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For a time in the 1950s, Southern Pacific had the most extensive piggyback operations in the land. Here a train bound from Los Angeles to the San Francisco Bay Area climbs Santa Susana Pass near Chatsworth, Calif. Classic Trains coll.
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Let’s recall that TNO operated first Trailer-On-Flat-Car (TOFC, or “piggyback”) service on May 4, 1953. SP would follow almost two months later.
The train is headed FOR Los Angeles and is descending the pass between Tunnels 27 and 28.