Pigs, Pigs and more Pigs

Lets see all of those TOFC (trailer on flat car) shots that you have.

I'll start with a couple of odd ones!





Dan

 

SP Golden Pig Service


Trailer carrying traction motors.

SP eastman crossing Tehachapi creek

Thom

 

Superior Fast Freight

 

Pigs on high! As seen from the Angeles Forest Hwy. overpass on the SP's Saugus Line.
Westman

 

UPS Pig Trains!

 

You can't have a thread on TOFC without showing some of BN's "Pride in Serving the Community" trailers.

 

3 more

 

Dan, nice collection!

 

Here are a couple from Walong siding (Tehachapi Loop).





Dan

 

Why do TOFCs still exist? Aren't the COFCs or stack trains more efficient? Thanks.

 

TOFC still exists primarily for domestic traffic, whereas COFC and Stack's are almost exclusively international traffic.

Dan

 

Some great shots here! Here's a few more:
Westbound pigs rounding Warren curve on the South Slope of the Tehachapis in April of 04:


Eastbound pigs on Ash Hill, Jan 07:


And a Marines trailer at Woodford:

 

Here's one from the other side of the country, on the old Pennsy mainline just west of the Allegeny summit:


And a few from better days...Santa Fe pigs blasting through Riverbank, CA in 2/97:


And more Santa Fe, in Mojave, 10/95:

 

Here are a couple of flat-beds on flatcars.

 

I don't remember ever seeing those trailers before, even though I grew up watching the BN, but I like them, especially the Seattle, Portland, and Montana trailers.

 

Austell GA on the NS

 

Coupler, rock, and cross align during a crew change across the Colorado River in Yuma, AZ.