CUSTOMERS OF THE 
ST. LOUIS-SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD

This site is a list of all the customers of the St. Louis-Southwestern Railroad, better known as the Cotton Belt.
Original information for this site was provided by Joe Locke.
Additional information by Shawn Beckert

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This page is part of David Coscia's SP site
April 10, 2006
 

ARKANSAS

CITY
 COMPANY
 PRODUCT
 INBOUND CARS
 OUTBOUND CARS
Apalco, Arkansas
Arkansas Power & Light Co.      



Arkalite, Arkansas        
Arkalite, Arkansas


Bearden,  Arkansas Bear Brand 
Roofing Co.		 roofing materials tank cars, hopper cars boxcars, flats, 
bulkhead flats
Bests, Arkansas Carlton Smith



Standard Oil Co. of Louisiana


Bull Neck, Arkansas W.G. Alexander


Camden, Arkansas Shumaker NAD ammunition and rockets for the Navy boxcars, flats, hoppers boxcars

Camden Furniture Co. bedroom furniture boxcars boxcars

International Paper Co.
Southern Kraft Mill		 Baypak plant -
multiwall bags plant
was on MP		 pulpwood flats boxcars

Ville Mobile Homes Manufacturing Co. mobile homes boxcars, gondolas, 
flats		 flats

Southern Compress 
and Warehouse Co.		 storage of cotton bales boxcars boxcars

Weatherbuster Co natural gas central 
air-conditioning units		 boxcars, gondolas, flats boxcars

Grapette Co. soft drinks -
the home of Grapette		 boxcars boxcars

Camark Pottery ceramics and 
pulverized glass		 hoppers boxcars

Barrett Division of Allied Chemical Co. roofing materials ? ?

Gilehrist Bag Co. garment bags boxcars boxcars

T. F. Schelas Co. Inc. railroad maintenance boxcars, flats boxcars, flats
Chaney, Arkansas C.P. Chaney Sawmill


Clarendon, Arkansas Stoddard Manufacturing Co. fabricated products for  the food and beverage industries  gondola, boxcars boxcars
DeWitt, Arkansas Smith Rice Mill rice boxcars, 
covered hoppers		 boxcars, 
covered hoppers

Black Rice Mill rice boxcars, 
covered hoppers		 boxcars, 
covered hoppers

C&L Rice Mill rice boxcars, 
covered hoppers		 boxcars, 
covered hoppers
England, Arkansas England Dryer & Elevator Co. rice boxcars, 
covered hoppers		 boxcars, 
covered hoppers
Fair Oaks, Arkansas Fair Oaks Grain Drying Cooperative Association rice boxcars,
covered hoppers		 boxcars,
covered hoppers
Fordyce, Arkansas Kopper Co. preservative and fire-retardent treated lumber flats, bulkhead flats boxcars, flats, 
bulkhead flats

H.L. Russell 
Drykiln Co.		 dried lumber flats, bulkhead flats flats, bulkhead flats

Benton Casket Manufacturing Co. caskets boxcars, gondolas boxcars

Wood Lumber Co. utility pole crossarms flats, bulkhead flats,
boxcars		 boxcars

Fordyce Furniture & Cabinet Co. church furniture bulkhead flats, boxcars boxcars

Fordyce Lumber Co. saw mill lumber gondolas, log cars flats, bulkhead flats, boxcars

Fordyce Wood Products Co. wood products flats, bulkhead flats,
boxcars		 boxcars

Holmes & Parban Co. pulpwood pulpwood cars pulpwood cars
Hardyboard, Arkansas
Hardy and Company, Inc.


Indiana, Arkansas Dixie Dryer, Inc. rice boxcars, 
covered hoppers		 boxcars, 
covered hoppers
Jonesbora, Arkansas Arkansas Rice Growers Cooperative rice, soybeans boxcars, 
covered hoppers		 boxcars, 
covered hoppers

River Brand Rice Co. rice boxcars, 
covered hoppers		 boxcars, 
covered hoppers

Glass Container Corp. glass products:
bottles, jars, containers		 hopper cars, boxcars boxcar

Arkansas Glass Container Corp. glass products boxcars, hoppers boxcars

General Electric Co. fractional motors for blower fans and air-
conditioning equipment		 boxcars, gondola boxcars
Lynch, Arkansas Arkansas Power & Light Co.


