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October 31, 2021 at 3:59 pm #6544

Dennis Faircloth
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Light power set with a Penn Central unit in the St Louis yards in 1973. Note the Vert-A-Pac car behind the locomotives – this car was designed by General Motors to ship 30 Chevy Vegas nose-down in a vertical position.

From the J. David Ingles collection in the MPHS Archives

[attachment=0:2jblkxlq]MP 719 SD40 St. Louis, MO 1973-09-23 J. David Ingles Photo

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October 31, 2021 at 9:43 pm #10347

bargetanika
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The worst automobile I ever had might have been in that vert-a-pac.
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