“If there’s ever a war in this country again I
think the greatest army will be made up of railroad
men. In the first place, they are strong physically,
in the second place, they have .learned obedience,
and have learned to obey orders without question
ing them. This wasn’t so iu the late war. for then
men had to be taught obedience, and their lesson
was a hard one sometimes. But as I was saying,
the railway men will make a grand army. They,
above all other things, are inured to a life of irregu
larity. They arc used to fatigue and the hardships
of long hours of work without rest. This irregulari
ty of life, which all railroad men know as a fact,
more than anything else will make them the best
soldiers in the world, but I hope they will never be
called upon to shoulder a gun.”
RAILROAD SPEED.
Can a Train Move Faster than Eighty Miles
an Hour?
Many questions have been asked concerning
the highest speed possible to be attained by a rail
way locomotive. Tho London Engineer submits the
statement that eighty miles an hour is the greatest
possible limit, and for the following reasons:
Because no greater velocity has ever been at
tained.
Because of the resistance of the air.
Because of the back pressure in the cylinders.
