Pine Bluff was once Cotton Belt railway hub

In 1875, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway began in Tyler, Texas. James W. Paramore, who led a group of investors that later owned the company, saw this railroad as a way to establish St. Louis as the primary gateway for selling cotton from the southwest in eastern markets. Thus the St. Louis Southwestern Railway became better known as the Cotton Belt.

Arkansas Railroad Museum

PB mural to be torn down after fire

Vintage 1969 RAILWAY PINE BLUFF COTTON BELT TIME RECORD BOOK

Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society

Vintage 1969 RAILWAY PINE BLUFF COTTON BELT TIME RECORD BOOK

Lots of entries. A full year of logged time. Lots of vintage local adds throughout.

Vintage 1969 RAILWAY PINE BLUFF COTTON BELT TIME RECORD BOOK Pamphlet RARE

Arkansas Railroad Museum Locomotives

Pine Bluff was once Cotton Belt railway hub

Patrick Pope's Cotton Belt Jonesboro Subdivision Model Railroad

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