. Book of the Royal blue . l, Robbins. NO RAILS NECESSARY FOR THIS TRAIN. BV 11. »1. CHKSHIllK. A WEST \ irginia mechanical geniusis perhaps the only man in the worldwho owns his individual steam en-~^ gine and three cars and goes andcomes whenever and wherever he pleases,over the dirt roads. The inventor, who lives at Romney, hasnot built his engine and cars for the purposeof competing with the lines of the Balti-more & Ohio, nor has lie any grievanceagainst that corporation, hut he simply his family experience no trouble in entirely comfortable in theirresidence on wheels,
. Book of the Royal blue . l, Robbins. NO RAILS NECESSARY FOR THIS TRAIN. BV 11. »1. CHKSHIllK. A WEST \ irginia mechanical geniusis perhaps the only man in the worldwho owns his individual steam en-~^ gine and three cars and goes andcomes whenever and wherever he pleases,over the dirt roads. The inventor, who lives at Romney, hasnot built his engine and cars for the purposeof competing with the lines of the Balti-more & Ohio, nor has lie any grievanceagainst that corporation, hut he simply his family experience no trouble in entirely comfortable in theirresidence on wheels, and they go and comewhenever they feel disposed. When he moved to Romney from .\ugustaa few years ago, he came through tiievalleys and over the mountains on hisprivate train, which also served as hisdwelling and workshop until he was readyto occupy the residence which he hadbought in Romnev. As he entered Rom-. A DIRT-ROAIl Hi i says he wanted a little dirt-road train ofhis own, and he has it—the only one inthe world. The train of lhis\Vest\irginia genius ton-sists of an engine weighing ti,.50() pounds,and three cars, the first being a residencecoach for himself and family; the second astorage car for wood, iron, steel, brass andother materials and machinery ; the thirdis his traveling workshop. Kach car is oftuU regulation size and fitted out witiievery convenience both for living as a place of business. The owner and ney with his engine and cars he soundedseveral vigorous toots and the citizensturned out to witness the novel sight of atrain riaming over the dirt roads and nio\ -ing smoothly along over the streets. Thesmall boy looked on with wonder, and manybelieved that it was circus day. It is an interesting fact that the cars were made and set uj), piece bypiece, by the owner. He first built theengine to be used for general purposes,but concluded there was no
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