LOCOMOTIVES FOR TURKEY
TWENTY-FOUR BEING BUILT IN
BRITAIN
British locomotive engineers are now building 24 railways engines for Turkey. They are part of an order for G8 locomotives for thai country.
The engines weigh tons each and their speed is 70 kilometres an hour. Thirty-four locomotives, nearly £250,000 in value, were sent overseas from Britain in the three months ending June 30—seven more than during the preceding quarter. During the quarter Britain also shipped 18 locomotive boilers abroad, a totaL of 56', valued at about £110,000 for the first half of the year.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 177, 7 November 1941, Page 2
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93LOCOMOTIVES FOR TURKEY Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 4, Issue 177, 7 November 1941, Page 2
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