Southern Pacific Railroad Piggyback 1964 brochure page 2
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PIGGYBACK SAVINGS BEGIN at shipper's loading dock. Trailer is loaded only once. It remains intact until delivered to receiver. Intermediate reloading and handling are eliminated.
EXPERIENCED CREWS move trailers onto flat cars. More than 1,500 specially designed flat cars and 3,500 trailers are now available for Piggyback service on SP and subsidiaries.
SIXTY STRATEGICALLY LOCATED RAMPS bring fast, direct SP Piggyback service to hundreds of surrounding communities throughout the territory SP serves. (I think this picture was taken in downtown smoggy Los Angeles. Are those really Chevy Corvairs? The car that Ralph Nader said was unsafe at any speed.)
CONTAINERS ARE ALSO CARRIED by SP Piggyback service. Modern, mobile, straddle lift cranes load and unload containers from SP rail cars.
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