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<DIV>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>January 21, 1910</DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>SHORTAGE OF ENGINES</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Norfolk and Western May be Compelled to Hire From
Other Roads</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> The Norfolk and Western is having difficulty
with its engines. It is learned that the company could use about
twenty more engines at this time. The shortage seems to have been caused
by unusual loading on other divisions and engines have been borrowed from the
Pocahontas division. It may become necessary to hire engines
from some other railroad which has a few to spare. The Norfolk and Western
is not the only road which is in this fix on account of the inability of
locomotive shops to turn out engines fast enough to supply the demand. The
local road has orders placed for several engines, but they are not being
delivered on contract time. The road is also building a number of new
hopper cars and expects to be able to give them to this division as fast as they
can be turned out.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>