Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1878 — Short Lived. [ARTICLE]

Short Lived.

It is said that engineers are not generally long lived, even if they escape accidents, particularly those who have charge of express trains, for the reason that the constant strain upon the mind, great anxiety, as well as the constant shaking and jarring they receive while the engines are running, have a tendency to bring on ailments which shorten life. This general shaking up that enginners receive can only be appreciated by getting upon a locomotive that runs forty miles an hour. Though there are springs upon the huge machine, one would scarcely imagine that such is the fact. The engineers of freight engines fare better, because there is less responsibility anti tlie trains move much slower.