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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tunga>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>January 21,
1910</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>FACTS ABOUT CARS FOR NORFOLK AND
WESTERN</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>When Contracts Contemplated Are Awarded 5,500 For the
Freight Service Will be Provided For</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> Roanoke Times: Conflicting reports have
appeared from time to time relative to the number of freight cars that are being
built or are to be built by and for the Norfolk and Western Railroad
[<EM>sic</EM>]. Following are the facts of the matter.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> An order was placed in 1909 at the Roanoke
shops for 500 steel gondolas, to be built at the shops. In addition there
has been placed at the shops an order for 2,000 all steel coal hopper cars,
making 2,500 altogether.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>The road now contemplates asking for bids for the construction
of 1,500 all-steel coal hoppers, 500 all-steel flat-bottomed gondolas, 500
all-steel coke cars, and 500 stock cars. Representatives of manufacturers
who intend bidding for this work will be here some time this week, and their
bids will be submitted and considered in a conference between them and the
management. When contracts for these cars are awarded, the company will
have either under construction or to be constructed 5,500 cars for the freight
service.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> It is also said that orders will be placed
this year for new locomotives which will be manufactured and delivered as they
are needed by the road. Six passenger engines of the Pacific type
[<EM>Class E2. Nos. 574 thru </EM>579]<EM> </EM>are now being built at the
Richmond branch of the American Locomotive Works, and it is expected that they
will be turned over to the road in February. These machines are of large
size and great power and will be used to haul some of the fast trains now being
operated by the Norfolk and Western.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>[<EM>A few numerals in the car quantities were blurred on the
microfilm, but the best interpretations are shown.</EM>]</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>