Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1914 — Motor Cars Replace Steam. [ARTICLE]

Motor Cars Replace Steam.

-Motor cars have displaced steam trains on the Central New York Southern railroad, a S9-*mile line extending between Ithaca and Auburn. The cars are of the gasoline type, with a 200 horsepower engine mounted on the leading truck and driving the front axle direct (or through gears for alow speed) and are 70 feet long. The cars were built in Omaha. ,