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 #708398  by FormD
 
and they refered to there loaders as "Piggypackers?" :P :P :P
Sante Fe used a logo of a pig with a railroad hat on...It also seemed that the SF advertising department was a fun place to work for as they used Little Chiefs and western themes in there ads
 #708449  by ExCon90
 
"Piggyback" was a generic term used by all railroads that offered the service -- it has been around for at least 50 years and may go back to the New Haven, which was an early user. "Piggypacker" refers to a specific piece of loading machinery introduced much later than the first piggyback operations, which used "circus loading" for a number of years before volumes justified something more expensive; it believe "piggypacker" is a registered trademark of the original manufacturer, who developed it from a log loader used in Western logging operations.