Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 128, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1916 — Electricity on Trains. [ARTICLE]

Electricity on Trains.

Those who wonder how the electricity used for lighting operating fans in coaches and the like Is generated should know that It comes from a turbine generator which is usually geared to the axle of the car, the motldl of the train operating it and supplying the current at no cost but that of “deterioration of marchin•ry.*