Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 240, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1914 — BUILT TO DEFY THE SAND STORM [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BUILT TO DEFY THE SAND STORM

For use on the Sahara desert line of ope of the French railroads, a peculiar type of engine, designed for cutting through the terrific sand and windstorms characteristic of ' the region, has been built. The farther railroads have been pushed into the desert the greater has been the difficulty encountered from storms, these being at times sufficiently strong to bring heavy trains to a complete standstill or even topple them over. To facilitate driving into head-on blasts a lo-

comotive with a sharp V-shaped hood has been constructed. All its surface lines are made so as to offer the least possible resistance to the wind, while the wheels are built as nearly open as is practical, furnishing a minimum surface for the wind-driven sand to wear upon. This pattern of wheel is also to be adopted for use on the cars, as solid wheels, under incessant sand blasts have been found to wear so thin within a year’s time as to be unsafe for further use.—Popular Mechanics.

ENGINE BUILT TO CUT THROUGH SAND STORMS ON SAHARA DESERT LINE.