A HUGE ORDER
BRITISH RAILWAYS IN FRANCE [British Official Wireless] RUGBY, 7th January. 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 has also 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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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXIII, 9 January 1940, Page 2
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