Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 139, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1914 — Intense Heat Caused Rails On Monon Track to Buckle. [ARTICLE]

Intense Heat Caused Rails On Monon Track to Buckle.

Monticello tournaL The Monon section men were called upon Monday to repair a peculiarr rail condition about midway between Reynolds and Monon. 'lbe intense heat of Sunday and Monday had caused the rails to expand to such a degree that they both buckled and curved so that it was impossible for a train to pass over them in safety. While the rail trouble would have ditched a train the electrical connections were not broken and the block signals showed a safe track. The section men discovered the trouble in time to prevent an accident,* and in Straightening the rails they had to cut out a seven-inch section from each. It is one of those cases that proves that the greatest precautions that man can take to me ©hanically safeguard railroad traveling can be aborted by nature and shows that “Eternal vigilance is the price of safety’ at all times.