Show diesels weld west linto into economic unit r 7 7 J 0 V 1 I 1 rt 41 e W W y 71 7 1 4 p 03 old and new nevi models of locomotion two powerful diesel switch en 1 gines 9 three steam locomotives on L A junction railway i much r been sad lately of trade rec among nations but in the west there has grown up a real reciprocal trade relationship between states that was not brought brought about by diplomats but by growers manufacturers shippers and consumers in accordance 1 jdith with economic laws 1 southern Cali fornias tremendous population growth has made the production of its own needs impossible so it now reaches into every one of the 12 western states for foodstuffs and raw materials not inot only for its own consumption but for processing in its factories for redistribution distribution re to the west and to foreign countries as well nowhere in southern california can this process be observed better than in the central manufacturing district a planned area of 1800 acres in which are located some varied industries turning out automobiles and accessories bakery products beverages building materials metal and clay products cosmetics instruments prepared foods glassware household i supplies insecticides meat go products ducts plastics hardware tractors varnish in fact just about everything that is needed by people for everyday living S serving arving these is the los angeles geles S junction railway a neutral switching service sr vice which picks up train loads of raw products brought to southern california byl by all the main transcontinental trans continental rail ways and distributes them ia to these factories later it moves still more train loads of the finished products back to the mainline main line railways for redistribution distribution re to tha thel west or for transfer to ships waiting 1 in los angeles long beach harbor to take them to au all parts of I 1 the world i so great has become this move 1 I ment in the past few years that two new diesel switch engines I 1 the he first of their kind to be used for that purpose locally have rei re i j placed aee three steam locomotives locomotive si previously used and so wool wash 1 ing tons lumber the fruits andl and vegetables of arizona ne new w mex ico and oregon minerals of colo 1 rado ra d 0 and a nd nevada the cotton of texas and the oil of the south west meet in this district flow through the arterial system of thel junction railway and after passing through the factories go cherel out again to these same states where many of the people who helped produce the raw materials originally buy them back as finished products this economic cycle enriches millions of people manyi man 7 of whom are not directly connect ed with the actual operations b but t are tied inseparably into the ec eco i whole li |