Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1913 — Pennsylvania Railroad Gives Local Names to Cars. [ARTICLE]

Pennsylvania Railroad Gives Local Names to Cars.

Kentland Enterprise. The Pennsylvania railroad company recently put into service two of the latest model palace ears, of* steel construction, and the acme of the car builders’ art. Emblazoned on the sides of the cars in rich gold are the names “Kentland” and “Goodland,” in honor of this and our neighboring town. They are used in the’ magnificeilt eighteenhour limited that runs between Chicago and New York. Naming ears after towns that line their route is not a bad idea. It could at least be taken as an expression of appreciation by the company for the support given by the towns, and the names would carry far more meaning than some of those that are used, though perhaps, less high sounding and euphonious;