Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1911 — Foreign Whistles Are Weak. [ARTICLE]

Foreign Whistles Are Weak.

One of the delights of railroad travel abroad ia the escape from the torture that the steam whistle on American roads inflict. It should not be inferred, however, that the foreign locomotive is entirely destitute of these nerve-wrecking Instruments. In England It is the practise to equip all the locomotives with whistles, but they are of such diminutive proportions. as compared with those in use In this country, that they look more like playthings than an instrumentality to save human life. In size they are no larger than an ordinary pickle, and the sound they send out closely resembles the squeak of a frightened pig. They are used principally in the shunting of trains, in yards and head houses, and are Intended aa warnings to the men who are directing the movements of the cars.