£919,000 CONTRACT FOR BRITAIN
A contract for the supply of eight main line diesel electric locomotives awarded by East African Railways and Harbours last August to the English Electric Company, Limited, of Bradford, has been increased to ten locomotives at an additional cost of some £94,000. The total contract is now worth £919,000. The increase will allow full benefits to be obtained from the conversion of the Nakuru-Kismu line to diesel operation.—Reuter.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28774, 20 December 1958, Page 10
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