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California commerce

By Angela Cotey | October 3, 2024

| Last updated on August 7, 2025

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The Southern Pacific had large trailer-on-flatcar ramps in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Multiple trains could be loaded and unloaded at the same time. This view is from the early 1960s.
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C&O at Elkhorn City

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WM Pacific at Baltimore

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Roller-bearing stunt on the Western Maryland

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Santa Fe’s Fast Mail and Chief

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