North Little Rock, Arkansas Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. glass ? ?

Kelly-Springfield 
Tire Co.		 tire warehouse for 
Lion Oil Company		 boxcars boxcars
Paperton, Arkansas Dierks Paper Company


Pine Bluff, Arkansas Pearson Archery Equipment archery equipment, cotton pickers,
and farm planters		 boxcars, gondolas flats, boxcars

Fox Brothers
Hardware Co.		 received: hardware, building materials, and plumbing supplies boxcars boxcars

Paper mills shared 
with MP:
International Paper Co.
Dierks Paper Mills
Murphy Corp.		 paper products:
news print, 
milk cartons, 
paper  bags, and
cardboard		 pulpwood flats boxcars

Hammond Bag Company paper bags boxcars boxcars

Central Transformers Corp. electrical transformers boxcars, gondolas, flats boxcars, flats, 
heavy duty flats

Federal Compress storage of cotton boxcars boxcars

St. Louis- 
Southwestern Railway		 new or rebuilt
freight cars		 flats, gondolas, boxcars new or rebuilt 
freight cars

Pine Bluff Arsenal ammunition for the 
US military		 boxcars, hoppers boxcars
Stephens, Arkansas Elk Roofing Co. asphalt roofing tank cars, hoppers boxcars, bulkhead flats

Berry 
Asphalt Refining Co.		 heavy oil, asphalt tank cars, hopper cars tank cars, boxcars, bulkhead flats, flats
Stuttgart, Arkansas Stuttgart Storage Co. storage of rice, soybeans, and milo boxcars, 
covered hoppers		 boxcars,
covered hoppers

Arkansas Rice Growers Cooperative Association
(Riceland Foods Inc.)		 rice and soybeans boxcars,
covered hoppers		 boxcars, tank cars,
covered hoppers

Producers Rice Mill rice boxcars,
covered hoppers		 boxcars, 
covered hoppers

seven automobile dealers used the team track and loading dock unloading new cars boxcars boxcars

Delta Comet Rice Mill rice boxcars, 
covered hoppers		 boxcars, 
covered hoppers

farm equipment dealers used the team track and loading dock farm equipment:
John Deere, Oliver, Minneapolis Moline,
Allis Chalmers, Case, International Harvester, 		 flats with loads empty flats

White Butane butane, propane gas tank cars gas tank cars

Fairbanks and Morris Co. large water pumps gondolas, flats,
boxcars		 flats with loads

Layne Company
 large water pumps, 
driller of water wells		 gondolas, flats, boxcars gondolas

Massey Butane butane, propane gas tank cars gas tank cars

Massey-Ferguson 
Farm Equipment		 farm equipment flats flats with loads

Pioneer Seed Co. fertilizer and seeds: rice, soybeans, and oats boxcars,
covered hoppers		 boxcars, 
covered hoppers

Lennox Co. heating and a/c units boxcars, gondolas boxcars

Arkansas Power & Light Co. electric utility flats, heavy duty flats with transformers, 
gondolas with poles		 empty cars

Standard Wholesale Grocery Co. food supplies boxcars boxcars

Berry Wholesale Grocery Co. food supplies boxcars boxcars

Newton Salvage Yard scrap metals empty gondolas loaded gondolas

Gravis Cement Co. ready mix cement hoppers,
covered hoppers		 hoppers, 
covered hoppers

Bogard Seed Co. seeds: rice, oats, and soybeans boxcars,
covered hoppers		 boxcars,
covered hoppers

Gasoline distributors:
Gulf, DX, ESSO, 
City Service		 gasoline, oil products tank cars, boxcars tank cars, boxcars

Townsend Lumber Co. hardwood lumber gondolas, log cars flats, boxcars, 
bulkhead flats

Stuttgart Machine Works custom machine work and fabrication
of steel structures		 gondolas gondolas

Porter Lumber Co. lumber and
building materials		 boxcars, flats, 
bulkhead flats		 boxcars, flats, 
bulkhead flats

Hartz Seed Co. seeds: rice, oats, and soybeans boxcars,
covered hoppers		 boxcars,
covered hoppers
Weiner, Arkansas Roberts Rice Mills, Inc. rice boxcars, 
covered hoppers		 boxcars, 
covered hoppers

Arkansas Rice Growers Cooperative Association rice and soybeans boxcars, 
covered hoppers		 boxcars, 
covered hoppers


LOUISIANA
CITY
 COMPANY
 PRODUCTS
 INBOUND CARS
 OUTBOUND CARS
Barso, Louisiana Barnsdall Oil Company


Cart, Louisiana B.J. Service, Inc.



