Southern Pacific (SP) Golden Pig Service License Plate Columbia

Southern Pacific (SP) Golden Pig Service License Plate ColumbiaSouthern Pacific (SP) Golden Pig Service License Plate 6" x 12" . 025 Gauge Aluminum Includes 4 Mounting Slots & 1 2" Radius Rounded Corners UV Protective coating to Prevent Fading Image is reproduction final product might differ slightly Made in America Southern Pacific Intermodal service was named the "Golden Pig Service" back during the 1970s 80s. Pig, in this case, came from the term "piggy back" which meant a trailer riding on a flatcar (TOFC).

state of Illinois

Determined to make his own fortune and impress his father-in-law

607 miles of road in 1945

Kevin Bunker had painted a model of an EMD SD40T-2 locomotive in his own version of SP's famous Black Widow paint scheme that used a basic black background

Illinois and Gary Indiana

The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad (reporting mark CEI) was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago to southern Illinois

the Franklin County Railroad and Nash County Railroad in 1985

The Chester section was leased to the Charlotte

known as the Erie Lackawanna Railroad until 1968

Today Southern Railway 1401 is one of the attractions at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington

[h] and created transport corridors still important today

The Surface Transportation Board published notice of this transaction April 16