Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1896 — How Wind Delays the Cars. [ARTICLE]

How Wind Delays the Cars.

Trainmen say it is not the “head-on" winds that delay the cars, as the engine presents a small portion of itself to it, and, breaking through, the train can be easily pulled along after it. But when the wind strikes tiie train at an angle of forty-five degrees the trouble begins. The wind uses the whole side surface as a leverage and gives the engineer lots of trouble. The cars sway over to one side and are dragged along with difficulty. The wind most disastrous to travel on the Consolidated road is that from the northeast. It strikes the trains cornerwise and makes the engines struggle and strain to counteract its force. This is felt especially in crossing the Connecticut river, where the wind has a full sweep, and all the New York trains are a few minutes late when the southeastern are in force