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Domestic News
January 22, 1951
Trainman News
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana
What is this article about?
In Atlanta, Ga., Gene Pullen of Lodge 302 criticizes the Southern Railway for complaining about trucks damaging roads and underpaying taxes in its propaganda, yet using tank trucks to receive fuel oil instead of rail cars despite having built a siding for them.
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Doesn't Like Them, But Uses Trucks
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Southern in its propaganda sheet, spends much time and space telling how trucks tear up the roads and don't pay a fair share of the road taxes, says Gene Pullen, Lodge 302.
But when it comes to tank cars vs. tank trucks—well, listen to this:
"At some expense Southern built a side track for the purpose of unloading tank cars. We spot six or eight cars at a time.
"Yet for all the damage the trucks are doing and all the lost business the railroads suffer from the trucks, we see Southern receiving tank-truck loads of fuel oil instead of by rail."
ATLANTA, Ga.—The Southern in its propaganda sheet, spends much time and space telling how trucks tear up the roads and don't pay a fair share of the road taxes, says Gene Pullen, Lodge 302.
But when it comes to tank cars vs. tank trucks—well, listen to this:
"At some expense Southern built a side track for the purpose of unloading tank cars. We spot six or eight cars at a time.
"Yet for all the damage the trucks are doing and all the lost business the railroads suffer from the trucks, we see Southern receiving tank-truck loads of fuel oil instead of by rail."
What sub-type of article is it?
Transportation
Economic
What keywords are associated?
Southern Railway
Trucks
Railroads
Fuel Oil
Hypocrisy
What entities or persons were involved?
Gene Pullen
Lodge 302
Southern
Where did it happen?
Atlanta, Ga.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Atlanta, Ga.
Key Persons
Gene Pullen
Lodge 302
Southern
Event Details
Gene Pullen of Lodge 302 reports that the Southern, despite building a side track for unloading tank cars and criticizing trucks for road damage and tax issues, is receiving tank-truck loads of fuel oil instead of using rail.