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Image:Super C January 16 1968.jpg|{{Super C January 16 1968.jpg/credit}}<br />The Santa Fe Railway Company's high-speed Super C intermodal freight train prepares to leave the Corwith Yards in Chicago on its maiden run, January 16, 1968.  
Image:EMD F45 Santa Fe Barstow CA 2004.jpg|{{EMD F45 Santa Fe Barstow CA 2004.jpg/credit}}<br />Santa Fe's EMD FP45s were the first locomotives to pull ''Super C'' consists. #95 (seen here in July, 2003 at the Western America Railroad Museum in Barstow, California) began life in December, 1967 as Santa Fe #105.
Image:Super C caboose January 16 1968.jpg|{{Super C caboose January 16 1968.jpg/credit}}<br />The "World's Fastest Train" prepares to leave Chicago on January 16, 1968 with a number of Santa Fe trailers loaded on flatcars.
Image:Super C 1971.jpg|{{Super C 1971.jpg/credit}}<br />The Santa Fe ''Super C'', powered by a pair of [[EMD F45]]s and an [[EMD FP45|FP45]] is seen at track speed east of the Cajon Pass Summit in 1971.
Image:Santa Fe piggyback crane.jpg|{{Santa Fe piggyback crane.jpg/credit}}<br />Truck trailers from the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway are being loaded on to flat cars for piggyback service at Hobart Yards in Los Angeles, California. The dual flat cars have the ability to handle either containers or trailers, or a combination of both.
Image:Super C 1973.jpg|{{Super C 1973.jpg/credit}}<br />Santa Fe No. 5598 (an [[EMD SD45]] locomotive) leads Train 891, the eastbound ''Super C'', past the [[Joliet, Illinois|Joliet]] Union Station in February, 1973.<ref>The semaphore signal (the home signal at the crossing with the [[Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad]]) is dropping from a high green to red.</ref>
Image:Super C 1976.jpg|{{Super C 1976.jpg/credit}}<br />The ''Super C'' passes the Esperanza siding near the City of Yorba Linda, California with one of four AT&SF SD45 locomotives specially decorated in honor of America's bicentennial on point.
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==Notes and references==
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A collection of images about Super C.
  • (PD) Photo: Luc Schneider / Christine Tourn Santa Fe's EMD FP45s were the first locomotives to pull Super C consists. #95 (seen here in July, 2003 at the Western America Railroad Museum in Barstow, California) began life in December, 1967 as Santa Fe #105.

    (PD) Photo: Luc Schneider / Christine Tourn
    Santa Fe's EMD FP45s were the first locomotives to pull Super C consists. #95 (seen here in July, 2003 at the Western America Railroad Museum in Barstow, California) began life in December, 1967 as Santa Fe #105.

  • © Photo: Clark Bauman The Santa Fe Super C, powered by a pair of EMD F45s and an FP45 is seen at track speed east of the Cajon Pass Summit in 1971.

    © Photo: Clark Bauman
    The Santa Fe Super C, powered by a pair of EMD F45s and an FP45 is seen at track speed east of the Cajon Pass Summit in 1971.

  • © Photo: Dan Tracy Santa Fe No. 5598 (an EMD SD45 locomotive) leads Train 891, the eastbound Super C, past the Joliet Union Station in February, 1973.[1]

    © Photo: Dan Tracy
    Santa Fe No. 5598 (an EMD SD45 locomotive) leads Train 891, the eastbound Super C, past the Joliet Union Station in February, 1973.[1]

  • © Photo: Joe Blackwell The Super C passes the Esperanza siding near the City of Yorba Linda, California with one of four AT&SF SD45 locomotives specially decorated in honor of America's bicentennial on point.

    © Photo: Joe Blackwell
    The Super C passes the Esperanza siding near the City of Yorba Linda, California with one of four AT&SF SD45 locomotives specially decorated in honor of America's bicentennial on point.

Notes and references

  1. ↑ The semaphore signal (the home signal at the crossing with the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad) is dropping from a high green to red.
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