Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1906 — The Passing of Steam. [ARTICLE]

The Passing of Steam.

The announcement that the Penn* sylvania railway company is preto do away with steam engines and to use electric motors exclusively throughout its extensive* system presages the end of the ageof steam and the coming triumph of electricity. 'This statement may seem startling at first but as a matter of fact the railroads have been experimenting with electric engines engines for some time and their eventual use was a foregone concision.