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Hundreds came to see trainload of Buicks 88 years ago

BNSF trains carrying sleek new imported automobiles from Japan and Korea race through Odessa today virtually unnoticed.

The vehicles, destined for Mid-western and Eastern markets are enclosed in container cars in trains which sometimes are nearly a mile long.

A Great Northern train going through Odessa in the opposite direction 88 years ago was cause for quite a bit of excitement. It consisted of twenty-eight freight cars a each containing five new Buicks, and was enroute to Seattle, stopping at many of the stations along the way, including one at Odessa.

This report is from the Odessa Record...

 

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