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Super C


The Super C was a premium, high-speed intermodal freight train operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway from 1968 to 1976. Dubbed the "World's Fastest Freight Train," the all-TOFC (trailer-on-flatcar, or "piggyback") and container train's route ran the 2,200-mile (3,540 kilometer) route from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California on a 40-hour schedule.

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