HOGX 61
Date:
1/26/1991
Location:
Las Vegas, NV
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Collection Of:
Sam Beck
Author:
Tom Kidd
Picture Categories: RollingStock
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TERRENCE ROBLE
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I did not know livestock cars made it into the 90's still in utilization, "HOG" how fitting.
10/20/2011 7:17:48 PM
Alexander Schwarzmueller
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It was a brief experiment conducted by Union Pacific. They built a handful of stock cars and ran them with intermodal trains. Even with fastest service, railroads cannot meet the standards demanded by today's standards for animal treatment and the experiment was terminated.
8/15/2015 6:11:54 PM
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