| Show 4 CAB PUT PU IN FRONT FRONTA FRONTA A A G LOCOMOTIVE Lo on oe o 1 ex H 11 in the transportation building at the St SL Louis exposition is attracting ng a greet great I lt deal of er f from rai HH me The iel f of oC this te JB 12 the tt e ab is s over the pilot in iB front instead of ot back hack behind the boiler m a on un m leee lee motives made and used sn m this coun country a at try t It is claimed that Ue t placing of the tile cab cb in front very ery er materially re reduces r duces thes the dan danger er of oC railroad acci ned dents den especially e collisions io L The operation per on of or the engine enne rUt fraM the th front cab is sold said to be entirely feasible ble hile and satisfactory The be locomotive on exhibition has MS attained attai atta and male main maintained tamed a speed of ot more morn than Jian eighty five AVE miles ill n i hour Hur which Ich w is 18 as good ab as the best American records And ADd Ul unobstructed view TIe of the track t that at attie tie U e engineer gets from flORl the trent front cab c b 4 gives him an opportunity to stop step In fn time tt tU prevent pr t collisions or to keep from running Into obstacles placed accidentally or designedly on the It is a well welt known DOWn fact act that it is ex extremely extremely dl for engineers to see far ahead ef fit them th liven ven when they lean far out oat o t on their side tlde of the te t e cab b there is apt te he be 0 such sucha a rolling roiling of the J gi r such rf steam or smoke as to to m in n nt t ulti ith their A few sec ned seconds ec ends saved eYe will often prevent a din r u With the 1 cab In front the toe en can see see boW boUl sides of fp tr track aaa ssU for a long distance n Thele Th t is no smoke sm sm Y no steam sOam no 10 rolling t r lUng 0 his machine to interfere iut rf re with him TU lie TUIs It ItIs lieIs Is in a position to detect t ct instantly an Y inv nv thing thins ahead that should net be ahead ah ad The wonder weRder really Is i that nobody ha hs bait thought ot of putting the oab b in fron long Tests of Ute the th German Gt locomotive lo nm t T which was made matl at Cassel are at being conducted at t the tb exposition and nd t v vare are being with the greatest gt gFa st interest It tt it develops that the ma machine chine is 10 feasible for tor American roads it will not lot be surprising Ing Jf f the front cab cabb popular In itt a this roun ry The main objection that th has s h ben been to te it thus Is that t it makes the position of the Un and lire fire firemen men more unfair un This objection ob CUon floes d not seem to tp t be b welt well w foun founded ed As 6 A a matter mall r of or fact breW should be safer in lit a n front frent cab been r their thel opportunities for tor locating to t are re certainly certAInty increased by hY it They TWy have a tetter chance ch n to t Jump It If nees nt s Sexy sary or to t p if there is time |