Louisiana Liquid Fertilizer Co.



Red Barn Chemical Company, Inc


Shreveport, Louisiana
 Slack Air Force Depot



MISSOURI
CITY
 COMPANY
 PRODUCT
 INBOUND CARS
 OUTBOUND CARS
Heagy, Missouri Butler-Foster Milling Company


Lorwood, Missouri G.E. Spitzer


Ristine, Missouri Buckeye Cotton Oil Company


Rives, Missouri
 <>Rives Gin Company



Industrial Farm & Home Company


Stanley, Missouri         
Lion Oil Company (Monsanto)



TEXAS
CITY
 COMPANY
 PRODUCT
 INBOUND CARS
 OUTBOUND CARS
Carrollton, Texas INCO Metal Products Corp. utility tables, bed frames, utility cabinets, 
wall cabinets, metal  storage cabinets		 boxcars, gondolas boxcars
Dowco, Texas                 
Brookshire-Johnson-Ford Milling Co.


Fort Worth, Texas American Manufacturing Co. pumping units, fittings, oil field equipment boxcars, flats, gondolas boxcars, flats, gondolas

Norrell-Wilder 
Supply Co.		 oilwell, refinery, industrial supplies boxcars, flats boxcars, flats

Kochton Plywood & Veneut Co. plywood and 
building materials		 boxcars, flats, 
bulkhead flats		 boxcars, flats, 
bulkhead flats
Jewell, Texas Jewell Concrete Products Co


May, Texas
Lone Star Producing Co.



Lone Star Gas Company


Mt. Pleasant, Texas American Liberty 
Oil Retining Co.		 roofing material,
oil products		 tank cars, hopper cars tank cars, boxcars, flats, bulkhead flats
Mt. Vernon, Texas Well-Lomont Corp. gloves boxcars boxcars
Opelika, Texas
 <>Lone Star Gas Company



<>Lone Star Producing Company


Owentown, Texas             
Continental Can Company



L.H. Lacy Company



Lone Star Gas Company



Lone Star Producing Company



East Texas Tuberculosis Hospital 




National Homes Corporation



Peterson Construction Company



Union Asbestos & Rubber Company


Smithfield, Texas
 
<>Richland Builders Supply Company



Richland Lumber Company


Sulphur Springs, Texas Rockwell Valve, Inc. valves boxcars boxcars

Keon's Food Store food storage boxcars boxcars

Cannon Craft Co. louvered shutters 
and doors		 boxcars boxcars

Carnation Company canned and 
bottled milk		 boxcars boxcars
Texarkana, Ark/Texas Brown-Miller Co. pickles  pickle cars 
(wooden tank cars)		 boxcars

International Creosotin & Construction Co. treated poles, ties, and
timbers		 tank cars, flats, bulkhead flats, boxcars flats, bulkhead flats, gondolas, 
railroad tie cars

Koppers Co. treated poles, ties, and timbers tank cars, flats,
bulkhead flats, boxcars		 flats, bulkhead flats, gondolas, 
railroad tie cars
Tyler, Texas Kenmar Manufacturing living room furniture boxcars boxcars

National Homes prefabricated homes flats, boxcars, 
bulkhead flats		 piggyback flats

Kelly-Springfield 
Tire Company		 car and truck tires boxcars, 
black covered hoppers		 boxcars

Carrier Air-Conditioning Co. home and commercial heating and air conditioning units boxcars, gondolas boxcars

Western Foundry cast iron pipe 
and fittings		 hoppers, boxcars, gondolas boxcars, gondolas, bulkhead flats

Norton Cement ready mix cement hoppers, 
covered hoppers		 hoppers,
covered hoppers

LaGloria Refining Co. petroleum products:
gasoline, diesel		 tank cars tank cars

Consolidated Nurseries rose bushes refrigerator cars refrigerator cars

UNARCO, 
Union Asbestos & Rubber Co.		 asbestos and 
asbestos products		 boxcars boxcars
Waco, Texas
 Lehigh White Cement Co.
 cement
 hoppers, covered hoppers
 hoppers, covered hoppers