Freight Train Pillows
Description: Pacific Intermountain Express (P.I.E) got their start in 1927 when the Lilenquest brothers began providing freight service in Idaho, running two Model A trucks between Pocatello to Idaho Falls. The company grew steadily, but P.I.E finally took shape after procuring three other firms and consolidating them in 1940. By 1946 P.I.E had 535 employees and was growing rapidly through ongoing acquisitions in the late 1940s and 1950s. In 1954, P.I.E became the largest hauler of petroleum products in the world. Service now extended from the west coast all the way to St. Louis and Chicago. By the mid 1960s, P.I.E extended service to the east coast through more acquisitions, giving them 67 terminals in 29 states.
Description: A black and white image of British Railways standard class 9F railway engine 92134, photographed light engine (without a train) on a rainy day on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. The 9F was designed for use on fast, heavy freight trains over long distances. It was one of the most powerful steam locomotive types ever constructed in Great Britain.
Description: A steam train, a semi truck and a ship's anchor sit on a winged compass in a green and bronze round badge with a lighthouse and laurel leaves. Global Transport Logistics: pride, power, purpose, moving the world. A design for truckers, freight workers, dispatchers and everyone who keeps goods moving.
Description: Paul Crouse spent most of his adult life in the trucking industry both as a driver and as a manager with midwest companies including ET Reed, Union Freightway, Wilson Forwarding, and eventually Brady Motor Freight. In 1941, Paul founded Crouse Cartage Company (CCC) in Denison, Iowa and proceeded to build up a considerable fleet along with 63 terminals stretching from the Midwest to the Southeast.
Description: The Southern Railway System, formed from the remnants of several failing Virginia lines, was incorporated in Virginia in 1894. By 1894 the Southern Railway was comprised of at least 125 consolidated railroads, with 75,000 freight cars, over 1,400 locomotives, and more than 21,000 employees. The Southern was efficient and innovative, and by the 1950s, it was the first major railroad to convert its entire operation from steam to diesel. This design was part of a campaign in the '70s trying to get more commercial customers by having one of their train engines asking their freight for a date.
Description: Southern Pacific Railroad’s ‘Golden Pig Service’ was a marketing program to get shippers talking about their expanded piggyback service. In railroad terms, piggyback is when loaded trailers are placed on special freight cars for transportation by rail, typically for an extended cross county trip. The trailers are then picked up by local drivers on the other end for delivery to the shipment’s final destination.
Description: A detailed, flat rendered depiction of a Burlington Northern locomotive, number 6481. The locomotive is predominantly green with white horizontal stripes on the front and the text 'BURLINGTON NORTHERN' in white on the side. The number '6481' is also displayed prominently in white on the side and front.
Description: The Union Pacific Railroad (reporting marks UP, UPP, UPY), legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over 32,200 miles (51,800 km) routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pacific is the second largest railroad in the United States after BNSF, with which it shares a duopoly on transcontinental freight rail lines in the Western, Midwestern and West South Central United States.
Description: A black and white image of Great Western Railway engine 2857 pulling the early morning goods train through Arley station on the Severn Valley Railway early on a foggy morning. This nostalgic, almost eerie image of a goods train on a foggy morning with the station master walking up the platform has a period feel to it! 2857 was built in Swindon in 1918 and was in service until 1963. This class of engine (2800) was responsible for hauling most of the long distance heavy freight trains on the GWR / BR western region for almost 60 years!
Description: Relive the golden age of American logistics with this distressed Santa Fe Trail Transportation design. Featuring the iconic stylized SFT logo, this shirt captures the rugged, mid-century spirit of the historic trucking line that moved goods across the Southwest. Whether you are a fan of railroad history, a vintage logo enthusiast, or just love that worn-in, classic "trucker" look, this design is perfect for you. The faded, weathered texture gives it an authentic 1970s thrift-store find feel right out of the box. Great for road trips, grease monkeys, and history buffs alike!
