Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-06-22
RAILROAD NOVEL. TIES
New Haven 11Skiddoo" Train, SO
Christeneu by Drummers.
SIDE DOORS FOR COACHES.

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SIDE DOORS FOR COACHES.
New Style Cars That the Union Pacific
ls Building Safety Rail Device.
Snow Fence Of Shrubs For the Penn
syIvania--No More Hot Journals.
An up 10 date ..skiddoo'' train was
recently added to the schedule Of the
New Haven railroad, and, although
President Mellen did not name it, he is
quoted as likely to adopt the suggestion
Of the commercial travellers who chris.
tened it when they saw it located on
the time table to start at 7:23 a. M,
says a New Haven special to the New
York Times,
It is New York express, and the
drummers and New York commuters
who patronized 1t on its maiden trip
said that 1t spelled ..skiddoo'' for them
to try to catch it. The train got a bad
start, for the baggage car broke down
the first morning and had to be re-
placed by a new one before 1t could
get out Of the station at New Haven.
The commercial travellers who chris
tened the train threaten to change the
name from ''skiddoo. to 'shoodoo'' If
the performance INDUCED In on the
initial trip is repeated
Side doors are to be a feature of a
new style Of coach to be introduced on
the Union Pacific, says an Omaha cor
respondent Of the Kansas City Star.
This style of car will be the most rad
ical departure from the end door sys-
tenn, used universally ever since rail-
roads in America came into existence.
The door viii be wider than those now
in use, and It is believed will form q
much quicker means OF egress than a
door built at one end Of the car.
w. r. McKeen, superintendent of
motive power Of the Union Pacific. is
the originator of the idea to build pas
senger cars with side instead Of end
doors He believes that cars thus con.
structed will be much stronger and
more durnbie than the style now used
and that In case OF wreck there will be
little danger Of the coaches telescoping
each other. The car will have small
passageway by which passengers may
80 from one coach to another, but this
VIII be SO arranged that It VIII not
weaken the end walls OF the car.
Another feature OF this coach Is the
use OF round instead Of square win.
dows. They VIII be somewhat smaller
than the square lights, but less liable
to destruction by accident "A new
patent ventilator, which is being used
by the Union Pacific on Its motor cars
| will be placed on the new coaches
| and the car Will present an appearance
| 30 little In common with the ordinary
coach that It viii at first hardly bt
recognized as passenger vehicle The
new coach, which is being constructed
at the shops OF the company In Kan
sas City. will be placed In service II
! about sixty days. 1t win resemble the
coaches in use on the English lines.
I The New Haven railroad recently
| placed rail locking device on the new
| four tracked drawbridge over the HOu
satonic river at Naugatuck Junction
that will render impossible the recur,
renee Of an accident similar to that or
/ the Atlantic City draw bridge last year
says the New York Times.
4 This accident caused the, experts
much study, and the new device Is the
i outcome. The rails OF the new draw
bridge instead Of meeting with blunt
ends overlap each other fully 8 FOOT
! and a half, allowing the car wheels t.
run over them smoothly and withou,
the jar produced by the old time meth
cd. But the chief measure OF safety Il
that there Is a means OF locking ths
two. ends of the rails by the use OF d
bolt or plunger. On each rail is hole
and when the two rails are IN theil
proper position the towerman wht
guards the block In which the bridge
is situated by movement OF q level
drives the bolt through the two holes
which firmly fastens the rails Ia .
rigid and perfect alignment. 81 &
By means Of dial right at hand thu
towerman can tell IL the bolt has made
the movement necessary to lock thu
rails. Thus absolute safety Is assured
before the signal Is given for the trair
4 to cross.
4 The Pennsy lvania railroad has begun
4 planting hardy shrubs along its tracks
In the Allegheny mountains at til,
i points where traffic has been delayed
by snow, says a Pittsburg special Il
the New York World. Thousands o,
shrubs will be set out, and 1t Is ex
4 pected that the snow fence" viii b.
III shape to serve its purpose by, mex
Il winter. The company tried buildin,
rail fences. but 1t was too expensive. &
Il J. r. Deems, general superintendent
OF rolling stock ana motive power D.
the New York Central lines, has unde
i examination the model OF device Ia
4 vented and patented BY q brakeman /,
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