HUGE ORDER PLACED
BRITISH RAILWAY PLANT EQUIPMENT FOR FRANCE (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, Jan. 6. Ten thousand goods wagons and 240 locomotives, together costing £8,000,000, are being built in Britain for use on the section of the French railways operated by the British Army. About £1,750,000 worth of railroad and dockside equipment also has been ordered. The huge order will not prevent British engineers from continuing to build for overseas customers, and deliveries are being guaranteed. The Turkish railways have ordered 58 locomotives from Britain for use in Asia Minor and large consignments of rolling stock have been ordered by Egypt and the Union of South Africa.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20139, 8 January 1940, Page 9
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