Show MONSTER LOCOMOTIVES THE CAUSE OF WRECK Railroad Men len Discover That the Big Engines Are Playing Hav Havoc c With the Tracks CHICAGO Feb 15 A A new cause for railroad wrecks has been discovered In the monster locomotives that are arenow I r-l r 1 now being used so extensively by all aU railroads f While being hauled from their places c 9 o of building to the roads for which they Gar i are Intended It has been ascertained the giant Blant engines ha have ha e been play play- 1 g with the tracks of the lines linest ov t which they have passed passe IJ It Reports ports have been received receded showing were f ere e the unconnected drivers of the monsters have pounded rails so hard that the latter have been broken and others have been so badly Injured that they have hive snapped under pressure o of following trains Superintendents road masters and others who have reported on the matter matter matter mat mat- ter are of the opinion that not a. a few of the recent wrecks that have been attributed to defective track may now be traced to broken or Injured rails resulting resulting re re- resulting re- re from the transportation of these engines in an unfinished state The trouble has become so serious that an n order was issued by the Rock Island road today requiring all dead dead locomotives received for tr transportation tion to be equipped with the side rods In position and coupled |