Word: diesel
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...combines. But like the U.S. farmer, Harvester had its eye firmly fixed on the all-purpose tractor. This year the company turned out 108,000 tractors, more than any other piece of heavy equipment. Next year it intends to cover the market, from the giant 18-ton, 170-h.p. diesel crawler to the midget Farmall Cub, selling for $545 f.o.b. (about $1,000 with attachments). The Cub was designed to mechanize some of the 3,300,000 U.S. farms of 40 acres and less...
...Philadelphia this week the U.S. would see a new kind of propaganda machine. It was streamlined, diesel-powered and air-conditioned. It rolled on rails, was painted red, white & blue, and was guarded by 27 marines. It was the seven-car "Freedom Train," a traveling museum carrying the original Bill of Rights, George Washington's copy of the Constitution and 126 other historic U.S. documents (all under bulletproof glass). After three days in Philadelphia, it would be off on a yearlong, 33,000-mile tour through all the 48 states. It would stop in 300 communities, to show...
...fourth successive week. The Agriculture Department took back a previous prediction that food prices might ease off toward the end of the year. Some basics were on the rise; during the week the average price of metal and metal products lifted 4%. Cement companies advanced prices. Diesel locomotives would cost 6% more. Chrysler Corp. added an average of $87 to the price of its passenger cars (thus leaving Ford and Studebaker as the only major car manufacturers who have held the price line since steel prices lifted...
When Barriger took over, the Monon had 72 old coal-burning locomotives and 3,000 boxcars. He had 1,300 of the boxcars scrapped immediately and ordered replacements. He also ordered 33 diesel engines. Already the Monon's monthly revenue figures are showing a 50% gain over last year. To get his railroad back into the passenger business, Barriger bought 23 hospital cars from the Government and hired Manhattan Designer Raymond Loewy to turn them into streamlined coaches and diners. Soon diesel-powered passenger trains will begin regular runs on the Monon's two main lines, Chicago-Indianapolis...
...toward that goal. In the first quarter this year, the Monon set aside $517,296 for new equipment, showed an operating deficit of $128,475. And by the end of the year, Barriger hopes to retire all his steam locomotives and make the Monon one of the first full diesel roads...