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04-23-2021 - 17:15
Mr. Wiffle
Southern Pacific ran a piggyback & boxcar train from Portland to Los Angeles called The Pacific Coast Express ,PCX was in the train code. This train was operated to expedite paper goods from PNW paper
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04-23-2021 - 13:17
WebDigger
http://www.altamontpress.com/discussion/search.php?1,search=Golden+Pig,page=1,match_type=PHRASE,match_dates=0,match_forum=ALL
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04-23-2021 - 12:07
scottyboy
Southern Pacific had a express train called the 'golden pig express' that between Los Angles and Portland, OR. There may have been other routes. When UP took over Southern Pacific, did they continue
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10-29-2020 - 08:43
Pigmeat Marvin
SCW Wrote:
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> The trailer doesn't appear to have the DOT bumper
> which became mandatory after June 1967 following
> the death of Jaynes Mans
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09-11-2020 - 19:29
George Andrews
Southern Pacific's Golden PIG Service was simply a marketing campaign with a catchy logo and name. The customer filled the trailers with whatever they wanted Espee to haul, including lotsa paper goods
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11-04-2018 - 23:51
Cal-P
That is the right trademark at the website. Sure was a lot of trailers led by two UP loco the only power. So you all must be right, an empty trailer reposition. Maybe for those not paying for Amazon
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04-28-2018 - 05:38
Goober
I've always admired how SP's golden pig service decals stayed pink until the end, got some
special decals that never faded. Hard to do with the color pink. Nice touch on this
video with the UP tan
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08-07-2017 - 19:57
BastaTim
BOB2 Wrote:
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> And the Pig Says Oink Oink! Is it still there?
No unfortunately the sign has been taken down and I don't know if it's been s
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08-07-2017 - 18:23
George Andrews
10. Re: A Golden Pig
I wonder if the Happy Pig squealed when he was squeezed by the PiggyPacker ???
I remember well those 45 foot Golden Pig Service piggyback trailers, with the orange stripe along the lower sides, comp
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08-07-2017 - 15:50
Tony Cz
11. Re: A Golden Pig
If that sign is still in place, I would hope it gets saved. I am sure the OERM museum would love to have this. After all it is a Historic sign as it stands for Southern Calif.
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08-07-2017 - 15:46
Boberama
So does the golden pig squel when being pulled by 6 SD-45's, My friend?
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08-07-2017 - 14:52
BOB2
And the Pig Says Oink Oink! Is it still there?
The old flyover from the Mission road side over the lower end coach yard tracks is long gone......
What a long strange trip it's been........
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08-07-2017 - 14:35
A Golden Pig
14. A Golden Pig
Daddy, what's a golden pig?
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2116/2189873365_01b9882d55.jpg
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02-05-2016 - 21:56
engr
Some SP fan with property really should buy one of those old trailers. A web search turns up some survivors out there.
I really doubt any museum will bother saving one.
That pig logo is just
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02-05-2016 - 08:08
George Andrews
The photo linked is from 2009, but still that pig trailer is in good shape for the shape it is in. Pig trailers were over - built for the rigors of rail service; this made for a higher tare weight but
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02-04-2016 - 23:08
WebDigger
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> There is an old SP Golden Pig trailer parked at Wymore transfer in southeast Portland OR. The back door decals are still in p
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02-04-2016 - 16:54
Kcjones
There is an old SP Golden Pig trailer parked at Wymore transfer in southeast Portland OR. The back door decals are still in place and one of the side decals is still there. You can see it on the stree
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02-04-2016 - 12:43
Throttle Hogg
I was always impressed with the trailer decals on those trailers because the pink pig never faded out very much and normally pink seems to start to fade before the paint is dry.
Always wondered who
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02-04-2016 - 08:20
BOB2
There was even, for about 10 years, a large "Golden Pig" lighted sign at the Mission Road entrance to the Shops/LATC, over the overpass over the old coach yard tracks, south of Pasadena Jct., which w
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02-03-2016 - 21:39
WebDigger
http://modelingthesp.com/Freight_Train_Service/TOFC_Trains.html
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02-03-2016 - 21:28
clipper841
if you belong to the hysterical society, you can do a search
of the "trainline", there was a two part article, somewhere
before issue #50
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02-03-2016 - 20:35
HUTCH 7.62
Southern Pacific Golden Pig Service, when did it start and when did it end? Seems to be not much info on this service on the interwebs. Seemed that it was not long for this world remember it as a kid
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