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Show 'llio lllatkileiio Cuupllng, Tor years tho great Chlcagu A Alton Al-ton road has hem uilngu wonderful coupling. It la it coupling that absolutely abso-lutely prevents an act Ident frum I rpken rails. lf)ouremovu six feat of rail, ItuvliM u acuut spate, no car cau dropdown. No one car can leave tho Iratk Thncaranro coiillcd bcilliir aluaih corner. The train la u. solid unr- Tho ordinary rallruud a. t Ident tan nnthappeii wltlilt. .Oiirdny 1 wnaontho great Kansas Clly train going fitly mllis an hour, A llltlejar lold lis we had aacl over a brokin rail. That broken rail would have wricked any tram nalug Ihu old fashioned wniplliig. Win u thu train was slopped, wolound four fit I of tho rail was out, tut .1111 no car dropirddowil. lclitare Ua wilghl on Hieulhir. Tlielllackbllircollllllif stm.I many llvi that day, ami the iasarngi ra looked wUI) atiacliotl.tr nndraid: 'When We go In Ivanaas Clly, or HI. Inula, or Hprlngneld, or llloonilngton, uu w III laku thu train where Iho cuui-llnglaa cuui-llnglaa llleprvnrvtr " If other roads, lii.lend nf changing rlnvis, woul I go to Ihu root 0' the evil and get thu Illiick.Uine couillng, Ibeie Mould lai mi nccldenU. The Chats-worth Chats-worth sliurl bridge illw-lrr could not have occurred ou Iho Alton. 'I he aolhl Alton trains are I rldgi s In tin nuwlrcs. ?! I trllni, fmhealK IMttr. |