Pennsylvania Railroad TrucTrain Service Wall Clock

From www.railphotoexpress.biz. New York to Chicago in 29 Hours. US Mail Service Hauling truck trailers by railroad train is nothing new. The big difference is that The Pennsylvania Railroad and other railroads, is not limiting the TrucTrain Service to only its own trucks. A saving of 10 hours over all highway service results and, The Pennsylvania Railroad charges only $180.00 for the 904 mile piggy back, 29 hour New York to Chicago ride. By Hauling more than three quarters of a mile of loaded truck trailers over its main line daily in 1955, The Pennsylvania Railroad should take 2,000 trailers off the crowded New YorK to Chicago highways by 1957.