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Old 05-16-2014, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Keith Seymore View Post
The author is obviously not familiar with automotive mass production.

Shipping lots and railheads often look like that, just as a result of getting vehicles aligned and loaded onto the appropriate rail car.

Standard operating procedure. The back lot of Flint Assembly looks like that right now.

K
I have pictures of me in one of the DT&I rail yards in 1964 with stacks and stacks of Ford frames just sitting there waiting to be shipped to a factory. Agreed, common practice.