Need Idea of Road Number for Cotton Belt FT

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
1

I have just converted a Stewart Cotton Belt FT A/B to DCC. However, it came without any documents giving me an idea of a road number for these units.

Is there a database or site that might have a clue? The Wikipedia entry on EMD F Series does not list the road numbers with original buyers, unfortunately. St. Louis Southwestern Railway had 10 FT A and B units, apparently.

2

http://espee.railfan.net/sswftab.html

Maybe that helps?

Rotor

3

Does this help?

Cotton Belt FTA/B### 900A, B, C, D - 920A, B, C, D### delivered 1944-45, traded in 1960-61### 20 units delivered### see SSW FTA/B Roster for details###

A Unit

B Unit

B Unit

A Unit

900A

900B

900C

900D

905A

905B

905C

905D

910A

910B

910C

910D

915A

915B

915C

915D

920A

920B

920C

920D
### ###

renumbered 1949

A Unit

B Unit

B Unit

A Unit

901

902

904

903

907

906

908

909

911

912

914

913

917

916

918

919

921

922

924

923

#900, 905, 910, 915 and 920 were not reused

Don Z.

4

Here you go!

http://espee.railfan.net/sswftab.html

5

Much obliged, folks. Y’all are fast on the draw, to be sure.

6

About the same time that the Cotton Belt was renumbering its FTs they were also repainting them from Confederate Gray and Armour Yellow to the Black Widow colors of corporate parent Southern Pacific.