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Cotton Belt Class L-1
🇺🇸 United States ·built by Baldwin Locomotive Works· from 1930· class of 20 American 4-8-4 locomotives
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. St. Louis Southwestern 819: Photo by Bill B. Bailey. SassyPony at en.wikipedia· Public domain
what is it?
The Cotton Belt Class L-1 was a class of 20 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotives that were built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works and the St. Louis Southwestern Railway (Cotton Belt) at their own Pine Bluff, Arkansas Shops.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 96 years ago, in 1930.
- 30.2 m long: about 7 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 23 years (1930–1953).
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1930–1943
- in service from
- 1930
- retired
- 1953
- status
- retired
- number built
- 20
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Baldwin Locomotive Works, St. Louis Southwestern Railway
- operators
- St. Louis Southwestern Railway, Southern Pacific Transportation Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 4-8-4
- length
- 30.2 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q123593892, Wikipedia: Cotton Belt Class L-1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.