Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1910 — Motor Cars on Rail Lines. [ARTICLE]

Motor Cars on Rail Lines.

In order to make a closer inspection of the tracks and property under thdir supervision than was formerly possible, the use of motor cars by its supervisors of tracks has Just been introduced by the Lehigh Valley railroad. The new motor cars look like the old hand-propelled velocipedes, but the motive power is a small gasoline engine. The motor cars can run from 20 to 25 miles an hour, but in practise they go much slqwer, so as to allow an Inspection of detail.