An electric locomotive that can make two miles a minute over a properlyballasted roadbed might not be an impossibility said Mr. Barton Swiftruminatively. It is... » 

An electric locomotive that can make two miles a minute over a properlyballasted roadbed might not be an impossibility said Mr. Barton Swiftruminatively. It is one of those things that are coming and he flashed hisson Tom Swift a knowing smile. It had been a topic of conversation between thembefore the visitor from the West had been seated before the library fire andhad sampled one of the elder Swifts good cigars. Excerpt «