Old Piggyback Trailer Seen

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Old Piggyback Trailer Seen

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While driving on M52 just south of Stockbridge, I noticed a Chicago Great Western Railroad piggyback trailer in a lot just off the east side of the road. Surprised it was still legible. Has anyone else seen it?

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Re: Old Piggyback Trailer Seen

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I found it on Google Street but do not know how to copy it and post it here :( . It looks like the lot belongs to the residence of the house next door.
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Re: Old Piggyback Trailer Seen

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AARR wrote:
Fri Oct 28, 2022 10:50 am
I found it on Google Street but do not know how to copy it and post it here :( . It looks like the lot belongs to the residence of the house next door.
https://goo.gl/maps/LhQFNNjVzX23Fwb96

AARR, attached are two screenshots on how to get the URL for the map and how to copy it.
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Re: Old Piggyback Trailer Seen

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At first mention, I thought that might have been the CGW trailer that was back along Catholic Church Road or Parman Road west of Stockbridge back in the early 1990s (and might still be), but the one I remember was mostly white or silver with a horizontal stripe across the side about a quarter of the way up,"Chicago Great Western" in black block lettering and the "Lucky Strike" herald centered on the body.

Another trailer that was out that way, back then, was a brown and orange Illinois Central trailer up on blocks alongside an outbuilding on the east side of Hill Road just north of M-52.

I've not been past either of those places since I moved out of Stockbridge in the mid-1990s.
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and click on the clock in the top left corner to see the previous image which was done in winter

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Re: Old Piggyback Trailer Seen

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My son used to drive a truck, and told me about that trailer a few years back. He might still have a pick of it somewhere.

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Here are two photos of the CGW Piggyback Trailer that is south of Stockbridge on M-52:
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=6168638
http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/showPi ... id=6168586

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