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Seaboard Buys Heavy Materials in 1945 Purchases
W G Jones of the Seaboard Air Line Railway reports heavy material purchases in 1945. Items include 18 diesel locomotives for about 3.15 million dollars, 38 lightweight passenger cars totaling 2.774 million, 850 freight cars, 1.61 million tons of coal and 20.88 million gallons of fuel oil, 37 000 tons of steel rail, 3 392 000 cross ties, 18 000000 feet of lumber and 650 000 piles, totaling about 22.5 million dollars with substantial spending in the South. L J Banty spent last Monday in Richmond on business.
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W. G. Jones
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Dessel
Seaboard