SSW819 is returning to Pine Bluff from the 1990 NRHS convention in St. Louis, MO.

Restoration work continues on the firebox of the Cotton Belt 819 at the Arkansas Railroad Museum in Pine Bluff.

Cotton Belt No. 819 is heading north on home rails in the second day of a trip from Pine Bluff, Ark., to St. Louis for the NRHS Convention. The train spent the night in Illmo (Scott City), Mo., an... (more)

The restoration work continues on Cotton Belt 819 inside the Arkansas RR Museum in Pine Bluff. I do not know when the restoration work on this beautiful looking locomotive is scheduled to be comp... (more)

The restoration work continues on Cotton Belt 819 inside the Arkansas RR Museum in Pine Bluff.

Four steam locomotives gather at St. Louis, Missouri, on June 14, 1990. Cotton Belt No. 819, Norfolk and Western No. 1218, Union Pacific No. 844 and Frisco No. 1522 simmer the night away under the... (more)

Sitting at Tyler Texas for the Rose Festival.

Heading to Tyler Texas for the Rose Festival.

Heading to St.Louis for the NRHS Convention.

Excursion to the Rose Festival in Tyler, Texas.

The Cotton Belt 819 was noted in the early 90's for its runs during the Tyler Rose Festival. Before dawn on what turned out to be a miserable gloomy day, she sits at the modest engine facility at... (more)

After a very successful trip to the 1990 NRHS convention in St.Louis, #819 heads home thru Illinois.

A sight probably never to be seen again with these engines. All four were under steam! Cotton Belt #819 - N&W #1218 - UP #844 - Frisco #1522