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This black and white photograph shows a fleet of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's truck trailers on flatcars near Willow Springs, Illinois. These trailers on flatcars, (TOFC), are commonly referred to as a piggy-back service. With this intermodal form of transportation, between the railroad and trucking services, freight can be delivered in half of the time.
Date: Bewteen 1950 and 1960
Item Number: 303157
Call Number: ATSF Series 2, #429.2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 303157
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Rolling stock - Flatcars
Business and Industry - Railroad - Rolling stock - Intermodal
Collections - Photograph - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Date - 1950s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Other States - Illinois
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Rolling stock - Flatcars
Transportation - Railroads - Rolling stock - Intermodal
Type of Material - Photographs
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