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This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Super C train at Corwith Yards. The high speed intermodal freight train ran from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California, from 1968 to 1976, and was considered the "World's Fastest Train". A number of Santa Fe tractor/trailers are loaded on flatcars.
Creator: Brent, Orville
Date: Between January 16, 1968 and January 17, 1968
Item Number: 227016
Call Number: ATSF Series 2, #396.1-6840
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227016
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Rolling stock - Intermodal
Business and Industry - Trucking and freighting
Collections - Photograph - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Date - 1960s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Other States - Illinois - Chicago
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Rolling stock - Intermodal
Transportation - Trucks
Type of Material - Photographs
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