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Show B ."vrn nun rtita ami. B A Washington corrcsiKmucntofthoPhlla. i H ilelphla Tolcgraph was recently looking j H at Bomo models. In tho National Museum of i H curious curs used In tho early days of rail- B raiding In this country, wtieu Mr. Wutkins, H tho curator, pointed out ono purtlculur ono ' H that had a mast and sail. Experiments with H such cars wcro niado on tho Ualtimoro & H Ohio road und on tho South Carolina road. B It was then a serious question whothcr the H motlvo power on railroads would bo snl, H , :orso or steam. Tho steam locomotive B was still looked upon as an experiment. M Bail cars aro used to-day on a guano rail- H Toad on tho Island of Maldeif, in tho south H I Pacific. They are, In fact, used nearer B homo than that, for railroad men at Bar- B iiogat beach, when tho wind is favorable, H frequently rido over tho road on con H struction cars sloop-rigged. "Tho wind H has n good deal to do with railroading even H to-day,' Mr, Watklns said. If you go to tho H bureau of Intelligence at tho 11 road street B station, Philadelphia, und ask whether somo B train, say from Now York, is likely to bo on Bflj time, you may bo informed that it is likely B to bo four or Ave minutes lute, because Hi thoro is a strong wind from the west. Winds H mako considorablo difference iu tho rim B ning timo of tralna. |