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SPRR "Golden Pig" Service
In the pre double stack container car era, when 45' trailers came into service the intermodal flatcars had to be retrofitted to carry two 45' trailers. SPRR introduced its service as SPRR Golden Piggyback Service with Golden Pig decals on its new 45' trailers.
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- 45' Trailer Flatcar Conversion Program RAMAC Group Photo
- Group photo at Sample Car Ceremony RAMAC conversion of obsolete multi-level railcars into TOFC Twin 45' trailer cars. Representatives from SPRR, Greenbrier and ACF. Identified participants include the following from SPRR: Bob Yates 14, George Erickson 2, Norm Feren 4, Roger Posehn 5, Bill Schwoerer 8, Dick Lenz 7, Bill Atkinson 12, Alan Lindstrom 10; from Greenbrier: Bill Furman 17, Doug McDowell 21, Robin Bisson 3; from ACF: Rudy DiCarlo. October 28, 1982.
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- RAMAC Multi-Level to 45' Trailer FC Conversion Program Check Presentation
- Greenbrier's Bill Furman presenting a check for $13,500 per railcar to Norm Feren, SPRR Mechanical and Bob Yates SPRR Intermodal for the purchase of obsolete multi-level railcars and their conversion into Twin 45' trailer flatcars. Work will be performed at SPRR's RAMAC facility in Roseville, CA under a $6 million contract where SPRR Mechanical at RAMAC will perform the work and be paid by Greenbrier who will then lease the 45' Twin 45' trailer flatcars to SPRR Intermodal. Dick Lenz Assistant Chief Mechanical Officer-Car said the "work will use about a third of RAMAC's work force and is its first outside contract." Bill Schwoerer the Plant Manager at RAMAC said the program will show proof of our quality workmanship. R.D. Krebs President of SPT Co. said "We are taking unused cars and converting them into useful assets." George Erickson VP Equipment SPRR said that "the program recycles the railcars from the Automotive Unit to the Intermodal Unit increasing our Rate of Return on our investment."
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- SPRR 45' Golden Pig Trailer Loading on a TTUX Flatcar
- SPRR 45' Golden Pig Trailer being loaded on a single axle single unit TTUX Flatcar
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- SPRR 45' Golden Pig Trailers Loading on Spine Cars
- SPRR 45' Golden Pig Trailers being loaded on Spine Flatcars
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- SPRR Golden Pig Trailers on SPRR Flatcars
- SPRR 45' Trailers with Golden Pig decals loaded on SPRR Twin 45' trailer flatcars.
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- SPRR Golden Piggyback Flatcar Conversion Program
- SPRR Bulletin January 1983 issue featuring the RAMAC Roseville, CA program converting obsolete multi-level railcars into TOFC Twin 45' trailer flatcars for carrying SPRR Golden Pig Trailers. Greenbrier Leasing is buying the obsolete railcars and paying for their conversion to intermodal cars and then will lease them back to SPRR Intermodal Department. Bob Yates who conceived the program. said what sold the program was its benefits to several Departments, Equipment Planning put outdated equipment to work, Mechanical got work for its facility and Intermodal got the equipment that it needed. Quotes R.D. Krebs President SPT Co. "We are taking unused cars and converting them into useful assets." Quotes Dick Lenz, Assistant Chief Mechanical Officer - Car "This program is the first outside contract for RAMAC and puts one third of the RAMAC workforce back to work. Quotes Bill Schwoerer RAMAC Plant Manager "The program provides proof of our quality workmanship." Quotes George Erickson VP Equipment Planning "the program recycles railcars from the Automotive Unit to the Intermodal Unit increasing our Rate of Return on our Investment."
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- Southern Pacific Railroad Golden Pig Service Plaque
- Commemorative plaque issued to Robert Yates for his part in the SP Railroad Golden Pig Service Conversion Program. SPRR sold the obsolete multi-level railcars to Greenbrier who then contracted with SPRR Mechanical Department's RAMAC facility in Roseville, CA to convert the railcars into Twin 45' trailer flatcars for use in SPRR Golden Pig Service. Greenbrier leased the railcars back to SPRR Intermodal. Presented to Robert Yates June17, 1983 by William A. Furman Greenbrier Leasing and James J Mac Isaac J Henry Schroder Bank and Trust Co., At the time of the program SP Intermodal was transitioning from 40' trailers to 45' trailers and 45' trailer railcar capacity was needed to avoid loading only one 45' trailer per flatcar improving slot utilization and increasing the number of trailers per train. RAMAC employees that had been laid off were brought back to work.
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- Two SPRR Golden Pig 45' Trailers on Single SPRR Twin 45' Trailer Flatcar
- Two SPRR 45' Pig Trailers on a single SPRR Twin 45' trailer flatcar
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