Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1930, Page 124

CENTURY OF PROGRESS OFFERS HE 'EIGHTIES WIT- NESSED MANY 1M~ PROVEMENTS IN CAR BUILDING INTHE- UNIMED STATES, ——o ] ML, BULE CAR ,WHICH ENABLED PASSENGERS TO WALK FROM ONE CAR TO ANOTHER WITHOUT DANGER OF FALLING BETWEEN THEM, — © HE INTRODUCTION OF REFRIGERATOR, CARS IN 1887 VASTLY STIMULATED VENTILATED REFRIGERATOR. M.D.T. 376924 Gl . o a0 e e el e MADE. IT POSSIBLE FOR PERISHABLE FOOP PRODUCTS TO BE SHIPPED IN GooP> ConDl- TION TO DISTANT MARKETS . —* = | omms-nua FREIGHT CARS OF TopAY AND> A CENTURY AGO. — e FREIGHT CAR. — = ABOUT THE SIZE OF AN ORDINARY FARM . —— A MODERN Box CAR. LENGTH - 40 FEET, 6 INCHES WEIGHT - 45,300 LBS. CAPALITY - 50 TONS. STARTLING CONTRASTS. — ° A CoMPARISON OF THE * Tom THUMB®, THE FIRST AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE, AND A MODERN GIANT OF THE RAILS. ER IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENT WAS THE- ADOPTION OF THE AUTOMATIC . SAVED A LOT OF TIME MAKING UP A TRAIN AND> ELIMINATED THE PANGEROUS \ ' WORK OF COUPLING CARS BY HAND. ° LECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES WERE FIRST USED BY THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD IN-1895 TO HAUL TRAINS THROUGH THE BELT LINE TUNNEL UNDER THE CITY OF BALTIMORE ,—* Au&"e‘l"—‘ /\ . HE DESIGNS OF LOCOMOTIVES ARE STILL CHANGING . HERE 15 A MAMMOTH “IRON HORSE" OF TME PRESENT DAY, ESPECIALLY BUILT FOR MHAULING HEAVY FREIGHT. o G S s AN —— - Prrerior oF Moperw RAILWAY POST "~ OFFICIALLY SANCTIONED BY THE GOVERNMENT - AND PUT IN REGULAR SERVICE . ° LECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES ARE NOW WIDELY USED> ALTHOUGH THEY HAVYE BY NO .aq RAILROADS HAYE GREATLY AIDED THE GROWTH AND PROGRESS OF THE LINITED STATES AND ARE AN ESSENTIAL FACTOR IN AMERICAN LIFE. THEY HAVE SPED THE SETTLEMENT OF MANY ISOLATED REGIONS THAT WITHOUT SUCH TRANS~ PORTATION FACILITIES WouULD STILL BE INACCESSIBLE AND LNDEVELOPED THEY HAVE HELPED INDLISTRY AND Comd= ', MERCE BY AFFORDING AN EASY MEANS FoR ONE SECTION To SHIP ITS MANUFACTURE D - "GOODS AND SURPLUS PRODLCE TO ANOTNER. . BY BRINGING ALL PARTS OF THE COULNTRY INTO CLOSE COMMUNICATION THE RAILROADS HAVE HELPED WELD uUS . INTD ONE GREAT NATION, =