The Idea Of Welding Wheels To The Track

An invention is now undergoing investigation which promises the improvement of railway trafile. The invention consiste of a smail dynamo and an auziliary engine placed upon the locomotiva in such a way as to be easily operated, furnishing a current of small force bnt large quantity, which is made to pass from one pole of the dynamo to one pair of driving wheels, thence along the rail to the other pair of driving wheels, thence to the other pole of the dynamo, ttras forming a traveling circuit, moving at all times with the locomotive. By means of this current an incipient weid is caused between the wheels and rails at the point of contact, preventing the slipping of the wheels. The working model of the device shows an increase of 400 per cent. in the hauling power of the locomotive. The model without the application of the current would not mount a grade of 15 per cent., but when the current was applied it monnted a grade of 35 per cent. A locomotive is now being equipped with the invention to test it on the Baltimore and Ohio railway