomotives for their growing passenger and freight lines. Instead, they were granted approval to produce five more 4-8-4 type locomotives (#815-819). Although similar to the previous se...
