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A traction wheel and shoe 

 to prevent lateral skidding 



Combined Brake and 



Non-Skid Device for 



Automobiles 



SUPPLEMENTING 

 the action of the 

 brakes and of deformed- 

 tread tires on automobiles 

 to prevent skidding, the non- 

 skid device shown in the accompanying 

 sketches is designed to prevent side or 

 lateral skidding and to check the speed 

 of the vehicle to avoid collisions which 

 might occur if the side-skid apparatus 

 alone were used. The mechanism con- 

 sists ot two independent parts, a trac- 

 tion-wheel for preventing lateral skid- 

 ding and a shoe for decreasing the 

 vehicle speed, both parts being forced 

 into contact with the road surface by 

 means of a chain and pedal and a wire 

 and lever controlled from the driver 's seat. 



tion 

 with 

 usual 



Light Railroading 



Accomplished by 



Automobile 



N England motor car 

 railways are fairly 

 common especially where 

 short, light, frequent 

 hauls are the rule and in 

 the United States there 

 is many a suburban line 

 with its self-propelled 

 single passenger coaches. 

 But probably nowhere 

 will you find such a 

 curious automobile rail- 

 road as the one run- 

 ning into Basswood 

 Lake in the northern 

 forest region of Min- 

 nesota. 



This remarkable 

 little railway sys- 

 tem consists of a 

 converted automo- 

 bile, or "Lizzie," as it 

 is known to many 

 people. As seen in the 

 accompanying illustra- 

 the automobile has been fitted 

 railroad wheels, instead of the 

 tired wheels and hauls an 

 It was used on an 

 road making con- 

 Duluth and Iron 



abbreviated flat car 

 abandoned logging 

 nection with the 

 Range Railroad. 



This little road is rich in suggestion to 

 others who may have minor traffic 

 problems in remote regions. A second- 

 hand automobile which could be pur- 

 chased for a comparatively small price 

 would lend itself to the purpose. 



The railway system consists of a second-hand automobile provided with railroad wheels, 

 which hauls an abbreviated flat car loaded with freight over an old logging road 



