Re: commerce & trade

Brian Norden Wrote:
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> I expect that the locomotives were built by Krupp
> because the parent United Fruit company could not
> get hard currency out of 1930s Germany. The best
> thing that they could do was buy equipment from a
> German company.
>
> Brian Norden


You brought up a good point...many years back, I had heard that the
the Krupps were obtained in barter for Guatemalan coffee. There's
also the story that the last order (169-174?) were on a ship bound
for Guatemala when hostilities broke out in Europe and had to spend
time in a neutral port before continuing on to their destination.

Jack, thanks for the comments.