Show A sailboat on rails an in senious has been leen invented invented ba 1 john tod hing engineer CL of a railroad fit i buenos ayres for use on his official trips of inspect tion As the company is too poor to supply a it locomotive and thain lor tor its officials the inspector has to con tent himself with a poor handcar this has been transformed into a boat on wheels it Is rigged up with a ma mainsail insall and jib there is a broad seat like that in a yacht As the breezes are always plentiful mr tod has attained a speed ot of forty miles an hour it Is seldom that the sails have to bo be hauled down and then the engineer must propel the car by hand new now york times |