Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1914 — “Yieldable Extension” Cars. [ARTICLE]

“Yieldable Extension” Cars.

A western car manufacturer Is building “yieldable extension” railroad cars, which, it is asserted, will greatly lessen the danger to life and limb in railroad accidents; The cars are especially constructed, with a framework which is designed to yield and to a certain extent telescope under a severe shock, instead of going to pieces, while remaining rigid under ordinary bumps, such as would be received in every-day use by the coupling of cars or the sudden application of the emergency brakes.