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This black and white photograph shows a fleet of truck trailers from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company loaded on to flatcars. These trailers on flatcars (TOFC) are commonly referred to as a piggy-back service. This intermodal form of transportation, between the railroad and trucking services, allows for freight to be delivered in half the time.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: August 1961
Item Number: 227458
Call Number: ATSF Series 2, #508.111
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227458
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Rolling stock - Flatcars
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
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Rolling stock - Flatcars
Transportation - Railroads - Rolling stock - Intermodal
Transportation - Trucks
Type of Material - Photographs
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