Semi Truck Piggy Back Trailers On Railroad Cars
This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA.	Tape Master:	1590
	Catalog #:	352919
	Clip Number:	352919-1
	Orginal Film:	026-505-06
	Timecode:	00:52:11 - 00:52:58
	Location:	Illinois
	Year Shot:	1953 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	No
	Headings:	INDUSTRY: Cargo & Freight Handling LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Illinois TRANSPORTATION: Tractor-Trailer, Semi-trucks TRANSPORTATION/RAIL: Freight
	Description:	Newly devised flatcars and loading methods make it possible to ship truck semi-trailers by rail over long hauls. 'Piggy-back trucking' may clear the highways while increasing truckers' and railroad revenue. CUS - Semi truck on expressway. MCUS - Traffic with cars, trucks. MCUS - Railroad flat bed car. CUS - Lifting the semi trailers on to the flat bed railroad car. (something we see nearly everyday, and that idea is in use today)

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