Show streamlined TRAINS PRESENT NEW PROBLEM new orleans AP A buz zard break which protects protect locomotive engineers from birds a development comparable to the introduction of the cowcatcher 1 has come in with streamlining of railway trains I 1 the engineer seated in the f front aront of the locomotive behind a glass windshield was in danger of being cut by flying glass every time a bird smacked against the glass giasso the name came from the buzzards buzzard ss which frequently swarm about the right of way to feast on animals killed by trains iron bars placed about two inches apart in front of the glass protect the engineer from flying objects but still allow perfect vision vision when youre running 60 to 70 miles an hour those buzzards land with an awful lick driving thru cattle country where three or four head of cattle might be killed every day see about 50 buz ards around each carcass they dont seem to see a train coming coining until its right on them then they seem to get kinda bum fizzled and hit the locomotive right on the nose |