Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1914 — Whims of Locomotives. [ARTICLE]

Whims of Locomotives.

. “Railroad engines are peculiar things,” said an engineer the other day, "and every one has her whims. A. dozen engines built to the same pattern will develop quite as many personal traits as an equal numbef of members of a family. No two engines have yet been known to behave alike. One will be a very bad hill-climber, and fly like the wind on the level, while another will only keep to speed for a short distance, owing to her being unable to maintain her steam pressure. Again, an engine rarely runs two days alike, as engineer and firemen know too well. A method of firing that win suit an engine one day may be worthless the next. "The engineer, when in the cab, has to keep a keen eye on the machinery, for there are bolts and pins which are liable to slip or snap.”