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Nigeria acquires breakdown gear

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NIGERIA ACQUIRES BREAKDOWN GEAR
Friday, 11 July 2008

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quotes Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) managing director Jetson Nwankwo announcing the acquisition of a 60 tonne Lucas Hydraulic Derailment recovery unit. "It will now be easy to rerail in a few hours with the new equipment and with just one man. This is against the previous manual system which required many men and numerous man-hours," Nwankwo explained to the reporter.

Three Nigerians are currently in Germany, where they are being trained in the use of the equipment. At present only one unit has been obtained, due to the cost, but it is hoped to have others in due course

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