Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1894 — ONE HUNDERD MILES AN HOUR. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ONE HUNDERD MILES AN HOUR.

A New-Fangled Locomotive Designed to Revolutionize Speed on Railways. I _________, - ~ ' _• w ; - ■: ■■— Now York World. The accompanying picture is that of a combination locomotive and saloon car, which, it is expected, will achieve a speed of 100 miles an hour. The chief advantage it will have will be the comparative lightness of the locomotive. The ordinary locomotive weighs many tons, being constructed in a complicated manner, and all of the parts being of iron or steel. The drivingwheels, for instance, in the new-fangled locomotive are extremely light, but have a very large oir-

cumference,. The forward portion of the locomotive is evidently intended for the use of passengers, thereby making a saving in both weight and space. In fact, the plan of the locomotive throughout is to economize weight and space, and at the same time afford motive power sufficieni to maintain a high speed. Michael Reynolds, who for years has been chief locomotive inspector on the London & Brighton railway, designed the locomotive and car, and a Glasgow firm of engineers are doing the building.

THE PROPOSED LOCOMOTIVE SALOON CAR.