The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-04
RAILROAD CURVtS.
ONE OF TIE GREATEST SAFEGUARDS
~ GAlLROAO ENGINEERING.
NhN a Train an Net IN INrl ga j. straight
Line Down '.rsde \ simple NpI.aa-
ON ,,rt,t, Il aud Hat turNr>


You may live Til the Il,a do- taIss
from El,tar, >stlI a ,,sfssIu,tyr ttr- - er
night aS ia. tram hluuup.t at.u. lat
Nou 4 never "a" tia. ,h, rllr,so. ,.sa.. a
steep LIit
ih" curious Passenger VITA the wait On
li> n,>' rol,' az hl, eyes IN aston. -hruent
Nf 'tar trl.,o, La tNcLNtar,g. Staring at
o.. ,or.it co. 4 Jo not s.ls l-r,tauI what
-'... r.'.'tt train ituu luuu.a. ,;r4Ish.
doUnL.L' "a
ans eoutlnu>l IN, y,ul4'tor,
u.N,s ~" necessary on Nen Hraly
Sta &" ta>.euScr> arr suru,ttao> ~'rurA
With tt4r great uGmh,'t vi ct.r.,, a. tlr, rial
With II /, bp among tho hill, Ia lutA;
me- tn ,ur,v> ,re IA rely u-,,'-,ar, .y,,t,.>,,
The ruIl wInl, around the ll, tn, /,
only partly true II th' IalIrul vr.r t.
sru>S directly at heavy grabs q noph ,lll
T. Hr,r>,ary T. have the curNt' Va train
can 20 al high rate of Sls,sI aynu u Heavy
grade un a straight track VITA safety The
.NILtuatlon l. >,mple The teuIru,y ut any
heavy badly like IA tram l. Ia move IA a
straight line. ami tina attraction 4 1r,vtta.
ton l. not sufficient 10 utttrtur III,
tcu,eu 10 sh,uI OIL whore .r,.t, si,,I ct
momentum ha> tean uhtaust I,n,,. "a
tram flying down straight trtrh ga tte
hilI>,de, ustea | Of Aecpns thc TIA wouI
sh ot oil on u tan,sr into ~Iay,
sNtE,d Atn IN EN,INttII',
Tho curve, CuntInurt III N,- mlu IA
III" blue unltorn, - our t.. gu ,trst
,aivsuarI, IN mountain IN turtru. tins
Is particularly uuttr,ahl' u "a I. 1t a
IIri,ht ira II ,,r, tr~pputN .,nrrt.,
that an engine, drtwlu - h.,., ,-r, at
train an not sttk yluo ruor.a T., tho
TIA, h. Nhan going ,io~u = h,a,N ..,t. Ia
control her speed Anru- me ,,.l, Down
hill !, ready moro hrllr>, than lD.. uun..yu
elur eoug up htl That Is >t, ,au pun
greater weight up the hill thtu ,he ,,u huld
bach a. going down the htll tt,a VERY
common experience vi Ii ,nsnrrl,rl htlEht
en-, NJ, 10 have their train literally push
thru down heavy Starir, At a la,u rate If
speed In such last i.tr,s eNrtN curve i, sc
much salvation ~ the r-ht TIM. Tho
,uNe ictald, ia" spool uul ruahlee thu
Wheels # tlo llyln- ttain Ia Ert a ttmar
purchase un TIA" trH,h. i,allrudliuG IN tho
blIl, would he very dtu-rtou, ",r' 1t mot
tor Tia, ,uryrs Spiuklci nIou- at tie "a at
intervals
"bn Some railroads 1t i the custom tnriI,.
connect tho lever from the driving rui,
vim u passenger tram II deNc'mhnt a
hravy grade that extends tor many mt,
Tho tram is managed alt srthcr h, hrr an
hfaN"s Every curve acts ~ "A brahe OF the
speed and IN tins way tho train can -NInI
aIuu., tor hours without attalnluS u to-
fr'klr,, speed, with the ai Of tn nr
hfak'a,
Just then tho train went uruuni "A curve
an the curious pAsssnger was thrown to one
sob pl the seat
1t n wonder 70 me, hs Ensprd, that
tin, mca,ly express trains don't fly oil the
ua,k in going around These heavy curves
Y ell, SIR said the conductor I've hcrn
Iltiruallng for twenty five Years an |
never yet knew Or heard of u train jumping,
tho track on II curve" There isn't the sill ht
st danger on n graloi curve, and hardly
any ON a fiat curve. New York Mail ami
Express