Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1901 — Telling the Speed of a Train. [ARTICLE]

Telling the Speed of a Train.

When traveling on a railway you can tell how fast the train is going by the following method: The telegraph posts klong a,railway line are placed thirty to the mile. So if you multiply the number of posts passed in a mfau|o by two the result gives you the number of miles per hour at which the train Is going.