Workmen are shown loading bags of mail on the Santa Fe Chief before the train pulled out on May 25, 1946. The Santa Fe also sent its southbound streamliner from Oakland to Bakersfield, where passengers will continue on south by Trailways buses during the Southern Pacific Railroad strike.
Southern Pacific Company Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company Railroads--California--Los Angeles Strikes and lockouts--California--Los Angeles Postal service--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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