The “Red Ball”....
“Etymology. From a routing system on the Santa Fe Railroad in the early 1900s. Fast freight trains which were to receive priority routing were marked with placards depicting a red disc, and were called "red ball" trains.”
I’m pretty sure that there was no red disc placard on this train, but I liked the sound of Red Ball —a fast freight train.
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The “Red Ball”....
“Etymology. From a routing system on the Santa Fe Railroad in the early 1900s. Fast freight trains which were to receive priority routing were marked with placards depicting a red disc, and were called "red ball" trains.”
I’m pretty sure that there was no red disc placard on this train, but I liked the sound of Red Ball —a fast freight train.
2,533
views
110
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63
comments
Uploaded on May 30, 2020
Taken on December 22, 2019