Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1910 — Unique Locomotive. [ARTICLE]

Unique Locomotive.

A unique electric locomotive, that straddles a line of moving vehicles In the same way that a farmer might straddle a- row of growing vegetables in crossing a field, is a commonplace sight near Bremen, Germany. The locomotive is used for hauling canal boatß, and runs on a quay that has to be kept clear for the passage of drays and other vehicles. Consequently, it was built in the form of two U’s, connected by a girder. One side of the locomotive runs on a track on one edge of the quay and the other runs on a track on the opposite side, while the moving vehicles have a clear passage under it.