piggyback-on-the-wabashhttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/piggyback-on-the-wabash/Piggyback on the Wabash | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20190204.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2021-01-042019-02-2045888
Several piggyback cars head northbound on the Wabash at Forrest, Ill., en route to Chicago in March 1960. In a few years, the route would host the railroad’s Roadrunner overnight TOFC train.
J. Parker Lamb photo